How much of a private equity return is driven by changes in revenue (assuming a revenue-based valuation).

Module Category: P&L and Operational Drivers
Key Concept: Company total enterprise value (TEV) can be expressed as the product of its trailing-twelve-month revenue (R) and a revenue valuation multiple (M). This allows analysts to break the Unlevered Return (see Module 03) into Revenue Growth and Revenue Multiple Expansion.