M&A MARKET UPDATE MAY 2019 U.S. MONTHLY REVIEW
Notable Trends in May 2019
Year to date, U.S. M&A deal activity has decreased on a year over year basis by 29%. The YTD completed deal count as of the end of May was 2,309 deals versus 3,254 deals in 2018. Conversely, capital invested was up 15.6%, going from $290.0 billion YTD in 2018 to $335.5 billion YTD in 2019.
For the month of May, deal count was down 18.8% compared to 2018. Invested capital was down 12.2%. However, median deal size was up by 84% for the month. The relatively high metrics in 2018 were partly contributed to the $9 billion acquisition of Andeavor Logistics by MPLX and the $5.7 billion acquisition of oppenheimerFunds by Invesco.
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