Valuation Of Closely Held Stock

Abstract

Valuation of closely held corporate stock may rest upon several methodologies: restrictive agreements, earning capacity, dividend paying capacity, book or net asset value, goodwill and other intangible assets, as well as minority and controlling interests. Rev. Rul. 59-60 provides guidelines for valuation in the event of few or no market quotations and no restrictive agreements. Various cases have focused on critical factors in the valuation process with little guidance from the courts as to weight or value of such factors.