Data Coverage
How complete each field is · Read from SEC EDGAR filings
Key takeaways
- 4 private-company purchases; 25% disclose a price.
Public-target deals
Share of deals with each figure, by year announced| FIELD | ALL |
|---|---|
| Deal valueMergers of equals often state only the combined size | — |
| Price per share | — |
| PremiumOnly over the unaffected or last close; never over a VWAP | — |
| EV / Adj. EBITDANone for loss-making targets, banks and insurers | — |
| EV / Revenue | — |
| Target adviser | — |
| Buyer adviserThe target's proxy names only its own bank | — |
| Fairness opinion | — |
| Break fee | — |
| Filing timeline | — |
| Records | 0 |
Private-target deals
Private companies bought by US-listed acquirers| FIELD | ALL | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Deal valueMost releases say terms were not disclosed | 25% | 25% |
| Buyer adviser | 0% | 0% |
| Seller adviser | 50% | 50% |
| Records | 4 | 4 |
IPO pipeline
Share of registrations with each figure, by stage| FIELD | ALL | FILED |
|---|---|---|
| Bookrunner | 50% | 50% |
| Expected raise | 75% | 75% |
| Offer priceSet at pricing | 0% | 0% |
| Records | 4 | 4 |
About this data
Every figure is read from SEC EDGAR filings: deals from announcement press releases, merger 8-Ks (Item 1.01) and the merger proxies and tender responses of every company being bought; terms, advisers and fairness opinions from those proxies; multiples from the target's XBRL financials. New filings are read several times a day, most often during the U.S. business day.
A blank means the filings don't state the figure clearly, or a calculated multiple failed a sanity check. Values and multiples are calculated only from stated figures. Some blanks are expected. A merger of equals often states only the combined company's size, a premium is shown only over the unaffected or last closing price, loss-making targets have no EV / Adj. EBITDA, and banks and insurers have no enterprise value at all. Most private-company purchases don't disclose a price.
Terminated deals are left out of the public-deal table: an abandoned bid rarely reaches a merger proxy, where much of the detail comes from.