M&A MARKET UPDATE MARCH 2019 U.S. MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in March 2019
Year to date, U.S. M&A deal activity has decreased on a year over year basis by 32%. The YTD completed deal count as of the end of March was 1,449 deals versus 2,134 deals in 2018. Conversely, capital invested was up 44.9%, going from $175.3 billion YTD in 2018 to $254 billion YTD in 2019.
For the month of March, deal count was down 32.1% compared to 2018. Invested capital and median deal size are both respectively up at 26.8% and 23.9%. The relatively high metrics in 2018 were largely contributed to by the $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney and the $6.3 billion acquisition of Intedrated Device Technology by Renesas Electronics.
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