Strong Q2 M&A Climate Expected to Continue Through 2014
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Increasing M&A Deals
There was a total of $26.7 billion in transaction value conducted through 62 deals in the tech industry in the second quarter 2014, up from $14.3 billion from 36 deals in the second quarter of 2013. -
Stronger Software Market
There was a total of $4 billion in software transactions, coming from 20 deals in the second quarter of 2014, up from $1.5 billion from eight software deals in the second quarter of 2013. -
Internet Deals Were Down
There was a total of $2.5 billion from 15 Internet deals in the second quarter, down from $4.5 billion for seven deals a year earlier. -
Hardware-Driven Deals
There was a total of $9.5 billion from 11 hardware deals in the second quarter, up from $2.9 billion for nine deals a year earlier. -
Well Conducted
There was a total of $7.9 billion from seven semiconductor deals in the second quarter, up from six deals leading to $4.7 billion a year earlier. -
IT Service Deals Increase
There was a total of $2.7 billion from nine IT services deals in the second quarter, up from six deals resulting in just more than half a million a year earlier. -
Average Deal Value
62 transactions were completed during the second quarter, for a total of $26.7 billion at an average deal value of $430 million.This is lower than the $510 million average for the past 12 months. -
Q2 Deal Value Up From Q1
The total closed deal value increased by more than $1.1 billion from the first to the second quarter, but was overshadowed by the $47.1 billion deal value of in the fourth quarter of 2013. -
Drop in Billion Dollar M&A Deals
Only four deals exceeded the $1 billion mark in the second quarter, including Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business and Avago's $6.6 billion acquisition of semiconductor manufacturer LSI. This is less than the average six $1 billion-plus deals to occur per quarter over the past 12 months.
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Why Metrics Matter to the Channel Corporate merger and acquisition deals in the tech sector are expected to continue to grow during the second half of 2014, following a thriving second quarter, according to a report from PwC. More deals in the Internet, IT services, hardware, semiconductor and software services sectors occurred in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year. This led to greater second-quarter transaction value in every tracked tech sector, except the Internet. The report compared and contrasted the second quarters of 2013 and 2014 and this year's first and second quarters, while also summing up the second quarter of this year in the following manner: "Extending the positive momentum from the second half of 2013, equity markets set new highs, IPO markets reached activity levels not seen in years, VC [venture capital] investments harkened back to 2000 levels, and economic outlooks remained mostly optimistic across sectors." PwC based its findings upon transactions data for disclosed deals with greater than $15 million in transaction value. Here are key takeaways from the study. (Channel Insider contributor Maggie O'Neill provided additional reporting.)