Bain & Company’s Global M&A Report sees opportunity for bold moves in an uncertain 2023 market

Bain’s fifth annual Global M&A Report examines the ups and downs in 2022 and what to expect in 2023 BOSTON, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Bain & Company’s 5th annual Global Mergers & Acquisitions Report , published today, reveals that corporate executives looking ahead to 2023 remain confident in M&A’s role in value creation. While M&A value dropped dramatically in 2022, a loss of 36% in deal value, Bain’s report confirms that deal activity continues to be a central corporate strategy for growth and profitability. The report points to a survey of nearly 300 M&A executives, conducted by Bain in October 2022, who shared that they anticipate closing a similar number of deals if not more this year. The surveyed executives express confidence in dealmaking’s ability to create value, reporting that nearly two-thirds of acquisitions completed in the previous three years have met or exceeded expectations. Bain’s research shows that strategic deal value declined more quickly than strategic deal volume. Median strategic deal multiples fell to a 10-year low of 11.9x in 2022, off an all-time high in 2021. The decline in deal multiples, coupled with a mid-year pause of mega-deals, explains the relatively large drop in deal volume […]

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