Digital Media M&A update Q1 2022
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Digital Media M&A update Q1 2022
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After soaring in 2021, M&A in the TMT sector lost some altitude in Q1 ’22. While expectations for an active Q2 ’22 are still largely present, dealmakers are cautiously optimistic.
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Digital Media M&A in Q1’ 22 vs. Q1’ 21
- Q1’ 22 recorded a total of 447 deals, ~19% lower than 549 recorded deals in Q1’ 21
- Overall deal value for Q1’ 22 was $156.5B, over 120% increase on a Y-o-Y basis
- Deal value in mega deals (>$1B) also increased by ~180% from $52.7B in Q1’ 21 to $146.8B in Q1’ 22 (predominantly driven by Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision), with 96% of the overall mega-deals value from U.S. targets
- Deal count in mega deals decreased by 29% from 17 deals in Q1’ 21 to 12 deals in Q1’ 22
- Digital media M&A market in Q1’ 22 was mostly driven by activity in the media services, e-commerce and digital media technologies segments
- U.S. dominated the global digital media M&A market in Q1’ 22, both in terms of deal count (48%) and deal value (93%)
Digital Media Q1’ 22 M&A Market Snapshot
- Sponsor Backed M&A Activity
Of the 447 digital media deals announced in Q1’ 22, 48 involved one or more financial sponsors, of which 28 are U.S. based targets. Financial sponsors contributed $46.3B in disclosed deal spending in Q1’ 22. - Domestic M&A and Cross-Border Deals
US dominated the digital media M&A landscape, both in terms of total deal count and deal value. The number of cross border transactions were lower by ~17% at 174 in Q1’ 22 vs. 210 in Q1’ 21. - Deal Multiples
Digital media deal valuations had average EV/Rev. of 4.9x in Q1’ 22, lower than Q1’ 21 average EV/Rev. multiple of 5.4x. Average EV/Rev. for last 6 months is 4.5x.
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1. Sources: eMarketer, Creative Clicks; Capital IQ, 451 Research, Mergermarket and other publicly available information
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