Reprice a Diligence Finding

Converts a quantifiable due-diligence finding into a recommended purchase-price credit, the cost to cure grossed up by a contingency for overrun risk. Inputs are the estimated cost to cure and the contingency percentage.

By Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA · Teaching Professor of Finance, Santa Clara University · Reviewed August 2026

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Reprice a Diligence Finding

The finding

Estimated cost to cure

Contingency for overrun risk

Estimated cost to cure

$350,000

Contingency (15% for cost-overrun risk)

$52,500

Recommended price credit

$402,500

cost × (1 + contingency)

Present the finding, quantify it, and reprice it. A quantifiable cost reprices the deal, it does not kill it. The credit preserves the original return profile and reframes the negotiation: the price must now reflect the cost, the uncertainty, and the execution risk.

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