M&A · Tech · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
Nielsen to acquire DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
Announced Aug 6, 2026 · Pending Sep 11, 2026
Deal value$2.15BEV $2.15B
Premium—To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA8.5x2.8x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$13.60 per share
Transaction
- Acquirer
- Nielsen
- Target
- DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (DV)
- Buyer type
- Strategic
- Offer price per share
- $13.60
- Enterprise value
- $2.15B
- Status
- Pending Sep 11, 2026
Deal protections
- Break fee (target pays)
- $60.0M · 2.8%
- Reverse fee (buyer pays)
- $144M · 6.7%
- Go-shop
- No-shop
- Financing
- Committed · BofA Securities, Barclays, Citigroup
Advisors
- To the acquirer
- Barclays
- To the target
- PJT Partners
- PJT Partners fee
- $23.0M
Sector context · Tech
- Comparable deals
- 67 in the prior 24 months
- Premium
- Sector median 40.0%
- EV / Adj. EBITDA
- 8.5x vs. 15.9x sector median
- Break fee
- 2.8% vs. 3.0% sector median
Timeline
- AnnouncedAug 6, 2026
- Proxy filedSep 11, 2026
- Definitive proxySep 29, 2026
- Shareholder votePending
- ClosedPending
Valuation · fairness opinions
Precedent transactions$12.65$16.39
Discounted cash flow$11.64$15.47
Discounted cash flow$9.67$12.75
52-week trading range$7.64$16.82
Analyst price targets$8.00$16.00
Offer $13.60
Implied value per DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. share by analysis, from PJT Partners.