Does anyone have experience in asset-light 3PL?

by an intermediary from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

2 years ago

I'm currently looking at 2 deals in this space, $3-5M in EBITDA, and am being given some pretty high valuations.  I'm wondering what others are seeing in the market right now and if anyone has an opinion on using TTM EBITDA or a blended EBITDA, considering the massive and (likely) unsustainable growth we've seen in logistics since the beginning of the pandemic.  

I would appreciate any thoughts you all may have!

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searcher from University of Southern California

Happy to talk about the industry in general as well if helpful. Worked for a number of 3pls and now work for one of the top 5 largest.

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professional from The College of New Jersey - School of Business

There is a fair amount of consolidation going on in the industry right now given a combination of motivated boomer exits with high expected valuations on the sell side and private equity dry powder and sophisticated deal structures on the buy side. Demand for these companies is very high right now as well. I've seen private equity deals in the sub-$10 million ebitda range so you're probably competing with private equity capital to a certain degree. Happy to chat about what I've seen. Send me a message if you'd like to connect.

2 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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