Congratulations to the folks at GoDaddy and Host Europe on their announced transaction.
The purchase price of $1.82 billion (including debt assumption) works out to approximately 13x 2016 EBITDA. This compares to GoDaddy's estimated public market value of 15-20x EBITDA before the announcement.
Both companies have great management teams and this seems to be a transaction where there is an excellent chance that 2 + 2 > 4.
As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any comments, or questions.
Cheval Capital, Inc.
Disclaimer: This post is for general information purposes and is not meant to be taken as financial advice, a recommendation to buy or sell the stocks mentioned above, a comprehensive discussion of valuation or how to do the calculations discussed. Please be sure to consult your financial advisors when valuing your company, considering the sale of your business or making other financial decisions.
Author: Hillary Stiff is Managing Director of Cheval Capital. She has been an investment banker and CFO, completing M&A transactions and arranging financing for a number of companies including NTT/Verio, The Endurance International Group and Web.Com among many others. She has helped complete over 350 successful web hosting, ISP and related transactions and distributes a list of hosting and related companies that are for sale.