M&A MARKET UPDATE APRIL 2019 U.S. MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in April 2019
Year to date, U.S. M&A deal activity has decreased on a year over year basis by 31%. The YTD completed deal count as of the end of April was 1,888 deals versus 2,754 deals in 2018. Conversely, capital invested was up 20.9%, going from $242.5 billion YTD in 2018 to $293.2 billion YTD in 2019.
For the month of April, deal count is down 29.2% compared to 2018. Invested capital was down 41.6% for the month of April but median deal size is up 16.1%. The relatively high metrics for median deal size were partly contributed to by the $7.4 billion Arris International acquisition by Commscope and the $7 billion acquisition of USG by Gebr. Knauf Verwaltungsgeleschaft.
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