Clouded Judgement
This weekly cloud software market update analyzes SaaS valuation multiples, operating metrics benchmarks, and cloud adoption trends based on Morgan Stanley CIO survey data. The article presents detailed comparisons of top 10 cloud companies by EV/NTM revenue multiple, growth rates, and profitability metrics, with median SaaS benchmarks for gross margin (74%), NRR (118%), and CAC payback (25 months).
Metrics in this report
25months
median
SaaS public companies
39.4x
median
Top 10 SaaS companies by valuation multiple
15.7x
median
Overall SaaS public company market
9%percent
median
SaaS public companies
18%percent
median
SaaS public companies
74%percent
median
SaaS public companies
26.4x
median
SaaS companies with >30% projected NTM growth
30%percent
median
SaaS public companies
5.3x
median
SaaS companies with <15% projected NTM growth
13.7x
median
SaaS companies with 15-30% projected NTM growth
24%percent
median
SaaS public companies
118%percent
median
SaaS public companies
-14%percent
median
SaaS public companies
23%percent
median
Current state of enterprise application workloads (Morgan Stanley CIO survey, US/EU)
23%percent
current
CIO estimate of application workloads running in public cloud (US and EU)
37%percent
target
Projected public cloud workload penetration by end of 2024 (US and EU)
37%percent
target
Projected by end of 2024 (Morgan Stanley CIO survey)
25%percent
median
SaaS public companies
44%percent
median
SaaS public companies
25months
median
Public SaaS companies (gross margin-adjusted)
26.4x
median
SaaS companies with >30% projected NTM growth
5.3x
median
SaaS companies with <15% projected NTM growth
13.7x
median
SaaS companies with 15-30% projected NTM growth
15.7x
median
Public SaaS companies
47.0x
median
Top 5 highest-valued SaaS companies
9%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
18%percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies
74%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
30%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
24%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
118%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
-14%percent
median
Public SaaS companies
25%percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies
44%percent of revenue
median
Public SaaS companies