| Bain & Company Study Concludes
Deal Success is Far From Random
Can This Data be Applied to the Middle-Market?
Every time another behemoth deal
is announced, investors quake. History has not been
kind to shareholders of mega acquirers.
Consider: Of 790 deals greater than $250 million between
1995 and 2001, only slightly more than a third have
created meaningful value for those shareholders footing
the bill.
Slightly more than half actually destroyed value. Big
deals can be perilous.
Yet, many great companies were built on deals, and many
deals clearly are winners...
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