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Boots (UK & Ireland retail, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company, Thailand and franchised businesses) to Wittington Investments, Limited; Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

General RetailDrug & Health/Oct 2026
EV / LTM EBITDA
-
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$8.9B
Primary Source
Company Release

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to October 2026. 14 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Aug 2025Walgreens Boots AllianceSycamore Partners$23.6B-6.1xFinancial
Jul 2025Space NKULTA$407M1.7x-Strategic
May 2025Foot LockerDICK'S Sporting Goods$2.3B-6.4xStrategic
Mar 2025The Reject ShopDollarama International$119M-8.9xStrategic
Dec 2024Nordstrom, Inc.Nordstrom Family & El Puerto De Liverpool$6.3B-5.5xStrategic
Aug 2024Accent Group Limited (minority stake)Frasers Group$739M-3.7xStrategic
Apr 2024Hibbett, Inc.JD Sports Fashion PLC$1.1B-6.2xStrategic
Dec 2023PETstock Pty LtdWoolworths Group Limited$1.1B-10.8xStrategic
Jul 2023Best & LessBB Retail Capital$152M-4.1xFinancial
May 2023Franchise Group, Inc.Management-led buyout (B. Riley Financial)$2.6B-8.3xFinancial
May 2023Mattress Firm GroupTempur Sealy International$4.0B-9.3xStrategic
Oct 2022Cheap THRILLS Cycles Pty Limited (THRILLS)Universal Store Holdings Limited$32M-6.6xStrategic
Apr 2022BrandsMart USAThe Aaron's Company--5.0xStrategic
Nov 2021WS Badcock CorporationFranchise Group, Inc.--4.2xStrategic
Mean-6.5x
Median-6.2x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primarypress releasePress Release (Fairfax)-2026$8.9B---Total purchase price of approx. $8.9bn inclusive of assumed debt. Excludes Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare Deutschland, retained by seller.Open