Clouded Judgement
Weekly SaaS valuation and earnings analysis covering 14 companies with detailed revenue beat/miss data, multiple expansion trends, and operating metrics benchmarking. The article highlights a significant increase in SaaS valuation multiples (median 16.7x NTM revenue, up from 12.2x one-year trailing average) driven by high-growth companies commanding 33.3x multiples, while also reporting major M&A activity including Salesforce's $27.7B acquisition of Slack.
Metrics in this report
24months
median
Public SaaS companies
16.7x
median
Public SaaS cohort as of December 2020
33.3x
median
High-growth SaaS (>30% NTM growth)
17.9x
median
Mid-growth SaaS (15-30% NTM growth)
6.7x
median
Low-growth SaaS (<15% NTM growth)
98.3x
best-in-class
Snowflake (highest valuation in cohort)
15.2x
average
3-month trailing average
12.2x
average
1-year trailing average
5percent
median
Public SaaS companies
18percent
median
Percentage of SaaS revenue
74percent
median
Public SaaS companies
31percent
median
Public SaaS companies
20percent
median
Public SaaS companies
116percent
median
Public SaaS companies
-16percent
median
Public SaaS companies
25percent
median
Percentage of SaaS revenue
45percent
median
Percentage of SaaS revenue