Mon, Oct 2, 2017

Apparel Quarterly Update - Late Fall 2017

Consumer M&A activity continues to surge with over $25 billion of transaction value completed in Q3 2017 alone.

Similarly, valuations reached levels that haven't been seen since the economic downfall of 2008. This activity is underpinned by the strength of the debt capital markets where middle-market debt multiples have increased to almost 6x EBITDA. Within Consumer, the Active Apparel and Footwear index garnered the highest valuations at 12.6 times last 12 months’ (LTM) EBITDA.

Read the report for more detail on current market conditions, trends and transaction activity.


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