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Strategic Advisory Excellence Since 1984
Executive Dashboard
Strategic Outlook 2026–2028
$8,000,000
Annual Gross Revenue
37.50%
EBITDA Margin
$21M - $30M
Valuation Range
75%
Economic Profit%
4
No. of Equity Partners
$267/hr
Avg Client Rate ($/hr)
20
Total Employees
50%
Overhead as % of Revenue
Valuation-Based Strategic Position
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Strengths
  • Consulting accounts for 100% of gross revenue, indicating a fully advisory-focused revenue mix.
  • The firm generated $8.0 million of gross revenue, which is a meaningful scale for valuation analysis.
  • With 30,000 billable hours and 20 staff, the firm shows substantial operating volume relative to its size.
  • The firm has 4 partners and derived revenue per partner of $2.0 million, supporting strong partner-level productivity.
  • EBOC is 50% of revenue, indicating a high operating margin profile from a buyer’s perspective.
Weaknesses
  • EBOC is 50%, which leaves only half of revenue available to cover partner compensation, overhead, and profit, limiting earnings quality for a buyer.
  • The firm is 100% consulting revenue, creating a single-service mix with no diversification across recurring or compliance-driven work to cushion earnings.
  • Revenue per partner is $2,000,000 across just 4 partners, which can indicate meaningful key-person dependence and limits the scalability of the platform.
  • With only 20 staff supporting $8,000,000 of gross revenue, the firm may have constrained capacity and execution depth relative to its current size.
Opportunities
  • Increase revenue per partner, which is currently about 2.0 million, by expanding each partner’s book or improving cross-selling within the existing consulting-only revenue base.
  • Leverage the firm’s high EBOC margin of 50% to reinvest in scalable growth initiatives while preserving profitability as the practice expands.
  • Build on the stated specialized niche focus to deepen expertise and support pricing power and client retention, which can improve valuation quality.
  • Increase utilization and throughput from the 30,000 billable hours base by adding capacity or improving leverage across the 20-person staff to support higher revenue without proportionate overhead growth.
  • Develop the relatively young partner group, with partners around age 32, to extend the firm’s growth runway and support longer-term continuity and succession value.
Threats
  • Revenue is entirely consulting-based, so the firm lacks service-line diversification and is more exposed to any slowdown in advisory demand.
  • The firm generates about 8.0 million of gross revenue with only 4 partners and 20 staff, which may indicate key-person dependency and limited management depth relative to scale.
  • Revenue per partner is about 2.0 million, suggesting the business may be highly concentrated in partner productivity and therefore vulnerable if one or more partners reduce involvement.
  • The reported EBOC margin of 50% is strong, but it can also signal that earnings are sensitive to utilization and pricing discipline, leaving less room for operational slippage.
  • The specialized niche description is limited to a single named niche, which may indicate a narrow practice focus and reduce resilience if that niche underperforms.
Enhance Profitability

May drive premium valuation, strong cash flow, and high investor demand while supporting scalable growth and resilience.

37.50% EBITDA margin
Operational Efficiency

You are doing a great job on leverage, continue to look for opportunities to push work down to the appropriate levels, and remember that leverage is your biggest pathway to high levels of profitability

Leverage ratio 5:1
Revenue Acceleration

Without a defined growth rate, growth may be accelerated by adding advisory services, pursuing tuck-in mergers, or onboarding a lateral partner with an existing book of business.

+15–25% revenue growth
Risk Mitigation

May enhance operational capacity, diversify expertise, and strengthen continuity, but can introduce complexity in decision-making and profit sharing.
May support continuity, smoother succession planning, stronger long-term client retention, and greater capacity to adapt to growth and innovation initiatives.

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This preliminary valuation range is for discussion purposes only, based on unverified information, and is highly sensitive to assumptions. It does not constitute a formal valuation or transaction guidance and should not be relied upon by any party for decision-making purposes.