ICF, a worldwide consulting and digital services firm, said today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire SemanticBits, a leading provider of mission-critical digital modernization solutions to US government health agencies.
In 2022, SemanticBits is predicted to produce $135 million in yearly revenue. In 2023, almost $115 million of that will be recurring, owing to the conclusion of many small company contracts. As part of ICF, SemanticBits is expected to produce EBITDA margins in the high teens, based on its track record of double-digit sales growth. ICF will use its existing credit facility to cover the $220 million deal. Upon completion, the deal is expected to be accretive to ICF's EPS.
SemanticBits offers a comprehensive set of open-source digital modernization services, including end-to-end agile at scale development, cloud-native solutions, data analytics, and human-centered design.
SemanticBits, which was founded in 2005, has a team of 450 technologists and practitioners with experience working on large federal health IT projects and expertise across 30 technology platforms. They use a fully agile approach that complements ICF's deep federal health domain expertise and digital modernization capabilities. SemanticBits provides help to federal health authorities in the United States, primarily the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
This latest acquisition is in keeping with our strategy to complement organic growth with acquisitions that strengthen ICF's position in key growth markets and provide meaningful revenue synergies over time."
John Wasson, ICF chair and chief executive officer
John further added, "SemanticBits' advanced health IT and data science solutions accelerate and improve mission impact and health outcomes. As one of the industry's leading digital service and platform providers using open-source, SemanticBits scales our rapidly growing set of digital modernization capabilities and, together with our deep federal health expertise, will enable ICF to support larger, more complex projects across federal civilian agencies."
The acquisition is scheduled to close in mid-July, subject to regulatory and customary conditions. When ICF reports its second quarter results in early August, it aims to publish updated financial forecast for the full year 2022, which will include the projected contribution from the SemanticBits purchase.