Among the merger and acquisition (M&A) programs used by the top 2,000 companies worldwide between 2010 and 2019, the programmatic M&A approach proved to be the least risky, with higher excess total returns to shareholders (TRS). On average, the programmatic M&A strategy resulted in 2.1 percent TRS. On the other hand, the organic M&A approach proved to be the most risky strategy during the time period, with negative two percent TRS, on average.
Average and median total returns to shareholders (TRS) using selected M&A approaches worldwide from 2010 to 2019
Companies headquartered in Africa and Latin America were excluded.
Supplementary notes
* Companies that were among the top 2,000 companies by market cap (more than two billion U.S. dollars) on Dec 31, 2009, and were still trading as of Dec 31, 2019.
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