I know it *CAN* be anything.
I'm asking what it is for successful, arms-length, nothing special transactions. I do expect there to be a range. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 10:28:58 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s That can be anything. There is no connection between revenue and earnings. You can have $2M in revenue but -$5M in income if you burned cash to generate sales. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: <blockquote> Right, but what I'm asking is that if 5x EDIBTA = Y, then what was Y / annual revenue? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 10:01:44 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s Whatever 5x your earnings are. Not sales or revenue or gross profit but bottom line earnings on your income statement/ pl. Your taxable income. Sent from my iPhone <blockquote> On Aug 22, 2020, at 8:16 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: </blockquote> <blockquote> What does the revenue multiplier end up being, though? 5x EBIDTA / revenue gets you what, in purchases that have been made? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 8:20:47 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s 5 x ebidta Revenue multiples are of no value. Sent from my iPhone <blockquote> On Aug 21, 2020, at 5:30 PM, cjwstudios <cjwstud...@gmail.com> wrote: </blockquote> <blockquote> 1x annual revenue and hope the customers stay on On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 5:43 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net > wrote: <blockquote> This is the issue I’ve always had when I’ve looked at buying an ISP. It always seems like a lot more money I would have to put out to buy then I could just build and take the customers if something is wrong with the current network. > On Aug 21, 2020, at 12:43 PM, Seth Mattinen < se...@rollernet.us > wrote: > > On 8/20/20 8:13 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >> I think you either buy or sell, isp isnt really a flip thing > > > There is/was someone in my part of the country buying up ISPs and trying to > package them all together as a flip. My ISP customers tell me it's far easier > to get the flipper's customers to cancel and switch than buy their company. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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