S&P Global Market Intelligence Quarterly Report Finds Value of Global M&A Transactions Increased Nearly 12% Year-Over-Year in H1
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S&P Global Market Intelligence's Q2 2024 Global M&A and Equity Offerings Report reveals a 11.7% increase in the total value of global M&A transactions to $1.221 trillion in H1 2024 compared to H1 2023. However, the number of deals decreased by 12.9% to 19,415. The report highlights that while M&A activity hasn't fully recovered from the 2022 slowdown, dealmakers are pursuing large transactions. Europe saw a significant boost in M&A announcements, with values up 65.4% quarter-over-quarter and 25.4% year-over-year to $182.87 billion in Q2. Global IPOs also declined, with 616 transactions in H1 2024 compared to 674 in H1 2023.
Positive
- Total value of global M&A transactions increased by 11.7% to $1.221 trillion in H1 2024
- Europe M&A announcements value rose 65.4% quarter-over-quarter and 25.4% year-over-year to $182.87 billion in Q2
- Third straight quarter of year-over-year growth in total value of global deals
Negative
- Number of global M&A deals decreased by 12.9% to 19,415 in H1 2024
- Global IPOs declined to 616 transactions in H1 2024 from 674 in H1 2023
- M&A activity has not fully recovered from the 2022 slowdown
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The activity shows that M&A has yet to fully recover from the slowdown in activity that started in 2022 with the rate-hiking cycle, but dealmakers are willing to pursue large transactions. In the second quarter of this year, a pickup in
"A handful of large transactions served as a bright spot for M&A and IPO activity in the second quarter; while the overall number of transactions remains lackluster, the bigger deals are helping bring some growth to the overall value of transactions," said Joe Mantone, lead author of the report at S&P Global Market Intelligence. "Clarity around the political landscape and sustained rate-cutting cycle would certainly create optimism for M&A and IPOs heading into 2025."
Key highlights from the Q2 2024 Global M&A and Equity Offerings Report include:
- The number of global M&A transactions has fallen below 10,000 three times in the last four quarters after having done only once since 2020.
- Large transactions helped boost the total value of Europe M&A announcements by
65.4% quarter-over-quarter and25.4% year-over-year in the second quarter to$182.87 billion - The 616 global IPOs in the first half of 2024 was lower than the 674 transactions in the first half of 2023 and the 819 transactions in the first half of 2022.
The quarterly report provides an overview of global M&A and equity issuance trends, offering insights into the sectors and geographies that are seeing the most activity. It also focuses on deals with the highest valuations and strategies larger players pursue that underscore trends occurring throughout an industry. S&P Global Market Intelligence has produced the quarterly, global M&A and equity offering report since the first quarter of 2018.
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