MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

$55 a Share: Who Won, Who Lost in CBIZ’s 29-Year Rollup

For Marcum partners, it’s complicated.

At $55, GT is offering the best price all year, not as good as last year.

By CPA Trendlines Research
Special Report

Grant Thornton’s cash offer creates four very different CBIZ histories: a modest return for some long-term holders, a nearly 4,800% gain for investors who bought after the 2000 collapse, a 38% loss from the 2025 peak and no single answer for former Marcum partners.

MORE Special Report on the CBIZ-Grant Thornton Deal: 

  1. Fatal Attraction: How the Marcum Deal Set Up CBIZ for the Grant Thornton Takeover
  2. CBIZ Tells Grant Thornton No, No, No, Before Saying Yes
  3. Grant Thornton Flexes PE Muscle in CBIZ Deal
  4. CBIZ: Spanning 2 Rollup Eras in 2 Centuries
  5. $55 a Share: Who Won, Who Lost in CBIZ’s 29-Year Rollup
  6. CPA PE Deal Tracker™: The Consolidator Gets Consolidated

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Same deal. Same $55 a share, cash, on the table for every CBIZ shareholder. Four completely different outcomes, depending on when you bought in.