Business Valuation

Knowing your business

Ricci & Company's valuation consultants go beyond the numbers, providing valuable insight and advice throughout the valuation process. We use a dynamic, comprehensive approach to valuing business and asset interests, performing in-depth analysis and applying professional valuation techniques to help ensure an accurate and defensible work product. In addition, we monitor statutory authority, administrative ruling and judicial precedent to help ensure the valuation complies with legal and professional standards. Our professionals are active in the American Society of Appraisers, the Institute of Business Appraisers, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association for Investment Management and Research. Our involvement in these professional organizations and participation in continuing professional education keep us abreast of the latest developments in the increasing sophisticated field of business valuation.

Serving your needs

Our professionals provide a full range of services including corporate valuation services including corporate valuation services, intangible asset valuation services, business interest and securities valuation, tax compliance, financial statement reporting compliance, regulatory compliance, transaction advisory, and litigation support. We perform an in-depth analysis using relevant market data and apply state-of-the-art valuation techniques to prepare and accurate and defensible valuation report. We also monitor statutory authority, administrative rulings and judicial precedent. This helps provide a valuation in compliance with legal, GAAP, and professional standards.

Our specific valuation-related services include:

  • Acquisition/ divestiture advisory
  • Bankruptcy and corporate recovery
  • Business enterprise valuations
  • Charitable donations (tax compliance)
  • Corporate restructurings
  • Diminution of value claims
  • Derivatives valuations
  • Due diligence
  • SOP/ share-based compensation analysis
  • Estate and gift tax planning
  • Fair value measurements
  • Financial modeling and projections
  • Financial model review
  • Fresh start accounting
  • Goodwill impairment testing
  • Intangible asset valuations
  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Long-lived asset impairment testing
  • Management buyouts
  • Net operation loss analysis
  • Phantom equity plans
  • Portfolio valuation services
  • Purchase price allocations
  • Related party transactions
  • Sales to insiders and relatives
  • S corporation elections
  • Shareholder and partnership disputes
  • Tax reorganizations/ restructuring
  • Worthless stock deductions