Adjust Your Revenue Streams to Increase MSP Company Value at Exit...
As an MSP, you’ve probably developed a broad product and service portfolio to meet your clients’ needs over time. Your service and solution stack may include product resale items such as hardware and software, and hourly labor-based services, such as projects, time and materials, or block time support, along with recurring revenue subscription-based managed services and cybersecurity plans, and maybe some cloud hosting services.
While the products and services in your portfolio all grow top-line revenue for your MSP practice, the share of total revenue each represents impacts your company’s valuation during an M&A transaction.
For example; based on public sources at the time of writing, every dollar of break-fix or block time labor you collect is valued at .15 cents, while every dollar of managed services is valued at $1.45 – that’s an amazing 867% higher! This is a powerful motivator to stop delivering reactive time and materials, and block time support to your clients and serve only those under a managed services agreement. But beyond that, it allows you to utilize your billable resources more efficiently and forecast for hiring to support growth more effectively, especially during the current tech shortage.
Here’s a breakdown of the most common MSP services and their respective revenue valuations, courtesy of this excellent blog post by Paul Dippell:
Revenue Mix Valuation:
When preparing to make an offer to buy your MSP practice, an acquirer will typically use multiple methods to arrive at their valuation, including an assessment of your EBITDA or net income, your revenue mix, discounted cash flow, MRR percentage, or others. Each of these financial valuation methods will yield outcomes that may be averaged to come up with a final offer, which can also be influenced by the strategic value your company brings to the buyer.
Numerous factors can significantly impact your MSP business value and its ultimate business valuation, and the revenue mix multiples in this article. These include internal factors that an organization can control and improve, as well as external factors that cannot be controlled, such as supply chain issues, the inflation rate, the cost of finances, the impact of world events, and more.
Take a hard look at your product and service mix and EBITDA and implement the appropriate adjustments to improve your MSP business value.
The information and opinions in this article do not represent an actual valuation of any business and should in no way be considered a substitute for a thorough and rigorous business valuation.
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