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Dresner Partners Q3 IT Services M&A Market Update

Dresner Partners, an award-winning, FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and Mergers Alliance member firm, is pleased to present the IT Services M&A Market Update for the third quarter of 2024. This comprehensive report provides valuable ...

Food & Beverage 1st Quarter 2021 Review

Asset-Light in the Food Industry - Remembering the 'Snapple Model'

Food & Beverage 4th Quarter 2020 Review

It seems only logical that companies with higher EBITDA margins in a particular sector would warrant higher valuation multiples than companies with lower EBITDA margins in the same sector. In general, EBITDA margins reflect the percentage of revenues ...

Dresner Partners Chemicals Industry Newsletter March 2021

Chemicals companies continue to use M&A to grow their market share leading businesses and unload marginally profitable businesses in which they are not industry leaders...

Staying Ahead Of The Curve Food & Beverage 3rd Quarter 2020 Review

The Future of Food Industry M&A Frozen Foods Will Lead the Way

Healthcare Newsletter - Fertility Sector June 2018

Within the women’s healthcare industry, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity over the last couple of years has been prevalent within the fertility space, especially related to in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics.

Staying Ahead of the Curve - Consumer Newsletter Spring 2018

Major food and beverage consumer packaged goods companies, struggling with slowing demand and rapidly changing consumer tastes, are pursuing CONSUMER TEAM: with A th L C slowing demand and rapidly changing.

Staying Ahead Of The Curve Ecommerce 2017 Review

2017 was an exceptional year for middle-market eCommerce M&A, in terms of both dollar volume and valuation multiples. Convergence is the underlying theme for much of the recent M&A activity across the Consumer Products, Retail and eCommerce sectors.

Dresner Partners June 2017 Chemical Newsletter

2016 was an excellent year for chemicals M&A from both a dollar volume and valuation multiple perspective.

Dresner Partners December 2016 Technology Newsletter

Cloud Computing has had a positive and significant effect on the growth and capital efficiency of businesses over the last decade.

Dresner Partners Business Services and Applied Technologies Newsletter

Business Services and Applied Technologies are converging to create more cohesive strategies and solutions for business executives and their clients. The fully-integrated approach shows no signs of slowing down in dealmaking, with robust private equity ...

Dresner Partners Family Business Newsletter

Family businesses require considerations with greater sensitivities beyond those present in a typical M&A transaction.

Dresner Partners Fall 2015 Healthcare Newsletter

The physician group industry is changing as consolidation continues among healthcare providers and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) accelerates the trend.

De-Mystifying Sustainable Valuation

In recent years many valuable communications tools have emerged to help businesses keep in touch with audiences such as customers and investors—websites, webinars, webcasts, social media and e-mail.

Globalization. What can it truly mean for you, your company and/or your portfolio companies?

Having the right partner and the right investor mitigates risk and can enhance terms of a deal.  This right partner can increasingly be found by looking globally.

Dresner Partners January 2015 Business Services & Techology Newsletter

The Business Services sector grew at a robust pace in 2014, which is likely to continue in 2015 and beyond.

Dresner Partners Year-End 2013 Consumer Products Newsletter

Hampered by a stubbornly anemic economic recovery, consumer products companies are, on the whole, reporting weaker than historical organic growth rates and thus looking increasingly to acquisitions to drive growth and enhance profitability.

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter, Winter 2014

Starting in 2009 with the anticipation of healthcare reform and accelerating with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010, physician groups have received strong interest from a diverse set of

Dresner Partners Third Quarter 2013 Consumer Products Newsletter

Four years into a weak “recovery” from the Great Recession, consumer confidence has nonetheless rebounded to levels not seen since the beginning of 2008, yet consumer spending remains muted with modest improvement expected from the 2013 holiday spending ...

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter, Summer 2013

The post-acute care industry continues to experience robust M&A interest from a variety of strategic and financial players throughout the post-acute care spectrum.

Dresner Partners Spring 2013 Healthcare Newsletter

The healthcare industry has been considerably active in recent months, both on a regulatory front and in regards to corporate finance transaction activity.

Dresner Partners Restructuring Newsletter Second Quarter 2011

The overall economic conditions in the first half of 2011 have been in a word, abysmal. Growth in the second quarter was worse than expected and recent revisions to the first quarter growth rate show that the economy came very close to contracting.

Dresner Partners Summer 2011 Chemical Newsletter

The Chemical Industry had a strong first quarter as many companies had strong volume growth, increased capacity utilization and higher margins.

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Spring 2011

In this article, we review the current state of the healthcare landscape, the fundamental causes of how we got here, and the legislative response. In addition, we offer a view to the likely future direction of the healthcare sector, in particular the ...

Dresner Partners' Family Matters Newsletter

As many of our clients begin to wind down what for them has been a relatively successful 2010 and start to plan their goals and objectives for 2011, we are being asked a number of questions.

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Fall 2010

Since the start of the recession (in December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research ), most of us have been subjected to the sustained anguish of having to see the familiar graphic representing the rise from 2003 to a peak in 2007, ...

Dresner Partners' Family Matters Newsletter

For many shareholders of family owned and closely held private companies, 2009 was a year of waiting…waiting to see how severely the recession would impact their businesses and, for those shareholders looking for a liquidity event, waiting to see when

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Winter 2010

With the passage of the Senate Bill (H.R. 3590) and the House Bill (H.R. 3962) in 4Q 2009, a unified healthcare policy framework appeared imminent. However, the recent Democratic Senate seat loss in Massachusetts and declining public support make the ...

Dresner Partners Metals Newsletter Winter 2009

Are you ready for the recovery? You may feel like you have been waiting for a recovery for the past 12 months. Being prepared for the recovery may appear to be a simple task, but we are finding an increasing number of players that are not ready or worse ...

Dresner Partners' Family Matters Newsletter

It is an issue that is arising at family owned and closely held private companies throughout America: an owner who last year was contemplating retirement and a liquidity event, only to have those thoughts disintegrate with the collapse of the financial

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Summer 2009

As a continuation of the trend that began to accelerate in late 2007, largely as a result of the dislocation in the credit markets and depressed real estate values, capital flows continue to shift from facilities to other healthcare subsectors such as ...

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Spring 2009

For a number of reasons, we expect healthcare transaction activity in 2009 to be robust in a generally declining market.

December 2008 Renal Care Newsletter

With the nation’s economy in a recession and financial markets experiencing large losses, there is one bright spot for readers of this newsletter: it is a good time to be in renal care.

Metals Newsletter December 2008

While it would be typical at this time of year to write a piece summarizing the year, we thought it might be more positive to look ahead to the future...or, in our case, the "futures".

Dresner Partners Family Business Newsletter: Family Matters: Indiana

Dresner Partners recently sponsored a series of private panel discussions examining the likelihood and potential impact of an increase in capital gains taxes. The panel discussions were hosted by Tim Coleman, Senior Managing Director and Head of ...

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Summer 2008

Dresner Partners has served healthcare clients for over 15 years, completing many transactions in a number of sub-sectors such as healthcare staffing. In recognition of the large and growing opportunity in the $90 billion staffing sector, we have focused

Dresner Partners Valuation Newsletter June 2008

Increased prices of steel, copper, silver, and other raw materials, resulting from the construction boom in China have had a serious impact on global

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Spring 2008

President Bush’s proposed FY 2009 budget spares few federal programs from significant cuts. The Centers for Medicare and

Dresner Partners Metals Newsletter Winter 2008

As the financial markets try to recover from the problems created from the subprime residential

Dresner Partners RV Newsletter Winter 2008

While the credit markets are still reeling from 2007 summer’s sub prime residential mortgage debacle, the

Dresner Partners Aerospace and Defense Newsletter Fall 2007

The aerospace and defense industry is experiencing stellar growth, particularly in the commercial

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Summer 2007

Healthcare services M&A continued with an active second and third quarter 2007. Private equity groups are driving a significant portion of this activity.

Dresner Partners Business Services Newsletter Fall 2007

Dresner Partners has served business services clients for over 15 years, completing many transactions in sub-sectors such

Dresner Partners Metals Newsletter Summer 2007

This quarter’s sector spotlight focuses on the scrap industry and a new found interest coming from the

Dresner Partners RV Newsletter Summer 2007

It’s starting to look like blue skies for the Recreational Vehicle industry. With a leveling off of gas prices and overall economic

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Winter 2007

Total healthcare M&A activity accelerated sharply in 2006, driven by landmark transactions such as HCA’s $33 billion go-private transaction.

Dresner Partners Healthcare Newsletter Fall 2006

Healthcare investment continues unabated through the first three quarters of 2006. Net new commitments by the private capital markets to the sector topped $36 billion year-to-date September.