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SaaS valuation multiples, October 2026

Median enterprise value to revenue multiples for a basket of 14 public SaaS companies.

Median EV/revenue: 9.6x

Median revenue growth 24.5%, across all 14 companies in the basket. As of Oct 28, 2026, from SEC EDGAR filings and Cboe delayed prices.

Against this week's guidance

Data as of Oct 26, 2026

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Fundraising
If you're planning to raise, get your materials ready now so you decide when to go out.
Pause if
Pause the raise if risk appetite falls below 44 or funding pressure is above 76. Funding pressure is 90 now.
Resume when
Resume the full process when risk appetite is above 54 and funding pressure falls below 66.
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Basket composition

Snowflake, Shopify, Salesforce, HubSpot, MongoDB, Datadog, Atlassian, Workday, ServiceNow, Zscaler, Toast, GitLab, Cloudflare, Freshworks.

These 14 companies represent a cross-section of modern public SaaS: cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, security, data, and vertical SaaS.

Use public multiples in a fundraising discussion

Founders, finance teams and board members can use the basket to question valuation assumptions. Compare growth, gross margin, retention, scale and the revenue period before choosing a comparable. Public shares are liquid; a private round also depends on its terms, investor demand and company risk. Multiplying private ARR by this median does not produce a supported valuation.

For the board note, record the observation date, selected comparable, revenue basis and the differences that matter. Revisit the financing plan when actual investor feedback or the cash deadline changes.

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