Stigma of the HVAC consolidation label after late-1990s rollup failures

Murdy described the lingering stigma of being labeled a consolidator, noting shareholders saw specialty-construction consolidations perform poorly and predicting the industry would not see another consolidation wave like the late 1990s.

“I begrudgingly admit to the stigma of a consolidation label," Murdy said.”

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