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History of Public SaaS Valuations | PVC SaaS Index™

Aman Verjee

IPO
Public Markets
PVC SaaS Index

Investors are paying higher multiples today for SaaS companies than at any other time in public SaaS trading history.

SaaS IPOs are Outperforming on the Rebound

Aman Verjee

Downturn
Public Markets
PVC SaaS Index

SaaS as a category has been among the leaders helping the market to retrace much of its losses of the pandemic-prompted downturn.

SaaS IPO Benchmarking | ARR at IPO

Aman Verjee

Public Markets
PVC SaaS Index
Valuation

Revenue growth strongly predicts valuation multiple at the time of IPO. Since 2017, SaaS IPOs trade at an average 18x LTM revenues.

How Are 2019 SaaS IPOs Holding Up in the Downturn

Aman Verjee

Public Markets
SaaS
Valuation

Recent IPOs from 2019 have traded at higher multiples than the broader market because they typically have higher growth rates.