DLOM Toolkit

Discount for Lack of Marketability
Guide and Toolkit

Discount for Lack of Marketability Guide

Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
Josh Angell, CFA
Kate Morris, ASA

VPS DISCOUNT FOR LACK OF MARKETABILITY GUIDE covers:

  • Description of DLOM approaches and methods from past and present
  • Presentation and analysis of historical DLOM studies
  • Summary of different option methods
  • Case studies illustrating application of different methodologies
  • Analyses of restricted stock transaction databases
  • Summaries of relevant court cases

The GUIDE includes two case studies that take you through an easily understandable and transparent process for determining a supportable DLOM.

The GUIDE includes an in-depth discussion on the following studies, databases, models and methods:

  • Legacy restricted stock benchmark studies
  • FMV Opinions detailed restricted stock database
  • Pluris detailed restricted stock database
  • Legacy pre-IPO benchmark studies
  • Valuation Advisors detailed pre-IPO database
  • Quantitative marketability discount model (QMDM)
  • VPS DLOM Toolkit
  • Option pricing models
    • Black-Scholes/Chaffe
    • Longstaff
    • Finnerty
  • Analytical methods
  • Wruck
  • Hertzel and Smith
  • Bajaj, Denis, Ferris and Sarin
  • Abbott
  • Ghairdarov
  • Katsanis
  • Long-term equity anticipation securities (LEAPS)
  • NERA CAPM
  • Mandelbaum-type analyses
  • IRS DLOM Job Aid – Discount for Lack of Marketability Job Aid for Valuation Professionals

Click here to see the detailed Table of Contents for this 800+ page DLOM Guide.


DLOM Guide only – PDF format $199

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Also available is the companion toolkit* of Excel models:

  • VPS Restricted Stock Study Quintile Calculator (RSQC), which enables the user to adjust for differences in risk/volatility, holding periods, dividends, and Mandelbaum-type factors
  • Option Pricing Calculators:
    • Black Scholes/Chaffe Calculator
    • Finnerty Calculator
    • Ghaidarov Calculators
    • Longstaff Calculator
  • QMDM Template
  • Quantitative Methods Comparison Template
  • Illiquidity Premium Calculator
  • C Corporation Equivalent Dividend Yield Calculator

This VPS DLOM Guide and Toolkit* will save you significant time and expense by simplifying a complex process.

Get both the VPS DLOM Guide and Toolkit*

Click here to view/download a video presentation that includes a case study showing the detail of the use of the DLOM Toolkit.

*Note: Toolkit requires use of Stout Restricted Stock Study, available for purchase at www.bvresources.com.

Guide (PDF) and Toolkit – $499

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