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Ekornes to QuMei Home Furnishings

Home & Office Furnishings/May 2018
EV / LTM EBITDA
11.6x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$695M
Primary Source
BofA

Comparable Transactions

Home & Office Furnishings transactions announced in the five years to May 2018. 5 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Dec 2017MuutoKnoll, Inc.$304M-14.5xStrategic
Oct 2016Fantastic HoldingsSteinhoff International--15.6xStrategic
May 2016Generation Brands Holdings, Inc.AEA Investors LP$525M-10.5xFinancial
Mar 2015Norcraft Companies, Inc.Fortune Brands Home & Security--11.5xStrategic
Feb 2014Poltrona Frau S.p.AHaworth Inc.$654M-15.1xStrategic
Mean-13.4x
Median-14.5x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionSCS FOBofA2025$695M-11.6x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Steelcase/HNI fairness opinion, BofA supplemental (8-K, 25 Nov 2025).Open
-fairness opinionSCS FOJPMorgan2025----Resolved deal. Cited in the Steelcase/HNI fairness opinion, J.P. Morgan (acquirer board) table; that opinion discloses no per-row multiples.Open
-fairness opinionKNL FOGoldman Sachs2021--12.0x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Knoll/Herman Miller fairness opinion, Goldman Sachs table.Open
-fairness opinionKNL FOBofA2021$695M-11.6x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Knoll/Herman Miller fairness opinion, BofA table, transaction value from the 1 Jul 2021 8-K.Open