BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Electronics to Strategic / Industry buyers
Industry operators, larger competitors, and corporate buyers acquiring for synergies, geographic expansion, or capability fill. Typically pays a premium for clear strategic fit but discounts for integration cost and overlap.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 13x across 36 disclosed deals (P25: 7.65x, P75: 19.2x). Median EV/Revenue 2.06x across 100 deals. Median deal value: $54.24M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 104 deals total (104 from 2018+), filtered to Strategic / Industry acquirers of electronics businesses.
- Most active buyers
- AMETEK, Inc. (4) · SPX Technologies, Inc. (3) · Badger Meter, Inc. (2) · Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (2) · Halma plc (2) · discoverIE Group plc (2)
Recent disclosed deals
Strategic / Industry acquisitions of electronics businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3D at Depth, Inc. | Kraken Robotics Inc. | $17.0M | — | 1.21x |
| 2025 | Burroughs, Inc. | Loomis US Holding Inc | $110.0M | — | 1.03x |
| 2025 | FARO Technologies, Inc. | AMETEK, Inc. | $922.5M | 24.0x | 2.70x |
| 2025 | Global Photonics, Inc. | Gooch & Housego PLC | $31.2M | 14.0x | 2.28x |
| 2025 | SmartCover Systems, Inc. | Badger Meter, Inc. | $184.9M | — | 5.28x |
| 2024 | Altek Electronics, Inc. | Cyient DLM Inc. | $29.2M | — | 0.78x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Strategic buyers — operators in adjacent geographies, larger competitors, or corporate consolidators — price for synergies and capability fill. They tend to discount integration cost and overlap risk but pay above market when there's clear strategic fit (key customer relationship, license, geography, technician/professional team). Multiples are competitive with PE for fee-viable deals; below PE for sub-scale acquisitions.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to electronics businesses acquired by strategic / industry 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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