M&A MARKET UPDATE JUNE 2019 SOUTHEAST MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in June 2019
For the month of June, deal count continued this year’s trend of being lower compared to 2018 with overall deal count was down 40.7%. Invested capital and median deal size are also down for the month of June, 95.3% and 51.8% respectively. The difference between the metrics in 2018 and 2019 stems mostly from a lack of M&A activity this month. The largest two deals of June in the Southeast were the acquisition of Advanced Medical by AMN Healthcare Services for $220 million and the Endgame acquisition by Elasticsearch.
Year to date, Southeast M&A deal activity has decreased on a year over year basis by 20.1%. The YTD completed deal count as of the end of August is 437 deals versus 547 deals in 2018. Conversely, capital invested is up 189%, going from $55.3 billion YTD in 2018 to $159.9 billion YTD in 2019. Year to date, the median deal size has increased from $33.22 million in 2018 to $64.75 million in 2019.
