Back to blog Quality Deal Flow from Aged Portfolio Companies
Access to quality deal flow is the single largest determinant of success for investment banks and private equity firms. There is, however, a steady flow of potential deal intelligence that remains largely untapped.
POTENTIAL DEAL FLOW
The statistics from our private equity database show the median holding period for private equity portfolio companies is 4.8 years. That is, half of all portfolio companies are exited BEFORE they age 4.8 years under private equity ownership.
Private equity owned portfolio companies crossing the 4-year threshold are therefore strong candidates for a transaction, in that they have a reasonably high probability of a near-term exit. This is a potential source of quality deal flow, M&A intelligence and transaction ideas, especially if some of these properly aged portfolio companies fit together.
THE DATA
The PEI M&A Research Database is currently tracking 246 private equity backed portfolio companies (globally) that are crossing the 4-year age mark this month (September 2020). 131 of these portfolio companies are U.S. based.
GET THE INTEL
Purchase the September 2020 4-Year Aged Portfolio Company data file to gain insights from potential near-term transactions. Great ideas for only $246, or pay a little more to include the key private equity executive contact.
Purchase the list of 246 PE-owned portfolio companies. The file includes:
Include the key PE executive for each of these portfolio companies:
Purchase the list of 246 PE-owned portfolio companies + key executives. The file includes:
- Portfolio Company - name, website, city, state, country, business profile
- Private Equity Firm - name, website, address, city, state, zip, country, phone
- Private Equity Key Executive - name, title, email (individual emails are ~60% populated)
