Two companies walk into the M&A bar… 🍸

Riddle me this Batman:

Two Companies Walk into the M&A Bar

Both have:
• $10M in annual revenue
• $1M in net income

They sit down, order a drink, and eventually… sell.

One company walks out with $3M.
The other walks out with $6M.

The first company looks over and says:
“What the heck?! We had the same revenue and the same profit. Why did you get more than me?”

Riddle me this:
Why did one company get paid 2× more?

Hint:
It wasn’t luck.
It wasn’t timing.
And it definitely wasn’t the P&L alone.

Can you answer the riddle?
Drop your answer in the comments 👇

(If you’re a business owner, this is the question that quietly determines whether you build a job… or an asset.)

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