The Lincoln Private Market Index Ends the Year with its Slowest Quarter of Growth in 2025
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AI-PoweredThe Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI) experienced its slowest quarter of growth in 2025, increasing by 1.9% in the fourth quarter, driven by EBITDA growth and relatively flat enterprise value multiples.
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CHICAGO, February 11, 2026--Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, announced today that the Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI), the only index that tracks changes in the enterprise value of U.S. privately held companies, increased by 1.9% during the fourth quarter of 2025 driven by EBITDA growth as enterprise value multiples remained relatively flat. In comparison, the S&P 500 enterprise value growth was 2.3% over that time, largely driven by the Magnificent 7 as dema
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