report Highlights

Highlights from our Q3 2023 UK M&A Valuation Indices, covering UK M&A transaction multiples for M&A deals completed in July – September 2023.

The M&A market, in terms of deal volumes, has stabilised following a decline that began in Q2  2022. This decline followed abnormally high levels of activity in 2021 and early 2022.

When comparing deal volumes for Q3 2023 2. UK M&A Deal Volumes – Q3 2022 v Q3 2023 against the comparative period in 2022, volumes were 16% lower.

Our provisional data indicates that multiples have decreased in Q3 2023 compared to the previous quarter.

SECTOR-BASED INDICES

Our analysis tends to suggest that, all other variables being equal, multiples paid for businesses within the Industrials & Business Support Services and the Consumer segments will be lower than those in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors.

The greater share of Technology, Media and Telecommunications deals in Q2 2023 and Q3 2023 may be a factor in supporting multiples in these quarters relative to Q4 2022 and Q1 2023.

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