M&A MARKET UPDATE MAY 2019 SOUTHEAST MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in May 2019
May saw the lowest amount of invested capital for the 2019 year; but when compared to May of 2018, invested capital saw a slight bump up from $2 billion to $6 billion. Deal activity, deal size, and multiples all saw small increases but remained relatively constant compared to May of 2018.
Year to date, capital invested is up 264.5%, a $115.7 billion increase compared to the first five months of 2018, with every month out preforming the previous year’s. Conversely, deal activity is down 16%, a total of 74 less completed deals in 2019 compared to this time in 2018. At the current YTD averages, capital invested per month is expected to surpass every month of 2018 except for November and completed deal count is expected to fall short of every month except for December.
