AGENT 33 / 50 · M&A & STRATEGY

M&A Screening Agent

Runs a target's headline financials through a quick valuation and fit check, so obviously mispriced or misaligned targets are screened out before due diligence starts.

READS FROMTarget data room summary, market comparables feed

MCP SERVERDeal Data Server

MODELRouted to reasoning-tier open model

HANDS OFF TODue Diligence Assistant, Valuation Agent

RUN THE AGENT

Set the target's financials, generate the screen

Adjust target revenue, EBITDA margin and asking multiple — implied value and a simple fit score recalculate instantly.

ASSUMPTIONS

Target annual revenue £8.0M

EBITDA margin 18%

Asking EV/EBITDA multiple 9.0x

Sector benchmark multiple 7.5x

Estimated annual synergies £400K

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Target EBITDA

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Implied asking price

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Benchmark-implied price

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Screen verdict

HOW IT WORKS

What the agent actually does

1. Pull target data	Reads headline revenue, margin and asking terms from the data room summary
2. Benchmark the multiple	Compares the asking EV/EBITDA multiple against the sector benchmark feed
3. Adjust for synergies	Nets estimated synergies against the price gap to see if the deal still clears
4. Hand off	Passes targets that clear the screen to the Due Diligence Assistant, or the Valuation Agent for a full build-up