Acquisitions News

Lower activity but healthy P/E ratios

Posted 9th June 2009

Despite lower acquisition activity in May, the month was dominated by the healthy rebound in the Price/Earnings ratios of acquisition transactions. This was mirrored on TechMARK and suggests that maybe the low points recorded in March and April are now behind us. Although there is still a lack of mega-deals in Europe, the median deal valuations reached their highest level since October 2008. The total deal value for May was $3.7 billion.

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