Debate Topic: Fewer deals in 2023 so far - blip or trend?

by a searcher from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

2 months ago

This chart shows that deals under LOI went down for both self funded and traditional searchers. What if I also told you that in the full report you would find that EBITDA size under LOI also went down, and multiples on EBITDA also went down? Check out the full report linked here!

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searcher from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

We have participants from Europe and NA but the survey is US focused

2 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business

Hi, what geography does this report cover? Is this North America or only the US?

2 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

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