> According to the article, the average valuation multiple for US deals to take firms private is 19.3x EBITDA. That's on a PIPE, which is a small subsection of

> According to the article, the average valuation multiple for US deals to take firms private is 19.3x EBITDA. That's on a PIPE, which is a small subsection of all PE buyouts. Average multiples for ALL buyouts is 12.3x in NA: Average buyout multiples in 2021 rose 9% to 12.3x in North America, and, despite a slight decline, still stood at a lofty 11.9x in Europe (see Figure 14). https://www.bain.com/globalassets/noindex/2022/bain_report_global-private-equity-report-2022.pdf https://www.bain.com/globalassets/noindex/2022/bain_report_g...