The steps that a company chooses to undertake to create and enhance value both pre-and post-deal are critical to its long-term financial success. Given the volatile nature of deal activity, and the significant time and resources required to complete an M&A transaction, strategic leaders and corporate development departments benefit from scalable and knowledgeable transactional support providers.

Stout offers numerous support services, in addition to Transaction Opinions, Financial & Tax Due Diligence, Accounting & Reporting Advisory, and Tax Advisory Services to help management teams with transaction planning, execution, and implementation to ensure that the deal is ultimately value-enhancing to the organization.

The services that we offer include:

Pre-Deal Support

• Long-term forecast modeling and pro forma consolidation
• Acquisition and divestiture [pro forma] financial impact analysis
• Modeling of stand-alone financials for carve-outs and non-core businesses
• Carve-out/stand-alone financials for carve-outs and non-core businesses
• Synergy analysis - identification, quantification and impact on value
• Earnings per share (EPS) accretion/dilution analyses
• Public company readiness assessment and support services

Pre-Deal Analysis

• Acquisition target financial assessment and valuation
• Relative value/merger exchange ratio analysis
• Cost of capital analysis
• Comparable public company benchmarking (margins/multiples)
• Transaction ROI analysis
• Industry research and growth/trend analysis
• IT due diligence

Post-Deal Support

• Opening balance sheet valuations for tax and book reporting
• Goodwill/balance sheet reallocation on divestitures
• Technical accounting support (e.g. audit-ready memos, schedules, and other supporting documentation)
• Financial statement and audit preparation
• Post-deal digital strategy and implementation

Who We Serve

• Corporate executives
• Corporate development professionals
• Boards of directors
• Special transaction committees