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Software Equity Group is an investment bank and M&A advisory serving the software and technology sectors. Founded in 1992, our firm has guided and advised companies on five continents, including privately-held software and technology companies in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and Israel. We have represented public companies listed on the NASDAQ, NYSE, American, Toronto, London and Euronext exchanges. Software Equity Group also advises several of the world's leading private equity firms. We are ranked among the top ten investment banks worldwide for application software mergers and acquisitions.
Our complimentary 3Q 2009 Report is a comprehensive analysis of software industry mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and filings, and public software company performance during the third quarter of 2009. The Report also reviews IT spending patterns (an important bellwether of downstream M&A activity), and key economic and technology trends affecting the software equity markets in 3Q09. Our 3Q09 Report also discusses what’s in store for the remainder of 2009, including a forecast of software industry mergers and acquisition activity, IPOs, public software company market valuations, and the underlying economic factors and industry trends.
Report Highlights:
- The median software M&A exit multiple increased notably in 3Q09, as did exit multiples for specific software product categories, some markedly, since 2Q09. Our 3Q09 Report details the M&A performance of 12 categories.
- The tide appears to have ebbed for vertical market software providers, as they no longer command the unusually high valuations of 2007 & 2008 relative to their horizontal counterparts. Are horizontal solution providers back in favor?
- Ten buyers made two or more software company acquisitions in 3Q09, compared to five in 2Q09. Who were they, and who did they acquire?
- How did public software and Internet companies – acquisitive buyers of private software companies – perform financially in 3Q09? Which software product categories did investors find worthy, and which did they punish? Has the market recovery impacted public software company acquisitiveness and purchase prices?
- How did the financial performance, and the market valuations, of public SaaS companies measure up in 3Q09?
- There was one software IPO in 3Q09, bringing the year's total to five, and none in the queue withdrew their S-1s. Is the frozen IPO market beginning to thaw? How will investor confidence and current market conditions affect the existing software IPO pipeline?
3Q 2009 Software Industry Equity Report Topics:
U.S. Economy: Leading Indicators, IT Spending, Employment Outlook, 2010 Forecast
Public Software, SaaS, and Internet Company Financial Performance
Public Software, SaaS, and Internet Company Stock Market Performance
Software Company Initial Public Offerings and Filings
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition Data
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition Trends
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Most Active Buyers
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Most Active Categories
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Purchase Price Multiples by Category
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Deal Consideration
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Public vs. Private Buyers and Sellers
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Transactions by Product Category
Software Industry Merger and Acquisition: Analysis of Select Software Transactions
If you'd like to see additional information or have problems downloading, please contact Kris Beible at: kbeible@softwareequity.com or (858) 509-2800 . If your Report does not download, please turn off your web browser's pop-up blocker.
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