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PE firms started selling companies at a loss last yearThe difference between where businesses were valued and what they sold for went into negative territory for the first time last year, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. This could ultimately be a good thing for the private equity industry. The so-called valuation uplift has declined each year since 2020, culminating in the average PE-backed company being sold at a loss to its paper value in 2025, based on Goldman’s analysis of a $150 billion private markets portfolio managed by its Ext
