In our most recent Global Food & Agribusiness Annual M&A Review & Outlook, we announced our expanded financial consulting practice with the addition of Lee Brittain, a seasoned agribusiness professional with industry experience ranging from startups to institutional investing. Since adding Lee, we have been excited with the growth realized by our consulting practice across several areas including business valuation, financial analysis, and institutional consulting.
Business valuation has been at the forefront of our consulting practice’s growth. The two leading workflow drivers are related to M&A and succession planning. Buyers and sellers are seeking Verdant’s opinion of valuation estimates that are achievable in an orderly M&A process. Meanwhile, for companies that may not be sellers, valuations are still required for estate tax or succession planning purposes.
Clients have engaged Verdant to address return on investment optimization and to assess their business’ financial health compared to industry peers. Examples include a “buy vs. build” analysis on a major infrastructure investment and an analysis on market expansion could efficiencies through increased salesforce vs. strategic acquisition. Capital intensity of growth, particularly related to working capital needs, has been another core focus.
Institutional clients have shown interest in engaging Verdant’s agricultural and financial expertise in several areas: helping them better understand a particular industry or investment target, analyzing investment performance returns vs underwriting, preparing return waterfalls and capital account statements, diligencing asset managers and providing additional capacity as needed when their organization is under a heavy work flow.
The link under the images provides a summary of example engagements and further expands upon Verdant’s service offerings in these financial consulting areas. Thank you for your interest in Verdant’s consulting services and please let us know how we can help in the future.
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