Sneak Peek: The DealStats Value Index

The DealStats Value Index is BVR's quarterly publication that gives you a window into the latest insights on private-company acquisitions with important data analysis drawn directly from the DealStats database. This excerpt comes from the latest issue for the first quarter of 2023 and is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the index!

NET SALES MULTIPLES FOR PRIVATE-BUYER/PRIVATE-SELLER TRANSACTIONS RISE IN 2022
The median net sales multiple in the all-transactions category rose to 0.55x in 2021 and 0.58 in 2022, after being at 0.47x in 2020, the lowest value in the period analyzed. In 2020, private buyers and public buyers paid a multiple for public sellers of 2.00x and 2.93x, respectively. In 2021, the net sales multiple rose more closely to historical norms, when private buyers and public buyers paid 2.47x and 4.36x, respectively, for public targets. Generally, in 2022, almost all types of transactions faced a downward trend except for private buyer/private seller transactions, where the multiple increased by 5% compared to its previous figure in 2021.

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