The median Enterprise Value/Revenue for Q2 2013 of Public Software Companies was 2.7x versus 5.3x for Public SaaS Companies. The median annual growth for the same period was 11.0% for Public Software companies and 25.5% for Public SaaS companies.
Software Equity Group August 2013
2013 Software Growth is forecast at 3.3% in 2013 versus 25% for SaaS.
Forrester 2013
“SaaS and cloud-based business application services revenue will grow from $13.5 billion in 2011 to$32.8 billion in 2016, achieving a five-year CAGR of 19.5%.”
Gartner Enterprise
Application Software, 2011-2016, January 2013
