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Branford Buys Testek from Odyssey

Private Equity Professional

Branford Castle focuses on investing in companies with enterprise values up to $100 million and EBITDA of less than $15 million. Testek was advised on the sell-side by Kroll investment banking. © 2024 Private Equity Professional | November 14, 2024

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Investment banking vets launch WH Equity Partners

Private Equity Wire

WH Equity Partners, a US private equity firm focused on growth investments and buyouts in the small and mid-cap sectors, has been launched by Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Peter Weinbach and Senior Managing Director Grant Harshbarger.

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Lincoln Private Market Index Closes 2023 at a Record High

Private Equity Professional

The Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI), which tracks changes in the enterprise value of US privately held companies, increased by 0.6% According to Chicago-headquartered investment bank Lincoln International, the LPMI’s increase was directionally in line with the movement of… This content is for members only.

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Why AT&T Stock Fell on Friday

The Motley Fool

This morning, investment bank J.P. But at a combined enterprise value (EV) of nearly $275 billion, that still works out to an EV/free-cash-flow ratio of 23.7. What happened Shares of telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) fell 3.6% as of 9:50 a.m. ET Friday morning. You can blame J.P. Morgan for that.

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Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks | 2024

Axial

Axial is excited to release our 2024 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. To assemble this list, we reviewed the deal-making activities of 400+ investment banks and advisory firms that met the qualifications to be considered for league tables last year.

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Blackstone said to seek sale of a majority stake in South Korean medicine wholesaler Geo-Young in a deal estimated to be worth up to $1.4bn

Private Equity Insights

The private equity firm, which in 2019 acquired a 71% stake in Geo-Young at an enterprise value of 1.1T won (US$845.8M), recently asked investment banks to choose underwriters for the proposed transaction, The Korea Economic Daily reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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Value of cash conveying in an M&A transaction

Private Equity Info

Understand how cash affects the valuation of companies in M&A transactions, using a simple analogy to explain enterprise value and equity.