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Share of BSL-financed LBO count by equity contribution
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Since rate hikes began in 2022, buyouts under $1 billion have virtually disappeared from the BSL market.
Read MorePE exit/investment ratio
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Sponsor-to-sponsor exit activity dipped on an absolute basis in Q2, along with the moderate decrease in total…
Read MoreM&A EV/revenue multiple for deals between $25 million and $1 billion
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Middle-market valuation multiples are pointing to an increasingly liquid M&A market with valuation expectations broadly aligned with…
Read MorePrivate debt nowcast vs. reported returns
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The Private Debt Barometer currently holds a stable, slightly positive score of 53, with a nowcast of…
Read MoreRolling one-year PE fund returns
Download PitchBook’s Report here. A review of desmoothed returns and the desmoothed nowcast over a rolling one-year horizon shows that PE…
Read MorePE nowcast vs. reported returns
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Like many asset classes, US PE funds experienced strong performance gains in the market acceleration during the…
Read MoreMedian PE company holding times (years)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The data for median hold times for PE-backed companies in the US continues its downtrend, though it…
Read MoreGlobal buyout EV/EBITDA multiples
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The EV/EBITDA multiple for PE buyouts stood at 11.7x for the TTM period ended June 30, 2025.…
Read MorePlatform LBO and growth equity deals as a share of all PE deals
Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE growth investment activity continues to be an important category, making up 22.3% of all PE deals…
Read MoreCarveouts/divestitures as a share of all PE buyouts by quarter
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Carve-out transactions are running at 10.6% of all buyout deals in 2025, which is comfortably above the five-year average…
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