Dan J Jordan
PhD, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF

As a CPA practicing in California and Washington, Dr. Jordan has worked with clients in many industries. In addition to his accounting practice, Dan has taught business valuation, taxes, accounting, auditing, and finance at multiple universities. Along the way, he has performed extensive research in Bank valuation and analysis - publishing numerous articles in academic and business publications and developing a proprietary database and bank valuation algorithm. Dan is certified in Business Valuation and Financial Forensics.

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Services Performed &

Industries Served

We pride ourselves in being "businessmen who happen to be accountants."

As such, we look to understand the business as a whole - Its' products, Its' supply chain, Its' cost structure, Its' pricing strategies, its' industry economics, etc. AND THEN we look at the numbers. The numbers are just a scorecard that should reflect the reality of the business - Where it has been and where it is going.

We interpret the numbers and give advice to the owners in words that they can "take to the bank."

We don't do bookkeeping. But we answer the bookkeeper's questions and look over their shoulders to help them keep the books accurately and timely.

We do prepare taxes of all sorts - individual, corporate, partnership, estates and trusts, nonprofits, etc. - but our special value added is our attention to tax planning to minimize taxes over the lifetime, not just one year at the expense of the next year.

We recently advised an 80-year-old business client to gift his business and real estate to his children before the estate tax limits revert to much lower limits in 2026. We were able to save his estate over $2 Million in potential estate taxes and kept the business from being sold to pay the taxes at the owner's death.

Following are the industries where we have developed significant experience and expertise over our long career:
     Banks                                         Book Publishing                                   Retail
     Insurance                                  Advertising & Public Relations           Manufacturing
     Consulting                                Real Estate                                             Contractors
     Estates and Trusts                  Charities                                                 Financial Planners          

   

We Also Perform Bank Valuation, Benchmarking
and M&A Consulting Services Using a Proprietory

Valulytics™ Algorithm and Database

Bank Valuation
Reports

Our Bank Valuation reports are backed by an analytical process and statistical knowledge that reflects the reality of the Fair Market Value of a bank, including “comps” – not just an 80% of capital calculation.

Benchmarking & Analytics Subscriptions

Complete five year "horizontal and vertical analysis" deep dive report of financial and loan data and fair market value history along with quarterly benchmarking data for any U.S. bank from our extensive historical database.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Consulting

We can serve either side of the M&A transaction – to help a bank choose the right acquisition target to support their strategic growth; or help a targeted bank obtain the most statistically precise fair market value they bring to the deal.

Our Method

Banking is an industry built on numbers. Yet when it comes to Bank Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Benchmarking, many banks fall short because they don’t have real-time access to the data they need to confidently and precisely analyze and respond to the marketplace. 

At Valulytics™, we compiled a database of 5000+ banks that tracks, trends, conducts “what if” scenarios and compares key performance indicators, ratios and social/economic risk for any bank in our database. We harness this data using our proprietary algorithm to provide consulting and reporting services that let our customers identify the best acquisition targets, establish a statistically precise fair market valuation of their own bank that includes “comps”, and benchmark their bank’s performance against banks that are similar in terms of location, size, portfolio, and features.  

Explore the Valuation Services we provide, including Bank Valuation, Benchmarking and Analytics, and Mergers & Acquisitions Consulting.

BANK VALUATION: An Extension of the Guideline Public Companies Method

Dan J. Jordan
PhD, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF

Jacques Sanchez
PhD, MBA

George Sanders
PhD, CPA

Market News & Updates

RECENT BANK MERGERS: A Deeper Analysis

Dan J. Jordan
PhD, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF

Rebecca Rivera
MPS

This study examines 37 recent community bank mergers with deal values under $700 Million to determine the magnitude of the target bank control premium and the acquiring bank’s excess deal value premium or discount from the transaction. 

A secondary objective is to determine whether the Valulytics Fair Market Value algorithm is useful in the community bank merger context.

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BANK STOCK INDEXES: A Comparison

Dan J. Jordan
PhD, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF

George Sanders 
PhD, CPA

Christopher Walker
PhD, MPA

This study tests the new Valulytics Equal Weighted Community Bank Index (the Valulyics Index) against the five Fisher tests and the three Lo tests of a valid index. Then, we compare the index with the five best known U. S. bank indexes exploring the effect of market capitalization weighting compared to equal weighting on the usefulness of the indexes by smaller regional community banks.

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Regional Bank Control Premium Study
2017 to 2022

 

Dan J. Jordan
PhD, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFF

Jacques Sanchez 
PhD, MBA

Christopher Walker
PhD, MPA

This study examines 231 community bank mergers announced between June 28, 2017, and October 12, 2022, with deal values under $1 Billion finding an average “Control Premium” paid over the Valulytics™ Fair Market Value algorithm was 22.34%.

 

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