BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Aerospace to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up buyers
Private equity firms and PE-backed platform consolidators acquiring for roll-up, add-on, or platform plays. Pricing tends to lead the market for fee-viable scale, with multi-bidder competitive processes above the EBITDA floor.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 12.32x across 16 disclosed deals (P25: 7.14x, P75: 15.08x). Median EV/Revenue 1.99x across 31 deals. Median deal value: $510M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 31 deals total (31 from 2018+), filtered to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquirers of aerospace businesses.
- Most active buyers
- AeroVironment, Inc. (2) · VSE Corporation (1) · Redwire Corporation (1) · Intuitive Machines, Inc. (1) · Warburg Pincus LLC (1) · StandardAero, Inc. (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquisitions of aerospace businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aero 3, Inc. | VSE Corporation | $350.0M | — | 2.92x |
| 2025 | Edge Autonomy Operations LLC | Redwire Corporation | $1162.0M | 12.8x | 4.17x |
| 2025 | Lanteris Space LLC | Intuitive Machines, Inc. | $844.4M | — | 1.06x |
| 2025 | Triumph Group, Inc. | Warburg Pincus LLC | $2774.4M | 15.2x | 2.33x |
| 2024 | Aero Turbine, Inc. | StandardAero, Inc. | $170.3M | — | 2.43x |
| 2024 | Alpha Safety Intermediate, LLC | Safariland, LLC (:AH) | $102.5M | — | 2.33x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Private equity acquirers price for scale and roll-up arbitrage. They pay up for businesses that fit a platform thesis — recurring revenue mix above 30%, technician/professional depth, clean financials, and a management layer that survives integration. The same aerospace can command 1.5x to 2x the multiple of an individual-buyer transaction simply because the PE buyer is acquiring a platform piece, not an owner-operated shop.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to aerospace businesses acquired by private equity / pe-backed roll-up buyers. EV/EBITDA outliers outside the [0.5x, 60x] band and EV/Revenue outliers outside [0.05x, 25x] are excluded from medians. Where available, post-2018 transactions are weighted; otherwise the all-time sample is used. Deal counts shown reflect deals with disclosed financials only — total transaction count for this buyer pool is typically 2-3x larger. Full methodology
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