Market commentary Oct 2025
Operators discuss Apex outbidding and unfollowable valuations in deal market
The hosts discuss Apex Service Partners as a tough act to follow on valuation, citing a deal where a $6M-revenue, $1M-EBITDA company was offered $14M and has been unsellable since.
“I think we, we deal with that a little bit, uh, specifically with apex. It, it's hard to, it's a hard act to follow. Um, yeah, there was, even if they don't close, it's still a hard act to follow just because of value expectations.”
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