Market Insights

  1. What are addbacks and how do they affect my company’s value?

    By Wesley Legg In founder or family-owned businesses, it is common for owners to run personal/non-company related revenue or expenses through the business or to expense certain items that would normally be capitalized. While these practices may come in handy during tax season, they can seriously impact a company’s valuation. If you are a business…

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  2. Highlights From The Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Conference

    Founders recently headed to Las Vegas for the Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Conference. While there, we had the opportunity to meet with specialty pharmacy owners, CEOs, and operators, and share our insight regarding recent developments in the industry and on the current and expected M&A landscape for specialty pharmacies. The conference was capped off as we…

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  3. 2017 Barons Family Night

    It’s a Founders tradition to welcome new Analysts and Summer Analysts with a night of baseball in the ‘Ham. This year, the day started out gloomy with storm clouds up above, but the evening turned out to be perfect for a night of baseball in the South – the temperature was nice and there was…

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  4. Q1 2017 Industrials Update

    As reported in the Q1 2017 Industrials Update, we discuss two major tailwinds affecting the sector; an aging U.S. infrastructure and deferred maintenance on industrial companies. We believe that President Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan will be a key business driver over the next decade, and Private Equity Firm’s willingness to deploy capital…

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  5. Founders’ Q1 2017 SaaS Update

    In the Founders’ Q1 2017 SaaS Update we explore recent transactions, analyze key performance indicators for owners to benchmark against, and share interesting quotes from leaders in the space. Also included is a brief literature review of some of the top SaaS related articles we’ve read recently, an overview of our upcoming SaaS and Internet…

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