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New Relic’s sale tells us much about the value of middling growth today

TechCrunch: M&A

Shares of the company, which went public back in 2014, are up around 13.5% The deal is interesting because of its size, but we’re more interested in the insight it provides on the current state of the tech landscape as it pertains to valuations. billion in cash. on the news. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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Should You Jump on the Private Equity Bandwagon?

Sica Fletcher

In recent posts, we outlined the background of and reasons for the dramatic upsurge of private equity investment in the insurance brokerage industry , how the combination of private equity and low interest rates have dramatically raised valuations , and how private equity sponsored agencies increasingly dominate the insurance agency business.

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Insurance Agency Valuation 101: Understanding the Essentials

Sica Fletcher

As one of the most active M&A firms in the insurance sector, we are frequently asked how insurance agency valuations work. This article discusses the fundamentals of insurance agency valuations, plus a few lesser-known factors that play into these processes before we give an overview of the insurance M&A market in 2024.

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Physician Practice Acquisitions: A Primer on Hospital & Private Equity Consolidation

InvestmentBank.com

For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report.

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Anatomy of a Transaction

Sica Fletcher

(Otherwise Known as “How Acquisitions Are Structured”) Our November blog post asked how a smaller agency can take advantage of the tsunami of private equity investment in insurance brokerages. Barring extenuating circumstances, 100% of the “value” of the equity is usually paid at the closing of the transaction.

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Budgeting and Saving Tips for the First 5-years of Your Career

OfficeHours

I started my career in 2014 as an investment banking analyst in an oil & gas coverage group. In June of 2014, when I finished training and first hit the desk, the price of oil was $105 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI). investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.) and how our process works.

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How To Sell: Insurance Agency M&A, Step-By-Step

Sica Fletcher

private equity firms, investment banks, individual investors). Valuation For a more in-depth examination of the valuation process, consult our previous article on the subject here. Once an agency owner completes their initial preparations, the next step is to complete a full valuation of the agency.

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