Avid Health, Inc. acquired by Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. acquired Avid Health, Inc., a vitamins & supplements brand, on Oct 1, 2012.
Transaction summary
- Target
- Avid Health, Inc.
- Acquirer
- Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
- Seller
- -
- Announced
- 2012-08-20
- Completed
- 2012-10-01
- Geography
- -
- Type
- Acquisition
- Deal type
- Control
- Stake acquired
- -
- First added
- 2026-07-13
- Latest update
- 2026-11-01
Value and multiples
100% enterprise value
USD 650M
100% enterprise value | USD
Basis: Public source
Reported price is assumed to be 100% EV unless stated otherwise. Partial-stake estimates are qualified in the basis notes.
EV / revenue
2.83x
Period: LTM 2012
Basis: Public source
EV / EBITDA
11.2x
EBITDA: normalised / adjusted
Basis: Derived from source data
Basis
- Church & Dwight agreed on 20 August 2012 to buy Avid Health, maker of vitafusion and L'il Critters gummy vitamins, for US$650m in cash, and completed the purchase on 1 October 2012. Multiples use Avid's net sales of about US$230m and EBITDA of about US$58m for the twelve months to 30 June 2012.
Other reviewed estimates
Earlier estimates and their sources.
Source summary
Church & Dwight to Acquire Avid Health, Inc. for $650 Million
ConfirmedAvid’s net sales for the trailing twelve months through June 30, 2012 were approximately $230 million.
Open sourceChurch & Dwight to Acquire Avid Health, Inc. for $650 Million
ConfirmedAvid’s trailing twelve months EBITDA through June 30, 2012 was approximately $58 million.
Open sourceChurch & Dwight Form 8-K: completion of the Avid Health acquisition
ConfirmedOn October 1, 2012, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced acquisition
Open sourceThorne HealthTech Schedule 14D-9/A
EstimatedCanaccord Genuity's selected precedent transactions (US$ in millions) list August 2012, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and Avid Health, Inc.: implied TEV $650, TEV / LTM Adjusted EBITDA 11.2x.
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