ATI has spent significant resources developing a powerful Excel-based
software package. The name of the program is VAST – Valuation
and Analysis Software Technology. ATI makes this new program available
to its Affiliates by means of a licensing agreement.
VAST makes analyzing financial data quick and
simple. Banks, other lenders, and CPAs can become much more productive
and detailed by the use of VAST in their decision-making processes. Valuation
professionals can save an estimated 40% of the time ordinalrily required
to produce a credible and compliant valuation.
VAST is Powerful
The list below includes just some of the tasks it performs.
| • | Allows for the entry of detailed historical data from
existing financial statements. |
| • | Allows for making judgment adjustments to the financial
statements. |
| • | Produces a detailed Statement of Changing in Financial
Position, which balances with the historical statements. |
| • | Allows for making detailed projections (by line item)
for up to ten years into the future. VAST produces balanced and interactive
Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Statements of Changes in Financial
Position for the entire ten-year projected period. |
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Produces detailed budgets for the company and its lenders. |
| • | Produces multiple detailed reports used for long-term
planning. |
| • | Produces a detailed Ratio Analysis. |
| • | Produces a detailed Weighted Average Ration Analysis. |
| • | Produces a Financial Analysis Report showing historical
compound growth rates. |
| • | Produces a detailed Ratio Analysis for projected periods. |
| • | Produces a detailed Weighted Average Ratio Analysis
for projected periods. |
| • | Produces a Financial Analysis Report showing historical
compound growth rates for projected periods. |
| • | Produces comparative company data reports – both
private and public comparables. |
| • | Produces Capitalization Rates, Discount Rates, and Weighted
Average Cost of Capital Rates quickly and accurately. |
| • | Performs all valuation functions for the income approach,
the cost approach, and the comparable company approach. |
| • | Provides a detailed matrix for all frequently used discounts
or premiums. |
| • | Provides multiple graphs to illustrate the financial
performance of the company. |
