{"podcast":{"title":"The Buyout Show with Fexingo: Private Equity, Roll-Ups, and Business Acquisitions","slug":"the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","podcast_index_feed_id":7871630,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":122,"summary":"Lucas and Luna examine private equity through the lens of actual deals — roll-ups in HVAC, veterinary clinics, and funeral services; buy-and-build strategies; and the mechanics of leveraged buyouts. Each episode dissects a specific transaction, from sourcing to exit, using real numbers, term sheets, and public filings. The show serves founders weighing an offer, analysts building models, and investors tracking the industry. Expect critical discussions on valuation multiples, earnouts, debt covenants, and the cultural friction between PE operators and portfolio-company management. Lucas, a journalist with a decade covering dealmaking, guides the numbers; Luna, an engaged interlocutor, presses on execution risk and founder psychology. Together they ask: What separates a value-destroying roll-up from a platform that compounds for a decade? No hype, no jargon — just the tradecraft of buying and scaling businesses. #PrivateEquity #LBO #RollUp #BuyAndBuild #PE #DueDiligence #Valuation #MergersAndAcquisitions #FamilyBusinessExit #SearchFund #EBITDA #DealSourcing #SMB #BusinessAcquisition #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Finance #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:18:12.773861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630"},"episode":{"title":"How Private Equity Is Buying Up Security Guard Companies","slug":"how-private-equity-is-buying-up-security-guard-companies","published_at":"2026-06-24T04:43:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-security-guard-companies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0071.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-buyout-show/episode-0071.mp3","summary":"Private equity has rolled up everything from dental clinics to parking lots. But the security guard industry—fragmented, low-margin, labor-intensive—was long seen as untouchable. This episode examines how firms like Sentinel Capital Partners and Alpine Investors are now consolidating contract security, buying mom-and-pop guard companies and rolling them into regional giants. Lucas and Luna break down the economics: 5 percent margins, 300 percent annual turnover, and the financial engineering that makes it work. They also discuss the risks—including what happens to wages and working conditions when private equity squeezes the spread between what the client pays and what the guard takes home. Plus: a look at how technology is reshaping the guard business, from AI surveillance to automated patrol. A rare inside look at a boring industry that touches every office building, hospital, and warehouse in America. #PrivateEquity #SecurityGuard #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #RollUp #PE #SentinelCapital #AlpineInvestors #Consolidation #LowMargin #LaborIntensive #ContractSecurity #FragmentedIndustry #Buyout #Business #Finance #Economics #MergersAndAcquisitions Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Private equity has rolled up everything from dental clinics to parking lots. But the security guard industry—fragmented, low-margin, labor-intensive—was l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":562,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/episodes/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-security-guard-companies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buyout-show-with-fexingo-private-equity-roll-ups-and-business-acquisitions-7871630/how-private-equity-is-buying-up-security-guard-companies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}