Clouded Judgement
Weekly SaaS market analysis tracking valuation multiples, earnings reports, and share price movements across 8 companies with detailed benchmarking of operating metrics including growth rates, margins, and unit economics. The article presents evidence of significant multiple expansion in the SaaS sector, with median EV/NTM revenue multiples reaching 15.4x (vs. 13.8x trailing 1-year average), and highlights the wide dispersion in valuations across growth cohorts.
Metrics in this report
21months
median
Gross margin-adjusted, public SaaS companies
15.4multiple
median
Public SaaS market as of January 2021
30.7multiple
median
High-growth SaaS (>30% NTM growth)
17.0multiple
median
Mid-growth SaaS (15-30% NTM growth)
6.9multiple
median
Low-growth SaaS (<15% NTM growth)
58.1multiple
top-quartile
Snowflake (highest in cohort)
9percent
median
Public SaaS companies
18percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies
74percent
median
Public SaaS companies
23percent
median
Public SaaS companies
116percent
median
Public SaaS companies
-13percent
median
Public SaaS companies
25percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies
44percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies