Businesses with weak 2024 financials?

June 17, 2025
by a searcher in Illinois, USA
Wondering if any buyers or lenders are closing on businesses where the TTM or last fiscal year EBITDA are below the historical 3-5 year averages. I'd think banks would likely be leery of this dynamic, but I'm seeing quite a few businesses now where 2024 EBITDA was significantly weaker than the###-###-#### period.
One business I'm keen on (for reasons beyond PnL) had a 2024 EBITDA that was half that of the prior 3 years.
Are these deals still getting traded at a multiples that nears the most recent 3 year average?
from Eastern Illinois University in 900 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563, USA
from London Business School in State of São Paulo, Brazil