The Great ABA Services Valuation Divide Is Narrowing
Healthcare Transactions attorney John Arnold was quoted in an Autism Business News article analyzing trends in the applied behavior analysis (ABA) services deal market. The article noted that buyers and sellers are beginning to align more when it comes to valuations, after a flurry of post-pandemic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that numbers soar. Buyers are taking a more disciplined approach and learning from previous mistakes in autism services dealmaking, while Mr. Arnold noted sellers are preparing for longer due diligence processes as a result of a greater emphasis on clinical quality of care.
"The level of diligence that we're being asked to do is greater today than it was five or six years ago. I think that's, in part, [because] it was a little bit of a gold rush," he said. "Everyone wanted to get in. People were willing to kind of look the other way. I think buyers are, again, they're a lot smarter now. So they know the questions they ask."