Survey: 60% of the companies say that the acquisitions brought value to the shareholders

The majority of the companies (61%) which made acquisitions over the last three years say that the tradings brought value to the shareholders versus the price paid, as 92% of the buyers state they had a plan for it, says the PwC global survey ‘ Creating value beyond the deal’.

The survey shows that 98% of the companies which say that the recent acquisitions created value confirm that they had a plan and they followed a strategy. Among them, 21% of the interviewees say that acquisitions generated a significant value.

Similarly, 86% showed that the acquisitions were mostly for the extension of the portfolio, while 66% think that the generation of the value should be a priority from the very first day after signing the trading.

92% of the organizations which indicated the creation of significant value from acquisitions say that they invested over 6% of the price of the trading in integration.

PwC interviewed 600 managers from companies in energy, utilities, mining and infrastructure, financial services, pharma, industry, retail, technology and telecommunications, from the two America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, which had at least one important acquisition over the last 36 months.

PwC is a network of companies present in 158 countries with over 276,000 professionals who offer quality services in audit, fiscal consultancy and business consultancy.

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