2023 Factset Review: Top 10 Largest M&A Announcements

The 2023 Factset Review is out now! This must-have publication delivers comprehensive rosters, data, and statistics on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions that involve U.S. companies, including privately held, publicly traded, and cross-border transactions and so much more. The following excerpt comes from Part 5 of the guide: Historical Review.

During the second half of the 1980s, we witnessed the consolidation of multibillion-dollar corporations with record-setting transaction values. This trend collapsed with the beginning of the 1990s but returned in 1996 and peaked in 1999. After the dot-com bubble, momentum returned from 2006 to 2008, but the financial crisis in 2009 halted the momentum, and the trend slowed. Despite a slowdown in M&A activity due to the coronavirus outbreak, five transactions broke into the top 100 rankings for transactions over the last 20 years in 2022.

In those 20 years the number of annual announcements have varied considerably, ranging from just a single announcement in 2003 to an impressive 12 announcements in 2016. It's also worth noting that, in that 20-year time frame, there wasn't a single year that went without an announcement.

This chart is just a small sample of the data and in-depth insights that can be found in this publication! Add the 2023 Factset Review to your library today! As an added bonus, you will automatically be subscribed to the Flashwire US Monthly, which helps you stay up to date on all the latest M&A trends as they happen!