Sabre - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Sabre M&A Summary

Sabre has acquired 8 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Sabre’s largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Last Minute Network for $933M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Sabre - AirCentre to CAE for $393M. Sabre has acquired in 2 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (50%) and internet software and services (25%).

Sabre Business Overview

Where is Sabre headquartered?

Sabre is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

What is Sabre’s revenue?

Sabre disclosed revenue of 2,908M USD for 2023 and 2,537M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Sabre have?

Sabre has 6,232 employees.

What sector is Sabre in?

Sabre is a software company.

When was Sabre founded?

Sabre was founded in 2006.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity12
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6

Sabre

Sabre Corp.

3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, Texas 76092
United States,
(682) 605-1000
www.sabre.com

Sabre is a technology software provider to the travel and tourism industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre was formed in 2006 and is based in Southlake, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 - - 1 1 - 8
vol $1.2B $1.2B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - 1 - - - 4
vol $400M $393M $793M
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Techsembly Ltd. 2023-07-05 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.techsembly.com
Nuvola, Inc. 2022-05-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Fort Lauderdale, Florida · www.mynuvola.com
Sabre - AirCentre 2021-10-28 393M USD Divestiture
Southlake, Texas
Radixx International, Inc. 2019-10-16 110M USD Add-on Acquisition
Orlando, Florida · www.radixx.com
Abacus International Pte Ltd. 2018-07-17 - Divestiture
Singapore, Singapore · www.abacus.com.sg
Airpas Aviation AG 2016-04-19 - Add-on Acquisition
Braunschweig, Germany · www.airpas.com
Trust International Hotel Reservation Services GmbH 2015-11-24 154M USD Add-on Acquisition
Frankfurt, Germany · www.trustinternational.com
Abacus International Pte Ltd. 2015-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Singapore, Singapore · www.abacus.com.sg
Travelocity.com 2015-01-23 280M USD Divestiture
Southlake, Texas · www.travelocity.com
Last Minute Network Ltd. 2014-12-16 120M USD Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.lastminute.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 4 (50%) 110M (9%) 1 (25%) 393M (50%)
Internet Software and Services 2 (25%) - 2 (50%) 280M (35%)
E-Commerce 1 (13%) 933M (78%) 1 (25%) 120M (15%)
Information Technology 1 (13%) 154M (13%) - -
Total 8 $1.2B 4 $793M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 110M 2 673M
  Texas 1 - 2 673M
  Florida 2 110M - -
United Kingdom 2 933M 1 120M
Germany 2 154M - -
Singapore 1 - 1 -
Domestic 3 (38%) 110M (9%) 2 (50%) 673M (85%)
Cross-border 5 (63%) 1.1B (91%) 2 (50%) 120M (15%)
Total 8 $1.2B 4 $793M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.2B
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest Last Minute Network Ltd.
$933M (2005-05-12)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $793M
TOTAL $793M
Largest Sabre - AirCentre
$393M (2021-10-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

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