Trades businesses valued at ~4x trailing-12-month profit

Wilson describes typical small-business valuation multiples of 2-6x profit, with plumbing/HVAC/electric commonly trading at last-12-months profit times four.

“For plumbing HVAC and electric, what we're often seeing is the last 12 months profit multiplied by four.”

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