Precedent Transaction Analyzer

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M&A precedent transaction analysis skill with deal sourcing and premium analysis

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Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Precedent Transaction Analyzer skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/specializations/domains/business/finance-accounting/skills/precedent-transaction-analyzer/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Overview

The Precedent Transaction Analyzer skill provides comprehensive M&A transaction analysis capabilities. It enables deal sourcing, multiple extraction, and premium analysis to support valuation and negotiation in M&A contexts.

Capabilities

Transaction Database Search

Deal database querying
Industry filtering
Date range selection
Deal size parameters
Transaction type filtering
Geographic focus

Deal Multiple Extraction

Enterprise value calculation
LTM multiple computation
NTM multiple extraction
Revenue multiple analysis
EBITDA multiple calculation
Transaction-specific metrics

Control Premium Analysis

Unaffected price determination
Premium calculation methodology
Time period selection
Volume-weighted analysis
52-week high comparison
Offer price evolution

Synergy Consideration

Announced synergy extraction
Synergy multiple calculation
Synergy-adjusted analysis
Integration cost consideration
Revenue synergy treatment
Run-rate normalization

Deal Structure Comparison

Cash vs. stock consideration
Collar mechanisms
Earnout structures
CVR analysis
Break fee comparison
Deal protection mechanisms

Timeline and Sector Filtering

Transaction timing
Economic cycle consideration
Sector-specific analysis
Cross-border filtering
Strategic vs. financial buyers
Public vs. private targets

Usage

Precedent Analysis

Input: Target profile, transaction criteria, date range
Process: Search deals, extract multiples, calculate premiums
Output: Transaction analysis, comparable deals, valuation range

Deal Benchmarking

Input: Proposed transaction terms, comparable deals
Process: Compare terms, analyze premiums, assess structure
Output: Deal benchmark analysis, negotiation points, market positioning

Integration

Used By Processes

M&A Financial Due Diligence
Comparable Company Analysis
Capital Investment Appraisal

Tools and Libraries

M&A databases (Refinitiv)
PitchBook
Deal comps tools
Press release parsing

Best Practices

Use transactions from relevant time period
Adjust for market condition differences
Consider strategic rationale similarity
Account for synergy expectations
Document deal-specific circumstances
Cross-reference with trading analysis

Signals

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Forks: 112
Last commit: Sep 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: precedent-transaction-analyzer
Source: github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

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