Avoiding Valuation Surprises and Accounting for M&A Transactions

Brian Buchert, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD)

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"Lack of impairment doesn't necessarily mean that it was a really good deal. All it means is that it wasn't a bad deal." -  Brian Buchert

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This is a session from our M&A Science Virtual Summit which was held on June 10 and 11. The topic of discussion is avoiding valuation surprises and accounting for M&A, hosted by PJ Patel, Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director at Valuation Research Corporation (VRC). Our guest for this interview is the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Church and Dwight, Brian Buchert.

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Together, Brian and PJ discuss how to not overpay in deals, explain why valuing a company 10 years from now is a joke, and explain the effects of a long term recession. Learn tips on how to avoid common valuation mistakes, what the aftermath of COVID-19 may look like, and how valuation requires their own proprietary metric. You'll also hear PJ and Brian's advice to audience questions asked in real-time.

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"Being different isn’t bad. Your math is just a little different than everyone else’s. I think what that means is sometimes you say no to deals that people think might be in your sweet spot and on the other hand you end up doing deals that sometimes are surprising.”