This informative pamphlet contains a table of minimum and maximum price to sales ratios, or valuation multiples, for 40 U.S. industries. As the table shows, the range of transaction prices for private businesses is very wide in every industry. Using average or median valuation multiples as a shorthand tool for valuing a business when the ranges of values are so wide is almost certain to generate a misleading valuation.

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