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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year?

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

Mergers and Inquisitions

For growth-stage companies, you will see plenty of equity offerings: IPOs , SPACs , PIPEs, and follow-on issuances. Finally, services companies are like other professional services companies but have different macro drivers (see above). Many “services” in this area involve residential installations of solar panels.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Jacobs is a moderate-growth, moderate-margin company in the professional services space, currently trading at 1.2x Here it is in the investor presentation: We don’t know the planned valuation for CMS in this spin-off, but let’s assume that Jacobs plans to spin it off at an IPO offering price that implies an 11.5x revenue and 11.5x

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