M&A MARKET UPDATE FEBRUARY 2019 U.S. MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in February 2019
Year to date, U.S. M&A deal activity has decreased on a year over year basis by 33%. The YTD completed deal count as of the end of February is 1,051 deals versus 1566 deals in 2018. Conversely, capital invested is up 60.1%, going from $95.2 billion YTD in 2018 to $152.3 billion YTD in 2019.
For the month of January, deal count is down 32.9% compared to 2018. Invested capital and median deal size are both respectively up 174.6% and 267.9%. The relatively high metrics in 2019 are contributed to by the $11.1 billion acquisition of GE Transportation by Wabtec and the $8.5 billion acquisition of Vecten by CenterPoint Energy
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