Disclaimer

Read this before acting on a report

DealLens reports are analytical documents produced by software. They are intended to help you ask better questions and make better-informed decisions. They are not professional advice and must not be relied on as the sole basis for any acquisition decision.

What a report is not

It is not an appraisal. Valuation ranges are derived from published market multiples and computational methods. They are not a certified appraisal and would not be accepted as one by a lender, a court or a tax authority.

It is not a quality-of-earnings review. A QoE engagement involves a qualified accountant examining actual books and records, usually on site. Our analysis works only from the documents you supply.

It is not legal advice. Nothing in a report constitutes legal advice on contracts, entity structure, licensing, employment, environmental liability or anything else. Engage an attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction.

It is not tax or accounting advice. Engage a CPA.

It is not an environmental assessment. Where a report discusses environmental matters it summarises publicly available records and recommends what to obtain. It is not a Phase I or Phase II Environmental Site Assessment and is no substitute for one.

It is not an investment recommendation. OODAC is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer or business broker.

On accuracy

Reports draw on three input types, each with its own failure modes:

Listings. Marketplace listings are advertisements. Every major marketplace states that figures are seller-supplied and not independently verified. Our reports carry that distinction through explicitly — but we cannot make an unverified figure true.

Your documents. We analyse what you give us. If a document is incomplete, altered or unrepresentative, the analysis inherits that.

Public records. Coverage, currency and accuracy of public records vary enormously by jurisdiction. A search that finds nothing is not proof that nothing exists. Where a report relies on a secondary source that republishes official data, it says so and recommends obtaining the primary record.

On artificial intelligence

Reports are generated with the assistance of large language models. These systems can misread documents, misinterpret records and produce confident-sounding statements that are wrong.

We reduce that risk substantially in the ways that matter most: all financial arithmetic is computed deterministically in our own code rather than inferred by a model; every research finding carries its source; every claim is tagged as documented, seller claim, or hypothesis; and on the highest tier a separate pass audits the finished report against the computed figures.

None of that eliminates the risk. Verify every material finding before acting on it.

On third parties

Reports may reference businesses, entities and public records. Such references describe what public records state, at the time they were retrieved. They are not assertions about any person's conduct, character or intentions.

If you believe a report contains an inaccurate statement about you or your business, write to hello@oodac.com and we will investigate promptly.

Your decision

Buying a business is a significant financial commitment, frequently the largest a person makes. The sums at stake are orders of magnitude greater than the price of a report.

Use the report to know what to ask, what to request, and where to direct professional attention. Then engage those professionals. Then decide.

The decision, and its consequences, are yours.