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Will Hamilton
- Aug 27, 2018
Size-Adjusting Healthcare Services Market Multiples
As we wrote last week, larger healthcare services companies generally fetch higher valuation multiples – i.e. the purchase price represents a larger multiple of the EBITDA generated by the business. We presented a chart that includes data from health services transactions, and compares the valuation multiple to the size of the business acquired. Here’s the same chart limited to only home-based service businesses. This week, we’ve also included the regression equation from the
Will Hamilton
- Aug 20, 2018
What are Healthcare Services “Platform” Companies and Why are They Worth More?
One of the things we often discuss with our clients is the impact of the size of a healthcare services organization on its valuation. Generally larger companies are considered less risky, which leads to higher multiples and lower discount rates - and therefore higher valuations. The primary reason larger companies are considered less risky is they are more diversified in terms geography and/or services provided. For outpatient and home-based health services businesses, this t
