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10-20 times earnings is a good company acquisition price metric Only in Silicon Valley playing with VC$. 2-4x earnings would be (have been?) a normal multiple
by WillPostForFood 7y ago
10-20 times earnings is a good company acquisition price metric
Only in Silicon Valley playing with VC$. 2-4x earnings would be (have been?) a normal multiple for valuation.
- radicalbyte 7y agoNo there are other areas where that is normal. You're talking very well run businesses with natural monopolies in industries with very low risks.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoYou might be right, but perhaps very well run businesses with natural monopolies in industries with very low risks are more exceptional than normal.