Surprisingly, the median private equity portfolio company holding period has held stable at 4.8 – 4.9 years for the past four years. That is…
Covid had essentially no impact on the PE industry’s median hold period.
Historically, 5% to 8% of U.S. private equity platform acquisitions are made by PE firms outside the U.S.
2019 was the peak for this metric at 7.8%. That is, in 2019, 187 U.S.-based companies were acquired as new platform investments by international PE firms. (Add-on investments include a much larger number of acquisitions by international PE firms.)
The most targeted sectors by international private equity firms in 2021 were: Software, Healthcare, Technology, Data Analytics, and Food & Beverage (in that order).
The trending private equity investment sectors for October 2021 were Bio Technology, Restoration Services, Holiday & Vacation Services and Beauty Care.
Sample transactions for each category are highlighted below.
We’ve been tracking the average number of current portfolio companies held by private equity firms from our M&A Research Database.
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We have previously reported that private equity, as an industry, is moving down market, increasingly investing in smaller deals.
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While the migration down market was a trend, this seems to have stabilized, with little change in the last three years. That said, with the previous push down market, there’s now a long tail to the distribution of companies of interest to private equity firms.
So, how small of a company will PE firms still consider for a platform investment?
The trending private equity investment sectors for September 2021 were Digital Marketing, Cybersecurity and Managed Services.
Sample transactions for each category are highlighted below.
The trending private equity investment sectors for August 2021 were Software – Cloud and SaaS, Healthcare and Manufacturing.
Sample transactions for each category are highlighted below.
Private equity acquisitions of Dental companies have accelerated in recent years as PE firms employ an industry roll-up strategy in this traditionally fragmented space.
The Private Equity Info Research Database shows 175 platform portfolio companies held by private equity firms in the Dental space. These companies are collectively held by 159 private equity firms.
The trending private equity investment sectors for July 2021 were Food & Beverage, SaaS Business Services and Manufacturing – Industrial Products.
Sample transactions are highlighted below.
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