Improved returns despite deal count and mega-deal slowdown
Companies involved in mergers and acquisitions outperformed the broader market by 1.5 percentage points in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first positive result since late 2022, according to WTW’s latest Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM).
The report, which evaluates completed M&A transactions based on share price performance, analyzed deals valued over $100 million completed between