Has anyone completed a transaction in the security alarm space?

by a searcher from Northwestern University

3 years ago

I am trying to figure out the current EBITDA multiple. I could not find it on the deal benchmarks and comps file that I came across.

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searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

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To supplement what Austin has said, I would also focus on companies that serve high-end homes (i.e. less transient and care less about the cost), which also tend to offer higher-end services (--> higher margins), or companies that service businesses (tend to be stickier, longer-term contracts, etc.)

Pay attention to the sub creation costs and attrition - basically two factors that can kill or make this investment. Make sure sub creation cost over time (expressed as multiple of recurring monthly revenue) is lower than the multiple that you paid for the business

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