Every Acquisition Announced in 2018

All 11,685 M&A deals announced during 2018, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

11,685
Deals announced
$1395.3B
Total value
$879.8M
Avg deal
$90.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
51
Patrón Spirits International
Patrón Spirits International is a manufacturer of ultra-premium distilled spirit…
2018-01-22 Acquisition $5.1B Deal →
52
Costa Coffee
Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dun…
2018-08-31 Acquisition $5.1B Deal →
53
Equis Funds Group
Equis Funds Group is an investment firm specializing in growth capital investmen…
2018-01-19 Acquisition $5.0B Deal →
54
ValueInvest Asset Management
ValueInvest Asset Management is a highly specialized investment management compa…
2018-03-12 Acquisition $4.9B Deal →
55
Cotiviti
Cotiviti is a provider of analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions.
2018-06-19 Acquisition $4.9B Deal →
56
KapStone
KapStone Paper and Packaging manufactures unbleached craft paper and bags.
2018-01-29 Acquisition $4.9B Deal →
57
Ablynx
Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development o…
2018-01-29 Acquisition $4.8B Deal →
58
LaSalle Hotel Properties
A multi-operator REIT owning a portfolio of 46 upscale, full-service hotels loca…
2018-05-21 Lbo $4.8B Deal →
59
Marketo
Marketo develops marketing automation software that provides inbound marketing, …
2018-09-20 Acquisition $4.8B Deal →
60
MB Financial
MB Financial was founded in 1911
2018-05-21 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
61
Interval Leisure Group
Interval Leisure Group is a provider of non-traditional lodging, encompassing a …
2018-04-30 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
62
Sky Betting and Gaming
aiming to be the UK’s best digital business.
2018-04-21 Acquisition $4.7B Deal →
63
Education Realty Trust
Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a self-managed and self-advised real…
2018-06-25 Acquisition $4.6B Deal →
64
Gramercy Property Trust
Gramercy Property Trust is a commercial real estate firm based in New York.
2018-05-07 Acquisition $4.4B Deal →
65
Travelport
Travelport provides business services, as well as transaction processing solutio…
2018-12-10 $4.4B Deal →
66
eir
Eir provides a range of broadband and wireless telecommunications services to co…
2018-04-10 Acquisition $4.3B Deal →
67
Peoples Natural Gas
Peoples Natural Gas is a utilities company specializing in natural gas distribut…
2018-10-23 Acquisition $4.3B Deal →
68
Newfield Exploration
Newfield Exploration engages in crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids …
2018-11-01 Acquisition $4.2B Deal →
69
Arysta Life Science
Arysta LifeScience is a platform specialty products company focused on helping i…
2018-07-20 Acquisition $4.2B Deal →
70
Merck Consumer Healthcare
Merck Consumer Healthcare is a pharmaceutical and chemical company producing pha…
2018-04-19 Acquisition $4.2B Deal →
71
Kindred Healthcare
Kindred Hospitals provides medical and rehabilitative care.
2018-07-02 Acquisition $4.1B Deal →
72
BTG International
BTG is a global healthcare company focused on Interventional Medicine.
2018-11-20 Acquisition $4.0B Deal →
73
WildHorse Resource Development
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation is an independent oil and natural gas…
2018-10-30 Acquisition $4.0B Deal →
74
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK CH India)
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is a science based Fast Moving Healthcare C…
2018-12-03 Merge $3.7B Deal →
75
Waste Industries
Waste Industries has proudly provided its customers with the highest quality, co…
2018-10-12 Acquisition $3.6B Deal →
76
Raycom Media
Raycom Media is a privately owned media broadcaster that owns and operates radio…
2018-06-25 Acquisition $3.6B Deal →
77
Nexperia
A global leader in discretes, logic and MOSFET devices
2018-10-25 Acquisition $3.6B Deal →
78
Esterline
Esterline Corporation (Esterline) is a manufacturing company principally serving…
2018-10-10 Acquisition $3.6B Deal →
79
Pandora
Pandora is an ad-supported audio entertainment streaming marketplace that provid…
2018-09-24 Acquisition $3.5B Deal →
80
Verifone
VeriFone is a California-based company that designs, markets, and services elect…
2018-04-09 Lbo $3.4B Deal →
81
S
Sterling Urban Infraprojects
Sterling Urban Infraprojects is inolved in Real estate activities with own or le…
2018-03-08 Acquisition $3.4B Deal →
82
EnerCare
EnerCare, they believe that intelligent energy solutions can benefit everyone.
2018-08-01 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
83
J
Jacobs - Chemicals and Resources business
Jacobs - Chemicals and Resources strength is delivering technically-complex chem…
2018-10-22 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
84
Sunoco
Sunoco transport gallons of transportation fuel, crude oil, and other products t…
2018-01-23 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
85
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston provides non-credit life insurance prod…
2018-01-19 Acquisition $3.3B Deal →
86
INNIO Group
INNIO Group is a global producer of reciprocating gas engines for power generati…
2018-06-25 Lbo $3.2B Deal →
87
Finisar
Finisar is a technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and network performanc…
2018-11-09 Merge $3.2B Deal →
88
SodaStream
SodaStream, a PepsiCo subsidiary, is a top global sparkling water maker brand.
2018-08-20 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
89
DenizBank
DenizBank was founded in 1938 as a state-owned bank in order to provide funding …
2018-05-22 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
90
KLX, Inc.
KLX Inc. provides mission critical products and complex logistical solutions to …
2018-05-01 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
91
Financial Engines
Financial Engines is an online investment manager providing retirement account s…
2018-04-30 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
92
Orbotech
Orbotech designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services automated optical…
2018-03-19 Acquisition $3.2B Deal →
93
Enovis Surgical
Enovis Surgical is a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for musculo…
2018-11-19 Acquisition $3.1B Deal →
94
SendGrid
SendGrid is a cloud-based customer communication platform that drives engagement…
2018-10-15 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
95
Boyd
Boyd is a energy management and environmental sealing solutions for large OEMs.
2018-07-11 Lbo $3.0B Deal →
96
Fortive Automation & Specialty companies
Fortive Automation & Specialty companies includes Kollmorgen, Thomson, Portescap…
2018-03-08 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
97
UFINET
UFINET is a neutral fiber optic operator in the wholesale telecommunications mar…
2018-05-14 Acquisition $3.0B Deal →
98
Yaxia Jituan
Yaxia Jituan is a car dealership company.
2018-05-06 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
99
SUPERVALU Pharmacies
SuperValu Pharmacy operates 950 pharmacies in Shop 'n Save, Hornbacher's, Farm F…
2018-10-22 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →
100
Supervalu
Super Value Market is a retail company serving customers through a network of ov…
2018-07-26 Acquisition $2.9B Deal →