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Rip Curl Group Pty Limited to Kathmandu Holdings Limited

General Retail/Oct 2019
EV / LTM EBITDA
7.3x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$235M
Primary Source
Information Circular

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to October 2019. 26 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
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 2018Macpac Holdings Pty LimitedSuper Retail Group Limited$101M-8.4xStrategic
Mar 2018The Finish Line, Inc.JD Sports Fashion PLC$464M-4.7xStrategic
Aug 2017Student BrandsBarnes & Noble Education--5.9xStrategic
Jul 2017Outerwall Inc.Apollo Global Management--3.6xFinancial
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
Jun 2015Nebraska Book Co.Follett Corporation--5.1xStrategic
May 2015Accent GroupRGC Corporation$155M-7.5xStrategic
Dec 2014PetSmart, Inc.BC Partners, BC Partners, Inc., La Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Longview Asset Management, StepStone, Buyer Group led by BC Partners, Inc.$8.7B-9.1xFinancial
Mean-7.9x
Median-8.0x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

Add to SetPrimary?Source TypeFairness Opinion / SourceAdvisorSource YearEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primarysec filingInformation CircularKroll2025$235M-7.3x-USD:AUD FX of 1.4908.Open