
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Q1 2022 Market Update - EBITDA MULTIPLES FALL Lower
Growing concerns over rising inflationary pressures coupled with the spread of the omicron variant weakened the outlook of continued economic growth, resulting in EBITDA multiples falling to 3.9x in the fourth quarter of 2021, ending the string of increases seen in the prior two quarters. This is the lowest multiple since the start of the pandemic in the second quarter of 2020. The steep decline came following a string of two quarters with the multiple increasing. EBITDA Mult