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GNC Holdings Inc to Harbin Pharmaceutical Group

General RetailDrug & Health/Jun 2020
EV / LTM EBITDA
6.9x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$780M
Primary Source
UBS

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to June 2020. 22 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Dec 2019American Freight Group, Inc.Franchise Group, Inc.--9.6xStrategic
Aug 2019Party City (Canada)Canadian Tire Company--9.9xStrategic
Aug 2019Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.Franchise Group, Inc.--3.8xStrategic
Jun 2019Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.Elliott Management Advisors L.P.$603M-5.7xFinancial
Jun 2019Barnes & Noble Inc.Elliott Management Advisors--5.7xFinancial
Nov 2018GreencrossTPG Capital--10.0xFinancial
Oct 2018Marshall Retail GroupWH Smith plc--13.7xStrategic
Mar 2018The Finish Line, Inc.JD Sports Fashion PLC$464M-4.7xStrategic
Feb 2018GNC Holdings, Inc.Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.--7.3xStrategic
Jul 2017HSNLiberty Interactive / QVC$2.6B-9.8xStrategic
Jun 2017West MarineMonomoy Capital--6.4xFinancial
Jun 2017The Body ShopNatura Cosmetics SA--13.0xStrategic
Jun 2017Staples, Inc.Sycamore Partners$6.6B-5.0xFinancial
Feb 2017MBS Textbook Exchange, LLCBarnes & Noble Education--3.2xStrategic
Nov 2016The Good GuysJB Hi-Fi Limited$651M-9.2xStrategic
Oct 2016Cabela's IncorporatedBass Pro Group, LLC$4.8B-10.3xStrategic
Feb 2016RONA, INC.Lowe's Companies, Inc.$2.3B-12.1xStrategic
Nov 2015Sleepy'sMattress Firm Inc.--10.9xStrategic
Nov 2015Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.CVC Capital and CPPIB, CVC Capital Partners Limited and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, CVC/CPP Investments$4.6B-8.6xFinancial
Oct 2015Rite AidWalgreens Alliance Boots$17.2B-13.0xStrategic
Aug 2015Belk, Inc.Sycamore Partners$2.8B-6.9xFinancial
Jul 2015Books-A-Million, Inc.Take Private--3.2xStrategic
Mean-8.3x
Median-8.9x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionMIK FOUBS2021$780M-6.9x--Open
-fairness opinionFRG FOJefferies2023--6.9x--Open
-fairness opinionFRG FOJefferies2023--6.9x-HardlinesOpen