Home Health, Hospice Multiples Hit Record High Amid COVID-19 Emergency

Despite the economic turmoil of the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, home health and hospice multiples hit record-breaking numbers in the first half of 2020.  Specifically, multiples reached 29 times in the early part of this year, beating their previous high of 26 times in 2019, according to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Health Research Institute. […]

Home Health, Hospice Valuations Remain Highest in All of Health Care

When it comes to asset valuation, the home health and hospice industries continue to blow the rest of health care out of the water, posting the highest trading multiples sector-wide for the third consecutive quarter. In Q2 2019, home health and hospice had the highest mean trading multiple of 22.7 times EBITDA, up from 21.8 […]

Home Health Deal Value Spiked 64.5% in 2018

With more than 1,180 total transactions valued at a whopping $121.5 billion, 2018 was a record-breaking year for health care dealmaking volume. The home health and hospice segments, in particular, saw the highest multiples. The latest insights into health care dealmaking come from the 2018 year-end report from international auditing and accounting powerhouse PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC). […]

Value of Home Health Transactions Plummet in Q2 2017

While the overall U.S. health services industry experienced significant growth in mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2017, the value of home health care deals took a dive, according to data published by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). While the home health sub-sector saw a total of nine announced deals in the second quarter, both […]

Home Health Deals Commanded Impressive Valuations in 2016

Out of all health care sectors, home health posted the highest trading multiples for mergers and acquisitions in 2016, according to data in a newly released PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report. Out of the seven health care sectors considered, home health/hospice had the highest mean enterprise value to EBITDA multiple last year, at 15.2, the data show. […]

Home Health Acquisition Prices Keep Climbing

The number of home health mergers and acquisitions dipped in the first quarter of 2015 compared to a year prior, but a trend of high deal values continued to hold strong. The first three months of this year saw 16 mergers and acquisitions of home health and hospice companies, compared with 19 in the first […]

Improving Work Conditions for Caregiving Employees Impacts Bottom Line

Companies that offer employees paid leave days, not just for sickness, but to provide care for a child or elderly parent, have been able to ultimately improve their bottom lines and increase staff engagement, according to a repot from U.S. News Money. This concept is refreshing, especially as the population ages and the there are […]