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Unrealistic Business Valuation Expectations

InvestmentBank.com

One of the biggest struggles with selling in the middle to lower middle market is business valuation expectations. One of the biggest problems with valuations is what I might call the Instagram , Whatsapp , OculusVR skew. Valuation multiples don’t increase if your bottom-line increases. You’re a traditional business.

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What Financial KPIs Drive Valuation of a Pest Control Business – Webcast

PCO M&A Specialists

Andrew previously owned his own company, outside of pest control, for 13 years and successfully exited in 2007 right before the Great Recession hit.

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2024 Insurance M&A Market Update: Robust But Complicated

Sica Fletcher

As the charts below indicate, what used to make up approximately 10% of the total buyer space now takes up a whopping 75% of the market: Private Equity in Insurance, 2007 vs. 2024 The growth of private equity in the insurance M&A market can be attributed to equal parts reaction to it and reflection of it. for insurance agencies.

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Macquarie Wins Auction for Coastal Waste

The Deal

That valuation is not far off, though might be viewed as slightly high depending on the metrics used, one of sources familiar with the matter told The Deal. A major infrastructure player, Macquarie Asset Management has invested more than $5 billion in waste management businesses in the Americas since 2007.

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Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)

Wall Street Mojo

Financial Modeling & Valuation Courses Bundle (25+ Hours Video Series) –>> If you want to learn Financial Modeling & Valuation professionally , then do check this ​ Financial Modeling & Valuation Course Bundle ​ ( 25+ hours of video tutorials with step by step McDonald’s Financial Model ).

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8 We Learned About Saving Businesses from Distress by interviewing Labruta Capital who Has a Unique Way To Avoid Bankruptcy

How2Exit

Ali Taraftar left Canada in 2007 to go to the United States and met a couple of investment bankers who put together a firm to do debt restructuring and mortgage modifications. He eventually realized that he needed to grow his company through acquisitions and started educating himself on mergers and acquisitions.

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The Complete Guide to Technology Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

Loose Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Zero and negative interest rates and massive money printing tend to inflate valuations the most for high-risk, high-growth companies. And I expect that many of the funds raised and deployed toward the end of this cycle will deliver underwhelming returns (see: PE funds raised in 2007 ).