TY - JOUR T1 - Do Rollups Yield Higher Returns? JF - The Journal of Investing SP - 57 LP - 65 DO - 10.3905/joi.2002.319507 VL - 11 IS - 2 AU - Theresa Henry AU - Joshua Livnat Y1 - 2002/05/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/11/2/57.abstract N2 - Rollups are consolidators of small, independent, businesses within an industry into larger publicly listed companies. This study finds that rollups enjoy higher returns than a matched sample of companies within the same four-digit SIC industry and size, but not significantly higher. While rollup companies can achieve higher growth in revenues after their IPO than the matched sample, they are unable to significantly reduce operating expenses below those of the matched companies. A subsample of rollup companies that were able to both increase revenues and reduce operating expenses after the rollup do produce significantly higher returns than their matched companies, consistent with the objective of the rollup. ER -