M&A Transaction Multiples - Play.com - Epsilon Research Report

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Transaction Multiples for the Valuation of Private Companies

Play.com - Valuation Multiples - e-commerce (B2C)

Rakuten / Play.com

No EMAT : 24480

Announced Date : 21/09/2011

Type : Acquisition of Majority Stake

Deal Value : Yes

Acquirer : Rakuten

Target : Play.com

Country : England

Sector of activity :

Internet > e-commerce (B2C)

Business Description :

Founded in 1998, Play operates as an online retailer of DVD, CD and games . The company offers various categories of CDs, games, books, electronics, mobile phones, Blu-ray, clothing, computing,...

Transaction multiples available

	EV/ Sales	EV/ Gross Profit	EV/ EBITDA	EV/ EBIT	Eq/ PBT	P/E	Price to Book	Specific multiple(s)
Historic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Current	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rating :

	Multiple available
n.s.	Multiple calculated, but not significant

Source: Epsilon Research / EMAT

Comparable Transactions

Number of EMAT Reports / sub-sector « e-commerce (B2C) » = 90

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Source: Epsilon Research / EMAT