You are the CFO of a company that is interested in taking a…
You are the CFO of a company that is interested in taking a majority stake ownership of a privately held firm called Getafix. Getafix has revenue of $200 million and EBITDA of $40 million. To help you estimate a value for Getafix, you identify two private firms in the same line of business, Unhygienix and Vitalstatistix, that were recently acquired. The deal value of these acquisitions (i.e. total consideration paid) is listed below. In addition, you are able to obtain pre-acquisition data on revenue and EBITDA of the acquired firms. Using the Deal Value-to-EBITDA multiple, what is the deal value estimate of Getafix? All data in $ millions Deal Deal value Target firm Sales Target firm EBITDA Geriatrix buys Unhygienix 265 80 33 Fulliautomatix buys Vitalstatistix 350 110 50