BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Plastics 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 9.47x across 7 disclosed deals (P25: 7.5x, P75: 14.2x). Median EV/Revenue 2.41x across 12 deals. Median deal value: $134M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 13 deals total (13 from 2018+), filtered to Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquirers of plastics businesses.
- Most active buyers
- Doriath S.à r.l. (1) · ContextLogic Holdings Inc. (1) · Orica Limited (1) · KPS Capital Partners, LP (1) · Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. (1) · Chase Corporation (:CCF) (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Private Equity / PE-Backed Roll-Up acquisitions of plastics businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corporation | Doriath S.à r.l. | $134.0M | 8.9x | 1.71x |
| 2025 | US Salt, LLC | ContextLogic Holdings Inc. | $907.5M | 18.5x | 7.38x |
| 2024 | Cyanco Corporation | Orica Limited | $1638.4M | 7.5x | — |
| 2024 | INEOS Composites Limited | KPS Capital Partners, LP | $1840.8M | — | 2.12x |
| 2024 | Sonoco Protective Solutions, Inc. | Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. | $80.0M | — | 0.47x |
| 2022 | Nucera Solutions LLC | Chase Corporation (:CCF) | $250.0M | 11.9x | 3.01x |
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 plastics 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 plastics 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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