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The Fastest Growing Software Sectors in 2024

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1 minute read / Jan 29, 2024 / exits /data analysis /financials /

The Fastest Growing Software Sectors in 2024

The fastest growing software category in the public markets is security. Data follows.

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Security companies as a group average 29% expected revenue growth in 2024, compared to 23% for Data (or DaaS which stands for data-as-a-service). Fintech & SaaS (horizontal) average ten percentage points fewer expected growth.

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Anticipation of this growth propels multiples. Security & data top the charts at on average 10x enterprise-value-to-forward-revenue, compared to 5x for the others.

These two software categories lead buyers’ priorities & are expected to grow at twice the pace of the overall software market.

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Reviewing the data deeper, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, SentinelOne, & ZScaler have seen significant multiple improvement. Only Okta lags a bit which is likely due to some of their internal security challenges.

For now, software buyers view security & data products as highest priority. As a result, these businesses project higher growth rates & fetch more attractive valuations in early 2024.

This dynamic will very likely cascade into the private markets as well with both acquisitions and financings in these categories priced at a premium.


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