Hospice Deals Heat Up
It’s been a busy year in the Home Health & Hospice sector. Deal volume is poised to surpass the record 85 transactions announced in 2018. Through late November, 79 deals are in our DealSearchOnline database and more are expected before year-end. Home health agencies account for the bulk of the transactions every year, making up 72% in both 2015 and 2016, for example. In the past two years, however, hospice companies have seen a surge in investor interest. In 2018, hospice companies accounted for 33% of the 85 deals in the sector. Through the end of November 2019, they make up 38% of the sector’s deal count. Valuations are often described as “frothy” for home... Read More »
Lumenis Finally Finds a Buyer
After a four-year partnership, XIO Group has finally sold Lumenis. CVC Capital Partners and FountainVest Partners came incredibly close to purchasing the medical device firm late last year for an estimated $950 million, according to reports in Calcalist, but the deal was never finalized. Fast forward to the present day, and Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has emerged as the buyer, spending $1 billion for the Israeli firm. Lumenis provides specialty minimally invasive medical devices in the fields of aesthetics, urology, ophthalmology, ENT, and gynecology. The company has a presence in more than 100 countries. XIO Group acquired Lumenis in 2015 for $510 million, or $14 a share, when the... Read More »
LGC Gets New Owners After Multi-Billion Deal
Cinven and Astorg have joined forces to purchase LGC Group from KKR (NYSE: KKR). The two global private equity firms spent $3.88 billion (£3 billion) for the firm, according to sources cited in Private Equity News. LGC provides a range of measurement tools, proficiency testing schemes, supply chain assurance standards, and specialty genomics reagents to the life sciences industry. According to our Deal Search Online database, this is the largest deal in the Laboratories, MRI and Dialysis sector, based on disclosed prices in 2019. This deal ends a four-year partnership that started in December 2015 when KKR acquired LGC for $989 million. At the time, LGC was a portfolio company of... Read More »
PE Firms Trade WIRB-Copernicus for $3 Billion
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P won the auction to acquire WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG) from Arsenal Capital Partners for $3 billion. The purchase value was originally reported in PE Hub Buyouts. WCG is a clinical services organization that enables biopharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and institutions to accelerate the delivery of new treatments and therapies to patients. Arsenal will retain a stake in WCG. It acquired the company in March 2012 and led its recapitalization in August 2016 alongside other investors, including MSD Partners, the family office of Michael Dell. WCG has an estimated EBITDA of $175 million for 2019. WCG has been relatively quiet on the... Read More »
Doc Group Deals Take Health Care in New Directions
With more than 180 deals announced so far in 2019, the Physician Medical Group sector is roaring toward another strong close. The usual specialties—dental, dermatology and ophthalmology—are still very active, but after 10 to 20 years of consolidation, their trajectories are flattening. Other specialties are gaining traction with private equity investors, particularly orthopedics, gastrointestinal (GI), urology, pain management and women’s health. Even ear, nose & throat (ENT) deals are picking up. We spoke with a few deal makers to find out where this sector stands at the end of 2019 and what’s ahead for M&A in 2020. The hot areas this year have been surgical subspecialties,... Read More »Schedule a demo
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