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Mergers and Acquisitions - Statistics & Facts
With the belief that two companies together are more valuable than when existing separately, individual companies often consolidate with a target of achieving greater efficiency and market share through merger and acquisition deals (M&A). Although the terms “merger” and “acquisition” are often used interchangeably, they represent different methods of company consolidation processes. A merger is a combination of two companies to form a new company, while an acquisition, called a hostile takeover, is the purchase of one company by another, in which no new company is formed.
The value of global mergers and acquisitions deals reached 3.24 trillion U.S. dollars in 2016. In that year, the United States proved to be the largest M&A market worldwide, with merger and acquisition deals amounting to approximately 1.46 trillion U.S. dollars. As far as the industry sectors are concerned, the highest value of M&A deals was signed in the energy, mining and utilities sector.
Merger and acquisition transactions, due to complexity of the whole process, are managed by financial advisory companies. Goldman Sachs was the leading M&A advisor in the United States, Europe, in terms of value of M&A transactions in which it assisted.
The main drivers of the M&A deals in the United States in 2016, as projected in October 2015, were large cash reserves within the companies and new opportunities in the emerging markets. According to M&A professionals from U.S. corporations, technology and pharmaceuticals/biotechnology sectors were projected to be the most active M&A sectors in 2016.
Mergers & acquisitions - Important statistics
- 1. Worldwide
Value of M&A transactions globally 2011-2016- +Value of global M&A transactions 2016, by region
- +Value of global M&A in 2016, by industry
- +Largest M&A deals worldwide 2016, by transaction value
- +Leading financial advisors to global M&A 2016, by deal value
- +Leading M&A adivsors worldwide in 2016, by number of transactions
- 2. United States
- +Value of M&A transactions in the U.S. 2007-2016
- +Value of M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by industry
- Largest M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by transaction value
- Number of M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by deal value
- Value of M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by industry
- Value of M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by deal value
- Number of M&A deals in the U.S. 2016, by industry
- Leading financial advisors to U.S. M&A 2016, by deal value
- Leading financial advisors to M&A in the U.S. 2015, by transaction value
- 3. Asia and Europe
- Value of merger and acquisition deals in Europe 2013-2015
- Number of M&A deals in Europe 2014-2015
- Number of M&A deals in Europe 2013-2015, by country
- +Largest M&A deals in Europe 2016, by transaction value
- Leading financial advisors to M&A in Europe 2016, by deal value
- Monthly value of M&A deals in Asia 2014-2015
- Monthly M&A deal volume in Asia 2014-2015
- Number of M&A transactions in Asia 2015-2017, by country
- +Value of M&A transactions in Asia Pacific 2007-2016
- +Value of M&A transactions in Japan 2007-2016
- 4. Miscellaneous
- +Factors influencing M&A activity in the U.S. 2016
- +Forecast of the most active merger and acquisition industries in the U.S. 2016
- +Main reasons for acquisitions planned in the U.S. 2016
- +Anticipated average enterprise value per aquisition in the U.S. 2016
- +Anticipated destinations of M&A deals worldwide in 2016
- +Leading factors for M&A deal success worldwide 2015
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