In a 2019 survey, 96 percent of respondents worldwide said that they were more likely to divest if they reached their EBITDA target. EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, is used to measure overall financial performance of a company. Only 47 percent of respondents said that fund dynamics was an influencing factor when deciding on the divestment plans over the next year.
Important factors that will influence companies’ decision to divest over the next year worldwide in 2019
The report is based on interviews with global private equity executives.
Supplementary notes
The source does not provide any information regarding type of the interviews conducted.
Executives are from companies across the Americas (45%), EMEIA (30%), Asia-Pacific (20%) and Japan (5%).
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "what impact will these factors have on your divestment plans over the next year?"
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