Value of Southampton Football Club

[spyinthesky]

Tom Markham who, apparently, advises clients on the value of League clubs has produced an updated valuation list of Premier clubs.

 

Saints who were second to bottom of the 'valuation list' in 2013 (only just ahead of Wigan) have seen their perceived valuation rise from £57.5m to £259m, the largest increase of any club.

 

So I guess Katarina is well pleased with the family's investment

 

However it does mean that the likely purchase price is well above the maximum any of us are likely to win on the Euro Lottery

 

Other selected values are:

 

Man Utd £1.8 billion

Arsenal £1.1 "

Man City £907m

Chelsea £826m

Spurs £710m

Liverpool £537m

Newcastle £221m

Everton £206m

[Saint_clark]

I guess newcastle and everton have debts, don't own their grounds/training facilities or some such?

[sotonjoe]

Tom Markham who, apparently, advises clients on the value of League clubs has produced an updated valuation list of Premier clubs.

 

Saints who were second to bottom of the 'valuation list' in 2013 (only just ahead of Wigan) have seen their perceived valuation rise from £57.5m to £259m, the largest increase of any club.

 

So I guess Katarina is well pleased with the family's investment

 

However it does mean that the likely purchase price is well above the maximum any of us are likely to win on the Euro Lottery

 

Other selected values are:

 

Man Utd £1.8 billion

Arsenal £1.1 "

Man City £907m

Chelsea £826m

Spurs £710m

Liverpool £537m

Newcastle £221m

Everton £206m

 

proof that we are a bigger club than Everton and Newcastle, but still smaller than Tottenham.

[SNOWY]

Spurs worth 173 Mil more than Liverpool, surprising.

[Fan The Flames]

I can't believe that Spurs are valued so high. They must be the most under performing club pound for pound.

[Wurzel]

I can't believe that Spurs are valued so high. They must be the most under performing club pound for pound.

 

Have you ever bought a pint in London? Everything costs more there. Not a reflection on quality or value.

[spyinthesky]

Spurs worth 173 Mil more than Liverpool, surprising.

 

Apparently this is to do with land valuation, consistent profit and lack of debt

 

Comment was made about Liverpool's valuation increasing when they complete their new stand and increase corporate activity

 

However Spurs have a new ground in prospect so they will increase potential matchday revenue by over 60%

 

In % terms Utd have increased their perceived value by 74% in two years, Man City by 126%, Chelsea & Spurs by 60% and Liverpool by 50%

 

Newcastle are down 20%

 

In comparison Saints are up 350%!!!

[spyinthesky]

It should be noted that US Business company Forbes also did a similar exercise covering major European clubs and their valuations were rather different.

 

Not sure where Saints ranked in that one

[saintmonkey1979]

It should be noted that US Business company Forbes also did a similar exercise covering major European clubs and their valuations were rather different.

 

Not sure where Saints ranked in that one

Not in the top 20. I can't find anything that lists beyond top 20, but the premier league has a good showing of clubs on the list.

 

http://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/

[Redslo]

Here are linksto the list the OP was referencing

 

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/08/21/from-man-utd-at-1-8bn-to-cherries-at-104m-whats-your-club-worth-210803/

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3190732/Premier-League-sides-worth-8-4bn-getting-richer-Manchester-United-leading-way.html

 

These are other links relevant to this thread:

 

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2013/03/25/from-man-utd-at-1bn-to-wigan-at-42m-whats-your-club-really-worth-250102/

 

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Markham-paper.pdf

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-clubs-now-worth-6221748

 

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/liverpool-valued-540m-latest-finance-9907010

Edited 23 August, 2015 by Redslo

[spyinthesky]

I suppose the question being considered by Kat and her advisers are:

 

1. Is this valuation reasonable and should consideration be given to putting the club on the market (presumably all clubs are on the market in some way)?

Allowing for the Liebherr's initial and ongoing investment, presumably there is a decent capital gain if the report's valuation is correct.

2. Should more be spent on the squad to prevent the spectre of relegation, especially as there are greater benefits from the new and improved TV deal?

3. Should the strategy follow the current line of obtaining a decent return on top ranked (and dissatisfied) players and trust in the Black Box, Youth team and Les Reed to bring in suitable replacements at cheaper prices?

4. The danger with options 2 & 3 is that relegation out of the Prem will reduce market valuation but I guess the club is not really looking at this scenario at the moment.

If things do go pear shaped before January, it will be interesting to see what resources are used to improve things in the second part of the season

[Tommog]

Yeah i would say location needs to be taken into account. Sh*te Heart Lane is prime real estate with London land selling at about 40 trillion a yard. Then you have Liverpool where you can buy a house for a fiver.

(financial data may not be entirely accurate)

 

Fair play to arsenal to be honest. Have a lot of respect for them. For years Wenger was always fighting with one hand behind his back financially when competing with other top 4 clubs. They got their financial house in order and now are one of the big boys without the house of cards based on one Saudi/ Russian.