The Performance of French LBO Firms: New data and new results

José-Miguel Gaspar

Finance, 2012, vol. 33, issue 2, 7-60

Abstract: This paper investigates the operating performance of French targets of Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) transactions during the 1995-2005 period. To benchmark LBO performance, I use a propensity score methodology to find a suitable non-LBO matching pair. The study finds that after the deal, the representative LBO firm exhibits higher operating returns of 4% to 5% relative to its matching control. This finding seems mostly due to increased gross margins, productivity gains, and working capital efficiency gains. These findings are not particular to a certain type of targets and are unchanged if I use the industry of the LBO firm as a benchmark.

Date: 2012
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