QXO Bid For Beacon Would Need Certain Multiple For Serious Consideration -- Market Talk

Dow Jones11-20 23:26

1026 ET - A bid from QXO for Beacon Roofing Supply would need to come in with at least a low double-digit multiple to get serious consideration, says Jefferies' Philip Ng in a research note. WSJ earlier this week reported that QXO, a new player in building-products distribution, made an offer to acquire Beacon and that a deal could be clinched before the end of the year. Ng notes that Home Depot acquired SRS Distribution, a private competitor to Beacon, earlier this year at about a multiple of around 16 based on its enterprise value to Ebitda ratio. He adds that Beacon overlaps with about two-thirds of SRS's business and that the previous management team at Beacon made M&A deals in recent years for about a mid-teens multiple. (denny.jacob@wsj.com; @pennedbyden)

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November 20, 2024 10:26 ET (15:26 GMT)

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