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Exit Multiple
Calculating the exit multiple of an investment – cash realised on exit divided by cash invested – allows investors to calculate the return on their investments. Paying a USD 200m consideration to acquire a business and receiving USD 800m upon sale would yield an exit multiple of 4x over the investment’s time horizon.