Fulcrum’s valuation professionals have the highest credentials in the industry; unfortunately, this is not true of many who hold themselves out as valuation experts and appraisers. Our appraisal experience covers practically every industry imaginable.
Representative Projects
On Numerous Occasions:
- Appraised businesses for litigation purposes. The following is a partial list of industries for which Fulcrum personnel provided testimony on the fair market value of businesses or partial business interests:
- Adult entertainment media
- Assisted living/care development
- Broadcast television station
- Construction contractor
- Day care facility (both child and adult)
- Drug delivery pharmaceuticals
- Electronic component manufacturer
- Escrow and title company
- Environmental services
- Film library
- Film studio
- Food processing
- Gas and convenience store
- Grocery store
- Hotel
- Internet stock broker
- Magazine publishing
- Manufacturer of pumps and gauges
- Medical device manufacturer
- Mining supply company
- Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
- Restaurant
- Skilled nursing facility
- Software
- Toy manufacturer and importer
- Uniform and laundry cleaning/rental
- Vertical marketing program
- Wholesale distributor
- Analyzed the business value of start-up enterprises. This work involves analysis of what occurred subsequently, market size, competition and competitive position, and viability of business plans.
- Developed a lost profits analysis after quantifying the size and value of a yet undeveloped market.
- Valued covenants not to compete and/or consulting agreement obtained through an acquisition. In each case, we addressed claims that the amounts received by the management of the acquired companies was receiving too high a value for these contracts, and that the amounts should be reallocated to the rest of the shareholder group.
- Valued movie scripts, concepts, or other works in process. See other Entertainment Experience.
- Valued the use of violations of rights of publicity and rights of privacy. (See our article on publicity rights)
- Valued damages from adverse publicity, including product recalls.