PE middle-market valuations reached their apex in 2021 and have declined sharply since. Closing out 2023, deal multiples in the middle market had declined by somewhere between 25.0% to 40.6% from their peak, depending on the yardstick used (EBITDA or revenue), and unlike the overall M&A market, there were no signs of bottoming.
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