NVST Publishes Automobile Dealership Valuation Guide

BELLEVUE - WA -- July 22, 2002 - NVST, Inc. releases the second volume in the Automobile Dealership Valuation Guide Series. The book provides a detailed, comprehensive review of the marketplace along with the public and private players who are shaping and changing the way dealerships are valued.

The Automobile Dealership Valuation Guide presents detailed financial analysis including current purchase price ratios, past and present financial data, and dealership profiles. The Valuation Guide features industry background and trends in sales, pricing, profit and inventory. Also profiled are dealership financials including comparison of balance sheets, income statements, operating statements and labor costs. The Automobile Dealership Guide also provides in-depth public and private market transaction detail.

The detailed information within the book gives great insight into the world of an automobile dealership along with the nuts and bolts behind each automobile dealership transaction. The Automobile Dealership Valuation Guide is the definitive authority on industry trends and dealership sales"
-   Andrew Dolbeck, Editor

NVST® (www.nvst.com) has enjoyed first-mover status in the online private equity category since 1996, building one of the world's largest finance portals for investors, advisors, and entrepreneurs to meet and review private equity opportunities. NVST® is the publisher of well-known publications on Mergers & Acquisitions, such as "The Weekly Corporate Growth Report" and The Merger & Acquisition Annual Sourcebook". Valuation tools include online databases for transaction comparables, including the industry standard, Done Deals®, the most comprehensive source of mid-market transaction data on privately held companies.