[scoot]

> between 2x and 5x some sort of revenue or profit measure

Sorry, but which is it? 2X to 5X revenue and 2X to 5X profit are wildly different numbers.

[csa]

Take your pick.

My point was precisely that the market bears wildly different values.

As mentioned elsewhere, 3-3.5x of SDE is reasonable for a well-documented solid SaaS. If you read the article, even that can vary.