See M&A information for many private companies. Use the Advanced Search to screen for M&A deals. Screen by Region/Location, target industry, deal size, and ownership criteria.
Frequent users will want to create an academic account using your SMU email address.
Under Screening, choose Transactions, then M&A Details to screen by specific criteria. To see details for a company, do a search and under Transactions, click on M&A/Private Placements.
Use the Capital IQ Excel add-in for additional data functionality, available from a limited number of dedicated computers in the Duda Family Business Library. View the Company Investment Data in Capital IQ tutorial for more insights.
Search by company name or ticker. Expand the Transactions menu on the left and select M&A summary. Use the Idea Screening menu to screen by M&A transactions, includes FactSet Mergerstat/MergerMetrics data.
Use the FactSet Excel add-in for additional data functionality, available from a limited number of dedicated computers in the Duda Family Business Library that don't require an individual account.
View the Finding Financials tutorial for more insights.
Bloomberg
From main menu type MA <GO> to see Merger & Acquisitions data. Search by deal size, sector, date, premium and more. U.S. and international data available.
Available in the Duda Family Business Library. Use the Excel Add-In to obtain and organize Bloomberg data in spreadsheets. Information about the Bloomberg Certification program.
Includes the Mergers & Acquisitions dataset for raw data analysis.
Available in the Duda Family Business Library. Look for the blue Refinitiv icon on the taskbar. For WRDS access: WRDS account required. Limited to faculty, PhD and Masters students. Undergraduates can apply for a 3 day pass that works inside the Business Library. ***NOTE: To access SDC in Workspace, sign in with the username and password found in the Box folder.***
