Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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IPO Valuation M&A Business 52

RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

What is Valuation? Valuation can be simply defined as the process of assigning an estimated dollar amount or range to the worth of an item, good, or service. During preliminary due diligence, the view of valuation is often heavily contingent on the financial information provided by the seller.

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M&A Valuation Mergers and Acquisitions Discounted Cash Flow 40

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. While many people see this as merely “doing the right thing,” there is also often an economic payoff. This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned. It’s increasingly becoming a must for small and medium-sized businesses.

Middle Market 52

Middle Market Business Government Profitability 52

Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

Strategic buyers are publicly traded or privately owned software companies. Particularly notable is the significant decline in public strategic deals, which fell from 35% to 25% from 2021 to 2022. In previous economic downturns, such as 2008, private SaaS company valuations took a hit as public strategics were forced to cut back.

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M&A Private Equity Equities S&P 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). [1]

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M&A Capital Market Stock Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A thorough exit strategy planning process will help you understand your options, define your objectives, get the right metrics and documents in order, and identify areas for improvement that could help you attract a buyer and increase your valuation in an M&A exit. Not sure how to prepare an exit strategy?

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Business Management 52

Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

The recent economic volatility has also seen an increase in the use of alternatives to one-time cash purchases in the context of M&A deals , including earnouts and working capital adjustments. As of February 11, 2021, the OSC gave the green light for the first publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded funds in North America.

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M&A Funds Accountant IT 40

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

No matter the economic climate, you can always bet on sports fans to show up for their favorite teams. This sector is the most different in terms of valuation and technical analysis because of nuances around licensing, player salaries, and different revenue streams.

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Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 105

Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When listed as publicly traded companies, they mostly become small-cap and micro-cap stocks trading on the exchange. Such firms enjoy high growth rates and play a vital economic role. Since the company is new, it is less in valuation, but Ryan is adamant about offering better products and services.

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Middle Market Bulge Bracket Private Equity Investment Banking 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Despite dealmaking anxieties in the first half of the year, valuations remained strong, and discount opportunities were few and far between. The US government implemented a number of economic stimulus measures that rippled across the M&A landscape. 2] Global deal value in the technology sector was up 47.3% Buyer…Seller…PPP Lender?

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M&A IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Business 40

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Midsize pharmaceutical buyers pursuing opportunistic acquisition strategies, with robust capital markets and high valuations having limited the pool of attractive assets available in recent years. These players have looked further afield to add new capabilities and pipeline assets. DeSPAC transactions also hit an all?

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Mergers 40

Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While Retina groups were already receiving competitive valuations from private equity-backed companies like EyeSouth Partners and NVision Eye Centers, the RCA-Cencora transaction indicates there are long-term buyers outside of private equity for retina practices with the capital to acquire and operate them.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Healthcare Equities Sale 52

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Traditional terminal exit routes for private equity-backed companies are to larger strategic acquirers (often public companies) and IPOs, where a private company becomes publicly traded. However, the type of larger company that would be interested in buying physician practice management (PPM) companies has been unknown.

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Private Equity Healthcare Equities Medical 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

Looking ahead, expect the fruits of these efforts to free up valuable resources capital and management bandwidth that can be redirected toward higher-value, strategic acquisitions in 2025 as the general economic backdrop (inflation, interest rates, antitrust) looks to become more conducive to bigger bets.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions 64