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Berkery Noyes has issued its Software report for first half 2014. Transaction volume increased six percent in first half 2014. This was the third consecutive rise in volume examined on a half year basis. Deal value gained five percent, totaling $57.61 billion year-to-date. The median revenue multiple remained nearly constant at 2.4x, while the median… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Information Industry report showed that transaction volume in the Information Industry experienced a two percent uptick on a quarter-to-quarter basis. Aggregate deal value increased 44 percent, from $47.3 billion to $67.9 billion. The median revenue multiple remained constant at 2.2x, while the median EBITDA multiple increased from 9.6x to 11.0x. Financially sponsored deal… View Article

Berkery Noyes has issued its Software report for Q1 2014. Transaction volume declined four percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis. However, this represented a 14 percent increase compared to Q1 2013. Overall deal value in Q1 2014 gained 72 percent in Q1 2014 over Q4 2013, from $22.6 billion to $38.8 billion. This increase in aggregate… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes’ latest research, private equity acquisitions in the Information Industry decreased twelve percent in 2013. However, when compared to 2011, volume underwent a four percent increase. Transaction value declined six percent on a year-to-year basis, from $43.71 billion in 2012 to $41.13 billion in 2013. Hellman & Friedman completed two of the… View Article

Berkery Noyes’s Education M&A report showed that transaction volume increased eight percent on a year-to-year basis. Aggregate value rose 27 percent, from $8.04 billion to $10.20 billion. The median revenue multiple remained constant at 1.5x, while the median EBITDA multiple declined from 13.5x to 11.0x. This marked a return to the industry’s 2011 EBITDA valuation…. View Article