Data through June 8 shows that U.S. consumer M&A reached 190 deals worth a total of $113.8 billion, surpassing the same period in 2016 in value by 415.6%.
2017 is shaping up to be the year of the consumer sector, according to M&A data from Mergermarket, New York.
Data through June 8 shows that U.S. consumer M&A reached 190 deals worth a total of $113.8 billion, surpassing the same period in 2016 in value by 415.6%, or by more than five times. Further, YTD 2017’s total value has already surpassed that of the whole of 2016 by 31% and passed an average of the last 10 years’ total values by 15.1%.