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This has clearly been the year of the large M & A deal in the freight industry with TFII’s purchase of UPS’ LTL business (https://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/the-first-big-transportation-deal-of-the-year-tfii-s-purchase-of-ups-freight ) followed by Knight Swift’s acquisition of LTL operator AAA Cooper Transportation (https://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/why-are-large-ltl-trucking-companies-such-attractive-m-a-targets ). The Uber Freight purchase of Transplace for $2.25 billion is different from the other two acquisitions.

Unlike the prior mergers that combined two asset-based trucking companies, this merger blends two non-asset-based technology-driven freight brokerage operations. Uber Freight supplies shippers with real-time quoting and booking, using their freight management platform; it provides access to a network of US and Canadian-based carriers. Their focus has been on a transactional, instant gratification shipper-carrier load matching services. While still unprofitable, they have been achieving rapid growth in this segment of the freight brokerage market.

Transplace, while also in the freight brokerage space, has focused on large shippers with consistent freight volumes. Their technology is designed to marry this class of shipper with carriers that have the capacity and coverage to handle recurring traffic in designated areas. This is much more of a contracted business rather than a transactional business model. Transplace states on its website that it counts 62,000 unique users and has $11 billion of freight under management.

So, what made Transplace attractive to Uber Freight? Uber Freight is paying 22 .5 times EBITDA to acquire a company that has a current EBITDA run rate of over $100 million. This is a steep multiple, but Transplace’s earnings will improve the financials of the merged Uber Freight.

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