Capstone Partners Reports: Middle Market M&A Valuations Ease, Market Players Retain Confidence in a Turnaround in 2025
Capstone Partners, a leading middle market investment banking firm, released its 2024 Middle Market M&A Valuations Index, reporting that middle market M&A activity in 2024 showed signs of stabilization after facing valuation pressure in 2023. While equity markets largely shrugged off the rapid interest rate hikes last year, dealmaking remained constrained by high financing costs, uncertain cash flow projections, and a cautious private equity buyer pool. As a result, average middle market M&A val