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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions Summary
Each week, Viridian publishes insights and analysis on completed M&A transactions in the prior week. Our analysis includes:
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- M&A Market Commentary
- Public and Private Companies
- Buyers & Sellers
- YTD M&A Analysis
- M&A by Industry Sector
- Deal Structure and Valuation Analysis
- Pending Deal Risk Arb Analysis
- Valuation Gap Analysis
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Transaction Activities
Week ended 08/30/2024
- No deals closed this week, ended 8/30/24, while two did this week last year for a total of $29.60M.
YTD Activities
- YTD, 44 M&A transactions have closed with a total disclosed value of $418.44M, down sharply from the 84 deals for $1,265.50M in 2023. M&A is off to the lowest start of the last six years.
Pending Risk Deal Arb Analysis
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- Cansortium/RIV Arb Spread
- The chart below shows the risk arb spread for the Cansortium/RIV merger announced on May 30, 2024. RIV shareholders are to get 1.245 Cansortium shares for each RIV share owned. The arb ended the week at approximately 37%, a level suggesting increased confidence about the deal. Shareholders of both companies have now approved the transaction by large majorities.
- Cansortium/RIV Arb Spread
Valuation Gap Analysis
- The Valuation Gap
- The Valuation Gap measures the difference between the EV/ NTM EBITDA multiple for the largest MSOs and the same multiple for the next smaller group. This measure has been a significant driver of M&A activity since a larger gap creates an opportunity for more accretive transactions.
- The companies used in the large-cap index now include Cresco (CL: CSE), Curaleaf (CURA: CSE), Green Thumb (GTII: CSE), TerrAscend (TSND: TSX), Trulieve (TRUL: CSE), and Verano (VRNO: CSE). The small company index now includes Ascend (AAWH: OTCQX), AYR (AYR.A: CSE), Cannabist (CBST: Cboe), Front (FFNT: CSE), Jushi (JUSHF: OTCQX), and Schwazze (SHWX: OTC).
- The gap dropped by 25bps to 0.37 on 8/30/24, the lowest since May 2023. Following the DEA announcement, it reached a recent peak of 3.55 on April 30. At 1.15, the gap indicates that, in the aggregate, the climate is relatively inhospitable for transactions in which Tier 1 MSOs purchase Tier 2 MSOs. This may not be the case for individual combinations, however, as there are broad valuation metric spreads between the companies in each tier. For example, TerrAscend, GTI, and Curaleaf all trade well above the Tier one average, while Ascend trades well below the Tier 2 average.
- Cansortium/RIV Arb Spread
- The chart below shows the risk arb spread for the Cansortium/RIV merger announced on May 30, 2024. RIV shareholders are to get 1.245 Cansortium shares for each RIV share owned. The arb ended the week at approximately 37%, a level suggesting increased confidence about the deal. Shareholders of both companies have now approved the transaction by large majorities.
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