Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Several factors contribute to this phenomenon: Profit Potential: Private equity firms are attracted to the tire industry due to its resilience and steady profitability. Fragmented Market: The tire industry is highly fragmented, with many small and medium-sized dealerships. Contact Giorgio at giorgio.andonian@focusbankers.com.

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OfficeHours

JULY 4, 2023

Now, it is time Case Study From Public Markets To Private Markets In this case study, learn how Officehours transitioned from a public market to a private market and achieved profitability in the process. I’m Good On The Prep, I Just Need Help Getting Interviews” Interviewing is part art, part science.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

The Top Industrials Private Equity Firms Mega-Funds and “Large” Private Equity Firms Upper-Middle-Market (UMM) and Middle-Market (MM) Firms Special Situations, Stressed, and Distressed Firms Newer / Smaller PE Firms with Some Industrials Focus How Do Industrials Private Equity Deals Work?

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Solganick & Co.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Despite that fact – and the lack of any significant recovery in the year’s back half – dealmakers are optimistic in the New Year, according to Aaron Solganick, chief executive of El Segundo-based investment bank Solganick & Co. “A For more information, please contact us.

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Periculum Capital

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Periculum Capital Company, LLC (“Periculum”) is pleased to announce it has advised Revelant Technologies (“Revelent” “Company”), a leading Mulesoft implementation and integration partner, in its recapitalization and growth equity investment by Inoca Capital Partners, LLC.

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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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For more on this, please see our healthcare investment banking article. Upper-Middle-Market and Middle-Market Firms with Healthcare Teams – It’s the same idea, but they’re smaller and do smaller deals. Why is Private Equity Interested in a “Boring” Sector Like Healthcare Services? in biology.

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Periculum Capital

MAY 14, 2024

As a scalable, highly-profitable software company led by the founders who were critical to the ongoing success of the business, Bill and Janell worked with Periculum to find a buyer that could quickly build a team to which all operations seamlessly transitioned shortly after closing.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 15, 2024

Private Equity Value Creation Definition: The PE value creation team, also known as the operations, portfolio operations, or portfolio resources team, aims to make private equity firms’ portfolio companies more valuable by improving their revenue and profit margins. Well… don’t get your hopes up.

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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.

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M&A Capital Management Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Tyton Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Tyton Partners Achieves Record H1 2023 with Strong Momentum for the Rest of the Year We are pleased to announce that Tyton Partners Investment Banking division has picked up right where it left off in 2022 closing a record number of deals across the PreK-12, Higher Education, and Corporate L&D markets.

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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.

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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.

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Business M&A Sale Valuation 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Most companies are already profitable, the potential returns are lower, and there’s usually a large secondary component (i.e., Many people still get in from investment banking and management consulting , but some also get in from VC and finance-related jobs at startups.

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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.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of a senior advisor at FOCUS Investing Banking is to provide strategic advice and guidance to clients on various financial transactions. Senior advisors play a key role in client relationship management, strategic advisory, market research, networking, team collaboration and risk management.

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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.

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Private Equity Valuation Food Equities 52

Tyton Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

Excolere Equity Partners is a leading middle market private equity firm that leverages its deep sector experience and strategic and operational expertise to accelerate the growth and enhance the impact of companies in the Education and Human Capital sector.

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Education Medical Private Equity Equities 52

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 3, 2024

Axial is a private deal network that covers the lower middle market in the United States and Canada. Full disclosure, my firm FOCUS Investment Banking was just ranked No. 1 in Axial’s Top 25 Investment Banks for 2023 list.) It’s first interesting to see who the buyers in the lower middle market are.

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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.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

APRIL 15, 2025

In a fast-evolving landscape, your middle market company might find itself in a precarious position. The best way to overcome this challenge is to invest in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). FP&A delivers value to middle market businesses in five critical ways.

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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.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 19, 2025

We covered these points and the main verticals in the consumer retail investment banking article. Expand Margins and Multiples Its unrealistic for a company like this to increase its growth rate substantially, but Sycamore may see an opportunity to boost profitability, ROIC , and ultimately the companys EBITDA multiple.

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