Buy-now-pay-later, or BNPL, has moved from a high-growth fintech story to a more disciplined valuation conversation. For Atlanta business owners, investors, and advisors, the question is no longer whether BNPL can scale, but whether its growth is producing durable economics. In today’s market, valuation depends heavily on gross merchandise value (GMV), merchant fee rate, default […]
Executive Summary: Neobank valuation is different from the way investors value traditional banks. Instead of focusing primarily on price-to-book multiples, buyers and investors assess digital bank quality through deposits per user, customer acquisition cost, revenue per account, net revenue retention, churn, and the path to profitability. For Atlanta business owners, especially fintech founders and financial […]
Executive Summary: Valuing a payment processing company requires a close look at the economics that actually drive cash flow, including total payment volume (TPV), take rate, gross margin, and churn. Buyers and investors use these metrics to determine whether a processor is a high-quality, scalable payments platform or a lower-margin infrastructure business with limited pricing […]
Executive Summary: Fintech companies are valued differently from traditional businesses because investors look beyond current earnings and focus on revenue quality, product scalability, regulatory durability, and long-term operating leverage. In payments, lending, and neobanking, valuation often hinges on revenue multiples, growth rates, customer retention, gross margin profile, and the strength of a company’s compliance or […]
Executive Summary: A 409A valuation determines the fair market value of common stock in a private company, most often for stock option pricing under IRS rules. For SaaS startups, the valuation is especially important because revenue quality, retention, gross margin profile, and growth trajectory can cause common stock value to differ materially from the price […]
Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is one of the clearest indicators of SaaS quality because it shows whether a company can grow revenue from its existing customer base after accounting for churn, downgrades, upsells, and cross-sells. In practical valuation terms, NRR above 100% tells buyers that the customer base is expanding without relying entirely on new […]
Executive Summary: Churn rate is one of the most important indicators of customer quality in a SaaS business, and it has a direct impact on valuation. Gross churn shows how much recurring revenue a company loses before new sales are considered, while net churn reflects the combined effect of churn, expansions, and contractions. Buyers place […]
Executive summary: Annual recurring revenue, or ARR, multiples are one of the primary ways investors value subscription based software businesses. The multiple is not applied in isolation. Buyers test ARR against growth, churn, net revenue retention, gross margin, customer concentration, and market comp data to determine whether a company deserves a premium or discount. For […]
Executive Summary: Valuing a SaaS business requires more than applying a traditional EBITDA multiple. Because software companies often reinvest heavily in growth and may report limited near-term earnings, buyers and investors focus on recurring revenue, ARR growth, net revenue retention, churn, and profitability signals that point to future cash flow. For Atlanta business owners, especially […]
Los Angeles Business Valuations was engaged by the owner of a rapidly growing digital advertising agency founded in 2019. The agency sought a valuation for internal planning and preparation for a potential transaction with external investors. Despite being in business for less than five years, the agency had experienced exponential growth, expanding into major international […]