Industry Update: Food and Beverage M&A – October 2015
October, 2015 Food and Beverage (“F&B”) M&A continues to see strong activity. Year-to-date 2015 transaction volume of 190 deals is just below pace of 2014 record levels. For year-to-date 2015, strategic buyers accounted for 86% of F&B M&A transactions. During 2014, strategic buyers accounted for just over 91% of the transactions. F & B transaction activity has been strong, with …
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Industry Update: Transportation & Logistics M&A – September 2015
September, 2015 U.S. transportation & logistics M&A continues to see strong activity. Year-to-date 2015 transaction volume of 93 deals is on pace to surpass 2014 deal volume of 99 transactions. For the year-to-date 2015 period, strategic buyers accounted for 87% of the transportation & logistics M&A transactions with financial buyers making up the difference. During 2014, strategic buyers accounted for …
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Industry Update: Packaging M&A – September 2015
September, 2015 Packaging M&A continues to see strong activity. Year-to-date 2015 transaction volume of 50 deals is just below pace of 2014 record levels. For the year-to-date 2015 period, strategic buyers accounted for 76% of the packaging M&A transactions with financial buyers making up the difference. During 2014, strategic buyers accounted for approximately 72% of the transactions. Peakstone equally weighted …
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Industry Update: E-Commerce M&A – September, 2015
September, 2015 E-Commerce M&A continues to see strong activity. Year-to-date 2015 transaction volume of 216 deals is on pace with record 2014 levels. During 2014, there were 375 transactions, an increase of over 12% from the prior year. For the year-to-date 2015 period, strategic buyers accounted for 80% of the e-commerce M&A transactions with financial buyers making up the difference. …
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Industry Update: Restaurant M&A – August, 2015
August, 2015 For restaurant M&A year-to-date 2015, strategic buyers accounted for 75% of restaurant M&A transactions. During 2014, strategic buyers accounted for just over 80% of the transactions. For announced transactions (albeit a limited sample size), restaurant multiples saw a modest increase from 10.1x EBITDA and 0.9x revenue in 2014 to 11.1x EBITDA and 1.2x revenue year-to-date 2015. Peakstone Fast …
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Industry Update: E-Commerce M&A – June, 2015
June, 2015 The ecommerce industry continues to see strong activity. Year-to-date ecommerce 2015 transaction volume of 145 deals is on pace with record 2014 levels. During 2014, there were 375 ecommerce transactions, an increase of over 12% from the prior year. Strategic buyers continue to lead the way for ecommerce transactions. Year-to-date 2015, strategic buyers accounted for 85% of the …
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