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Largest Wholesale Distribution Public Companies in Australia
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Reece, Metcash, Dicker Data, Maxiparts and Coventry Group.
 | Reece is an Australian distributor of plumbing supplies and bathroom products, with businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Reece Australia holds Australia’s largest range of individual plumbing stock-keeping units, supporting plumbing needs for general plumbing, bathrooms, kitchens, heating and air conditioning, irrigation, refrigeration, pools, commercial and government projects, and fire services.In the Australia and New Zealand markets, Reece’s trade, customers are mostly small to medium plumbing businesses working in the areas of residential repairs, renovations, or new home builds.The US business principally serves plumbers working on commercial and residential construction projects and has a network of almost 300 stores in the southern Sunbelt states. | $10 | -12% | $6B | $8B | 1.2x | 12.2x | ||
| Metcash is a wholesale distribution and marketing company specializing in food, liquor, and hardware. Centralized wholesale distribution enables independent retailers to gain access to the combined scale of many retailers to negotiate material volume discounts.The food segment distributes of a range of products and services to independent supermarket and convenience stores. The hardware segment distributes hardware products to independent retail outlets and operates company-owned stores. The liquor segment distributes liquor products to independent retailers and pubs. | $2 | -9% | $2B | $4B | 0.3x | 7.3x | ||
| Dicker Data Ltd is engaged in the wholesale distribution of computer hardware, software, cloud, access control, surveillance, and emerging technologies. The company is organized into three operating segments: Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore operations. Maximum revenue is generated from its operations in Australia. | $6 | +9% | $1B | $1B | 0.5x | 12.2x | ||
| Maxiparts Ltd is engaged in the distribution and sale of commercial truck and trailer parts and also acts as a distributor of workshop consumables, predominantly focused on automotive and commercial vehicle workshops. Its product offerings include accessories, fluid and filtration products, electricals, axles and suspension, and commercial vehicle parts. The company offers its products and services through MaxiPARTS and Forch Australia brands. Its operating segments include MaxiPARTS Operations, which generates maximum revenue, and Forch Australia. Geographically, the company generates all of its revenue from Australia. | $1 | -- | $60M | $91M | 0.5x | 5.0x | ||
| Coventry Group Ltd distributes and markets industrial products. The company operates through the following segments: Trade Distribution, and Fluid Systems. It generates maximum revenue from the Trade Distribution segment. The Trade Distribution segment includes the importation, distribution, and marketing of industrial fasteners, industrial hardware supplies and associated products, and cabinet-making hardware. Its Fluid Systems segment includes the design, manufacture, distribution, installation, and maintenance of lubrication and hydraulic fluid systems and hoses. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Australia. | $0 | -57% | $34M | $129M | 0.5x | 16.0x | ||
| Shriro Holdings Ltd is engaged in the marketing and distribution of premium consumer products. It has a diverse portfolio of company-owned brands, including Everdure, Omega Altise, and Robinhood, as well as third-party brands such as Casio, Pioneer, Grohe, and American Standard, among others. The group's product offerings include calculators, watches, musical instruments, bathtubs, sanitary ware, taps, shower fittings, audio products, kitchen appliances, laundry products, consumer electronics, car audio, amplifiers, professional DJ equipment, gas heaters, gas barbeques, charcoal barbeques, pizza ovens, electric heaters, cooling products, etc. Its geographical operating segments are: Australia, which derives maximum revenue, New Zealand, and the Rest of the world. | $1 | -- | $34M | $34M | 0.5x | 3.2x | ||
| Median | $2 | -11% | $605M | $750M | 0.5x | 9.7x |
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