Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2023

However, activity decelerated significantly during the latter half of the year, with larger deals experiencing a more pronounced decline compared to middle-market activity. Companies need to carefully manage these increased costs to maintain profitability and sustainable growth in the industry.

Middle Market 52

Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Sale 52

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 25, 2023

Three years ago, I made a stab at ranking the various business segments that I typically run into when representing tire dealers in the lower-middle market. The chart accompanying this column represents my view of the relative market value of the different segments that you’ll see in the lower-middle market in privately held U.S.

Business 52

Business Retail Valuation Middle Market 52

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 9, 2023

Motivations for TBC: Perhaps TBC's management gradually became less inclined towards company-owned stores, finding franchising to be a simpler and more profitable venture. Perhaps the company leaders and the board found franchising and distribution to be an easier and more profitable venture, or that they had their hand in too many verticals.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Acquisitions Retail Profitability Investment Banking 52

Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, in the lower middle market (company value from $10mm-$250mm), most business owners do not get an audit prepared because of cost. A QofE team will work with the seller to identify and verify expense adjustments to EBITDA, which often can boost a company’s profitability and in turn, support a higher valuation.

Valuation 52

Valuation Financial Statement M&A Food 52

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JUNE 2, 2023

That’s the topic CCA Managing Director Marty O’Neill and Shirley Collier, President of Scale 2 Market, discussed on the Growth Masters Federal podcast, which this blog recaps. Investors are still active in the M&A middle market, even in a difficult economy.

Government 52

Government Business Middle Market Corporation 52

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The EBITDA multiple method is what we see utilized almost exclusively in the lower middle market and what we discuss below. Each brand not only needs to understand these metrics, but also have a process of regularly assessing them: Profitability: Restaurants with a higher EBITDA tend to receive higher multiples.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Valuation Food Equities 52

Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 5, 2023

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be a great way for businesses to expand their operations, enter new markets, and increase profitability. With a lifetime spent in is family’s automotive business, he now advises and assists privately held middle market auto aftermarket companies with mergers and acquisitions.

M&A 52

M&A Capital Management Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 22, 2023

You’ve spent years, if not decades, building your firm and working in the trenches to maximize revenue and profits, and now you’re at an inflection point. With a lifetime spent in is family’s automotive business, he now advises and assists privately held middle market auto aftermarket companies with mergers and acquisitions.

Business 52

Business M&A Sale Valuation 52

Software Equity Group

JULY 18, 2023

Buyers and investors consider many factors, of course, including your company’s size, growth rate, and profitability. Both our research and our experience show that for SaaS sellers in the lower to middle markets, even a relatively modest gain in NDR can have a “compounding” effect leading to an outsized impact on both revenue and valuation.

Business 52

Business Valuation Investors M&A 52

Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There is no minimum revenue size or level of profitability Beard has in mind for an ESOP. “I And the trustee will get in the middle of that decision.” For a middle market company, that is somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 annually. Another potential pitfall is ongoing annual expenses to maintain that ESOP.

Debt 52

Debt Retail Business Private Equity 52

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

For a number of our buyers, the seller has to be of a specific profitability level for us to be able to get outside interest. How are these factors influencing M&A activities in the middle market within this sector? That's creating higher sales prices. But the problem now is the inventory of businesses for sale is thin.

Sale 52

Sale Business M&A IT 52

OfficeHours

AUGUST 30, 2023

“The durability and growth of our existing portfolio during the pandemic demonstrates the benefits of our consistent investment strategy, as we have never wavered from targeting companies with mission-critical offerings, a history of sustainable profitability, and a stable base of recurring revenue,” said Steve Jarmel, Founder and Partner.

Equities 130

Equities Private Equity Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 3, 2024

Axial is a private deal network that covers the lower middle market in the United States and Canada. Axial’s definition of lower middle market is private companies with revenues between $2.5 It’s first interesting to see who the buyers in the lower middle market are. million and $250 million.

M&A 52

M&A Middle Market Private Equity Debt 52

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 23, 2024

A private deal network that covers the lower middle market in the United States and Canada, Axial investigated 47 transactions across a variety of industries. If, as things progress, they start to see softness in your sales and profits, that will scare them. The best place to start is to understand why deals die.

Business 52

Business Book-building Sale Profitability 52

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Behavioral Health, Infusion, and Staffing firms top the list in BRGs survey Many lower middle market private equity groups have revisited their investment priorities as we enter 2025, making room for new opportunities across healthcare verticals. IVX Health), but the industry is still in its infancy.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Healthcare Equities Investors 52