LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Euromoney has agreed to buy
specialist news firm Wealth-X as part of its push to widen its
portfolio of business-to-business information providers, the
company said on Monday.
Wealth-X focuses on the world's wealthiest individuals
providing data-driven intelligence to banks, wealth managers,
luxury brands and non-profit organisations.
Euromoney will pay $20.4 million in cash for Wealth-X
representing a 1.6 time multiple of 2019 revenue and a 25.6 time
multiple of 2019 EBITDA.
The deal is expected to enhance Euromoney's revenue growth
and be earnings accretive in its current financial year as
Wealth-X generates a steady revenue flow from selling
subscriptions which have high renewal rates.
Euromoney Chief Executive Jeff Davis said Wealth-X was a
"highly complementary" news outlet, adding it would create
further scale for BoardEx - an executive profiling and
relationship mapping platform which Euromoney bought last year.
(Reporting by Pamela Barbaglia; editing by Jason Neely)
