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Or­bis M&A

In­form­a­tion on cor­por­ate trans­ac­tions, in­clud­ing mer­gers and ac­quis­i­tions (M&A), ini­tial pub­lic of­fer­ings (IPOs) and deals in­volving com­pan­ies fin­anced through private equity and ven­ture cap­it­al.

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Facts

Coverage
European 1997-
Global 2001-
Access
On campus + remote access
Provider
Moody's
Subjects
Mergers and acquisitions Companies Key figure Finance Valuation Innovation

Com­pre­hens­ive data on mer­gers and ac­quis­i­tions

What can you find in Orbis M&A?

Orbis M&A provides information on corporate transactions, including:

  • mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • transactions involving companies financed through private equity, venture capital or investment funds.

The database covers completed, pending, withdrawn and announced deals – as well as deals that are only rumoured.

European transactions are covered from 1997 onwards.
Global transactions are covered from 2001 onwards.

When is Orbis M&A useful?

Orbis M&A is a key resource if you want to analyse the global M&A market historically, for exploring transaction types or the involved parties.

Tools for ana­lys­is of com­pany deals

Or­bis M&A of­fers dif­fer­ent ana­lys­is tools to help you ana­lyse deals. Here are some ex­amples.

League Tables
See who ac­quires the most with­in a giv­en in­dustry or who ad­vises the most.
Deals Mul­tiples Sum­mary
Com­pare key fig­ures across in­dus­tries to identi­fy which ones are typ­ic­ally traded at high or low prices.

Dis­cov­er re­gion­al dif­fer­ences in com­pany valu­ation by com­par­ing key trans­ac­tion fig­ures from, for ex­ample, the USA and Europe.
Pivot Ana­lys­is
Com­pare fin­an­cial in­dic­at­ors be­fore and after ac­quis­i­tions by ana­lys­ing EBIT, EBITDA, rev­en­ue, as­sets, etc., across dif­fer­ent peri­ods.

Ex­plore which in­dus­tries or re­gions a com­pany most fre­quently ac­quires.
Stock Data
Ana­lyse stock de­vel­op­ments.
Batch Search
You can up­load a file with com­pany names and ID num­bers to use as a start­ing point for your search res­ults.