Click here to download report Many family-held and owner-led manufacturing businesses are asking the same question: Is now the right time to sell, or should I wait for more clarity? Ongoing conflict in the Middle East, concerns around energy and commodity prices, and persistent geopolitical headlines have made both buyers and sellers uneasy. The instinctive...Read More
Click here to download report Our Q2 2026 HVAC Sector Quarterly Update is now live, and the outlook is becoming increasingly constructive as the industry moves into the second half of the year. The A2L refrigerant transition that shaped much of 2025 is largely behind us, channel inventories are beginning to normalize, and several indicators...Read More
Click here to download the report. Our Q2 2026 Food & Beverage Sector Quarterly Update is now live, highlighting a widening valuation gap between large, branded businesses and smaller, commodity-exposed companies, as buyers continue to prioritize scarce, category-defining assets. In this quarter’s report, we cover: The 10 largest Food & Beverage transactions in the first...Read More
Click here to download report Our Q2 2026 Consumer Sector Quarterly Update is now live, providing a comprehensive view of the evolving consumer landscape, from macroeconomic trends to transaction activity and sector performance. In this quarter’s update, we cover: A detailed Consumer Market Overview highlighting the widening gap between resilient spending and depressed consumer sentiment...Read More
Ross Colbert, Managing Director of Food & Beverage M&A at Carter Morse & Goodrich, attended the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City, where industry leaders, emerging brands, and investors gathered to explore the trends shaping the specialty food and beverage sector. Here are his key takeaways from this year’s event: Deep, growing...Read More
Congrats to the entire BevNetLIVE team for another great event (#31) ! A special thank you to John McKenna and Kendra Cooper at BevNet, and all the attendees that joined our “Finding Liquidity in Beverages” workshop on Thursday. Our workshop focused on how business owners should plan for a liquidity event – including strategic objectives,...Read More
Geopolitics is now the #1 concern keeping global M&A bankers up at night – more than inflation, market volatility and tariffs. That was one of the clearest signals from the Alliance of International Corporate Advisors (AICA) annual conference in London, where Michael Carter represented CMG alongside 50 M&A bankers from 25 boutique firms across Europe,...Read More
Terry Hannafin and Ramsey Goodrich represented CMG at Association for Corporate Growth’s flagship middle‑market dealmaker conference DealMax in Las Vegas last week with more than 3500 M&A professionals in attendance. Ramsey was again a featured speaker at the event, this time for “The Next Chapter of Dealmaking,” a forward-looking discussion on trends shaping how middle‑market...Read More
Click here to download report Is the HVAC M&A market finally turning a corner? Our Q1 2026 HVAC Sector Quarterly Update is now live, and one theme stands out: the market is starting to move forward again. While uncertainty hasn’t fully disappeared, decision-making is back. Buyers are engaging, processes are progressing, and capital remains available...Read More
Click here to download report Market uncertainty is rising, but so is opportunity for prepared sellers. Our Q1 2026 Manufacturing Sector Quarterly Update is now live, addressing the key question many family-owned and middle market manufacturers are asking in today’s uncertain environment. With ongoing geopolitical tensions, energy and commodity price concerns, and broader market volatility,...Read More
