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Safeway Inc. to Albertsons

Grocery Retail/Apr 2014
EV / LTM EBITDA
5.5x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$9.0B
Primary Source
Morgan Stanley

Comparable Transactions

Grocery Retail transactions announced in the five years to April 2014. 7 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Dec 2013Arden Group, Inc.TPG$394M-9.9xFinancial
Jul 2013Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.The Kroger Co.$2.5B-7.4xStrategic
Jun 2013Canada Safeway LimitedSobeys Inc.--10.7xStrategic
Jan 2013Supervalu (five retail grocery banners)Cerberus Capital Management L.P.--4.0xFinancial
Oct 2012Smart & Final Holdings Corp.Ares Management, Ares Management LLC$975M-7.5xFinancial
Dec 2011Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.Lone Star Funds--5.4xFinancial
Jun 2011BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.CVC Capital Partners, Leonard Green & Partners LP, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and CVC Capital Partners, Leonard Green, CVC--6.8xFinancial
Mean-7.4x
Median-7.4x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionWBA FOMorgan Stanley2025$9.0B-5.5x--Open
-fairness opinionWBA FOMorgan Stanley2025$9.0B-5.5x--Open
-fairness opinionSPTN FOBofA2025$9.0B-6.4x--Open
-fairness opinionWFM FOEvercore2017--5.0x--Open
-fairness opinionFDO FOMorgan Stanley2014--5.9x--Open