M&A Activity -- Expect a Surge in Mergers

Furthermore, do not assume since your company, in your mind, is so "special" that it deserves an even higher multiple than those stated above. In addition, although you may recollect or have heard that much higher multiples were being paid in the late 1990s, do not expect the multiples of yesteryear. It will not happen. Finally, if you bother to calculate the multiples being paid in the mega-deals, you must remember that those values are being assigned to the enormous revenues and the capabilities of companies whose stock is widely held and liquid in the public markets.