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  • Complex Securities & Financial Instruments Valuation
    We provide valuations for complex securities and other financial instruments for financial reporting and strategic decision-making purposes.
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  • Corporate Tax Valuation
    We provide accurate and defensible tax valuations to help organizations minimize risk while fostering growth.
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  • ESOP Valuation & Opinions
    We provide ESOP valuation services and fairness opinions for companies and trustees that are backed by unmatched resources and expertise.
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  • Financial Reporting Valuation
    We produce sophisticated, supportable, and timely valuations that are compliant with reporting requirements.
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  • Healthcare Valuation
    We provide valuations to healthcare organizations, helping them navigate and comply with the complex regulatory environment.
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  • Intellectual Property / Intangible Assets Valuation
    We provide valuation services for owners of patents, trade secrets, and copyrights to help them understand the value of their intellectual property.
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  • Machinery & Equipment Valuation
    We provide reliable and accurate machinery & equipment valuations across all industries and asset types.
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  • Oil & Gas Valuation
    We provide oil and gas asset valuation services, helping clients understand the market value of their assets.
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  • Portfolio Valuation
    We deliver unbiased valuations of equity, debt, and derivative securities for both private and public companies.
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  • Real Estate Valuation
    We help address a wide range of real estate valuation issues associated with numerous property types.
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  • Structured Finance Valuation
    We bring deep expertise and a unique perspective of the market to help clients make well-supported decisions.
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  • Shareholder & Succession Planning Valuation
    We help with assessing buy side and sell side opportunities, establishing buy-sell agreements and employee incentive plans, and estate planning.
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  • Trust & Estate Valuation
    We provide expertise in estate-planning transactions, complex valuation issues, and challenging tax disputes.
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  • Valuation Disputes
    We provide expertise in high-stakes matters that require complex valuations of businesses, tangible assets, and intangible assets.
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  • Value Strategy & Modeling
    We help clients make well-informed decisions by linking performance, finance, and strategy to value creation.
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Valuation Advisory

Bringing confidence and clarity to the most complex valuation matters.

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When the stakes are high, you need an advisor you can trust. An advisor with the expertise and resources to provide a credible valuation of a business enterprise or its underlying assets, the industry knowledge to understand how market trends may impact value, an understanding of the applicable legal, tax, or regulatory environment, and the experience to withstand scrutiny.

For more than 30 years, Stout has helped clients gain confidence by bringing clarity to the most complex valuation matters. As one of the largest valuation practices in the country, we provide specialized experience across a broad spectrum of industries. Clients come to us for purposes such as financial reporting, corporate tax planning and compliance, trust and estate tax reporting, shareholder and succession planning, and litigation matters.

Some of the largest publicly traded corporations and family-owned businesses, including more than 70% of the Fortune 5001 and 67% of the top 100 global private equity firms2 have trusted Stout for their most significant transactions, complex valuation issues, and challenging tax disputes.

A Proven Track Record

For over three decades, we have developed and supported opinions that withstand scrutiny – whether that be from the SEC, IRS, DOL, a trier of fact, an auditor review, or a counterparty. For example, our professionals have testified in over 30 U.S. Tax Court trials, including multiple valuation-related landmark cases - more than any firm. 

Industry Experience and Global Reach

Our work spans six continents and more than 120 countries, including some of the largest and most complex valuation engagements around the world.

Deep Resources

With expertise in the valuation of businesses, complex securities and financial instruments, intangible assets, real estate, and personal property, we can deliver on any type of valuation – no matter how complex or challenging.

Market-Leading Professionals

Our financial professionals hold market-leading designations and advanced degrees; have developed groundbreaking studies, databases, and valuation models that are used throughout the industry; and are sought-after authors, speakers, and professors.

Integrated Team Approach

For every engagement, we take a sophisticated approach that includes the latest in financial and valuation theory, real-world market information, and a rigorous quality-control process to ensure accuracy.


  1. Proprietary analysis based on Fortune's 2022 list of the 500 largest U.S. corporations by total revenue.
  2. Proprietary analysis representing companies owned by the top 100 private equity firms based on aggregate capital raised in the preceding 10 years according to 2022 data provided by Pitchbook