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New Deal Alert feature in DealStats

In response to user feedback, DealStats has added a Deal Alert feature that allows you to receive notifications when new transactions are added to DealStats, based on your specific saved search parameters.

BIZCOMPS now has over 15,000 transactions

A new infographic shows that BIZCOMPS, the database of sales transactions involving small “Main Street” private companies, now includes over 15,165 deals.

FactSet Review, 2023

May 2023 Hardcover, PDF

FactSet Mergerstat

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The FactSet Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions.  And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples. Learn more >>

DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2022

Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.

Private-company EBITDA multiples rebounded in 3Q2022

After dropping to their lowest levels in recent years, EBITDA multiples rose to a median of 3.7x in the third quarter of 2022, up from 2.8x in the second quarter (see graph below), according to the latest issue of the DealStats Value Index (DVI).

BVR Responds to Hitchner Article on DealStats

This is a response to an article by Jim Hitchner discussing the various transaction databases including BVR’s DealStats. It gives an additional perspective on the private buyer transactions in DealStats.

SME transaction values drop to 2.9x for 2Q2022

EBITDA multiples are at 2.9x for the second quarter of 2022, which is down from the 4.5x rate in the first quarter of 2022, according to the latest issue of the DealStats Value Index (DVI).

DealStats users spark enhancements to the database

BVR's Market Data Team recently surveyed DealStats users, and their suggestions have prompted some enhancements.

SME transaction values rise to 4.5x for 1Q2022

EBITDA multiples are at 4.5x for the first quarter of 2022, which is up from the 3.9x rate in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest issue of the DealStats Value Index (DVI).

DealStats Yields Insights on How Crises Impact Exit Values for Small Firms

Recently, BVR provided some assistance to researchers at Colorado State University who were examining the sales of small businesses in the wake of a crisis, such as the pandemic. Their study offers some new insight on how crises impact exit value and the selling process.

EBITDA multiples continue upward trend, per DealStats analysis

The median selling price/EBITDA multiple increased to 4.5x in 1Q2022, up from 3.9x for 4Q2021, according to the latest DealStats Value Index, which summarizes valuation multiples and profit margins for acquired private companies by time period, sector, and size.

Hitchner’s primer on three transaction databases

“Read the instructions” to transactional databases is the advice Jim Hitchner (Financial Valuation Advisors) stressed several times in the February 2022 issue of Hardball With Hitchner.

DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2021

Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.

FactSet Mergerstat Review, 2022

June 2022 PDF

FactSet Mergerstat

Business Valuation Resources, LLC

The Mergerstat Review is the cornerstone of every mergers and acquisitions library. This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded and cross–border transactions.  And, as always, the Review is the most reliable source for premiums by year and industry multiples. Learn more >>

DealStats Hall of Fame members for 2020

Thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute data, DealStats is the leading database of private-company and public-company M&A transactions.

2021 EBITDA multiples down slightly, per DealStats

Despite the vaccination rollout starting in the first quarter of 2021, EBITDA multiples ticked slightly lower, to 3.8x, according to BVR’s DealStats Value Index (DVI) report for 2Q 2021.

New Study Analyzes Earnout Data in DealStats

What the BVR DealStats database reveals about the nature of earnouts, keeping in mind the fact that the pandemic has affected some industries far greater than a “normal” recession.

2020 EBITDA multiples rebound, per DealStats

In 2Q20, EBITDA multiples (median selling price/EBITDA) across all industries dropped to 3.7x as deal activity almost came to a halt, according to BVR’s DealStats Value Index (DVI) report for 1Q 2021.

3Q20 private-company EBITDA multiples rise, per DealStats

After a drop in 2Q20, EBITDA multiples (median selling price/EBITDA) across all industries increased to 5.1x in the third quarter of 2020, the highest level since 2018, according to BVR’s DealStats Value Index (DVI) report.

Architecture and Engineering Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study, Seventh Edition

February 2019 PDF

Rusk O'Brien Gido Partners

Rusk O'Brien Gido Partners

Now in its seventh year, this study examines data from 261 distinct stock transactions collected via a confidential online survey. All data is analysed and compiled by Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners’ team of accredited business appraisers. Learn more >>

Private firm multiples up, per BIZCOMPS update

The median sale price-to-SDE multiple for all industries reported at its highest level in 2019, at 2.09x, according to the BIZCOMPS Deal Review, a regular publication that analyzes general trends, valuation multiples, and operating ratios for transactions in the BIZCOMPS database.

Two new EV/EBITDA SME transaction studies from Epsilon-Research and UK 200

Epsilon Research has released the Q3 2019 Argos Index, which measures private midmarket company valuations in the euro zone.

Median EBITDA multiple now 4.4x for small and medium enterprises

The median selling price/EBITDA multiple across all industry sectors is 4.4x, according to the 4Q 2019 DealStats Value Index (DVI).

Private-company selling price/EBITDA median is 4.4x, per DealStats

The median selling price/EBITDA multiple across all industry sectors is 4.4x, according to the 4Q 2019 DealStats Value Index (DVI).

New DealStats Hall of Fame members

DealStats now lists over 30,000 private-company and 4,000 public-company M&A transactions, thanks to business brokers and other intermediaries who contribute the data.

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