GF Data gives subscribers more reliable external information to use in valuing and assessing M&A transactions. No other source provides data of this quality and granularity in the middle market.
Lenders, subordinated debt providers and other capital sources use our data to gain outside perspective on their own market experience.
- Understand market dynamics in leveraged transactions
- React to proposals and perspectives of those seeking financing
- Knowledgably discuss valuation and strategic alternatives
- Refine modeling assumptions (e.g., assumed exit multiples)
- Dissect decisions for internal discussion and analysis
For investment bankers, access to on-point valuation information is key to advising clients, managing seller expectations and providing realistic data points in pitches. GF Data is more on-target than traditional valuation tools that rely on incomplete information or on public deal data that is not appropriate to the $10-250mm deal space. GF Data helps investment banks:
- Value clients and other businesses
- Manage the valuation expectations of business owners and executives
- Educate and secure commitments from capital sources
- Represent client interests with buyers and other counter parties
M&A, PE and corporate finance attorneys utilize GF Data to provide realistic, current market knowledge. On-target benchmarks of valuation, leverage and deal volume help attorneys offer definitive guidance and recognize changing market conditions. GF Data provide specific ranges of key deals terms other than price. GF Data is the most complete source of benchmarks for:
- General indemnification against breaches of reps and warranties as a percentage of purchase price
- Survival period for that indemnification
- “Basket” or deductible for breaches of reps and warranties
- Amount of funds held back as a percentage of purchase price and escrow period
Our database helps private equity firms:
- Understand market dynamics in competitive sale processes
- Gain an authoritative third-party perspective with regard to sellers, investors and accounting needs
- Evaluate and manage proposals
- More knowledgeably discuss value
- Refine modeling assumptions (e.g., assumed exit multiples)
- Dissect decisions for internal discussion and analysis
GF Data also provides better benchmarks for meeting the Fair Value Measurement standards enacted in FASB Statement No.157 that directs PE firms and others to use fair value measurement in their accounting for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Private Equity Investment Guidelines Group (PEIGG) and the CFA Institute have endorsed the fair value approach as well.
Important note: private equity firms active in the GF Data deal range of $10 million–$250 million must provide their own deal data as a condition of subscription. Subscriptions are available to PE data providers at a discounted rate.
Valuation professionals utilize GF Data to benchmark changing market conditions, provide an accurate reasonableness test by specific industry and deal size, capture timely capital structure and debt-pricing data in building cost of capital comparisons and to break down market dynamics of size growth rates and margins when adjusting older or larger comps.
GF Data provides:
- The most detailed source of transaction data for the $10–250 million valuation range.
- Access to valuation, volume, leverage and key deal term data and the ability to drill down by industry sub-category.
- The ability to utilize (on a limited basis) GF Data’s charts in marketing reports and presentations.