This statistic illustrates the sectors that had the highest valuation multiples for mergers and acquisitions worldwide in 2018, according to M&A senior advisors. Technology and Healthcare were deemed to have the highest valuation multiples during 2018 according to senior advisors with 28 percent and 20 percent respectively.
Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018?
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Statista estimates. (January 14, 2019). Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/
Statista estimates. "Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018?." Chart. January 14, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/
Statista estimates. (2019). Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/
Statista estimates. "Which Sectors Had The Highest Valuations in 2018?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/
Statista estimates, Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Which sectors had the highest valuations in 2018? [Graph], Statista estimates, January 14, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/982949/merger-and-acquisition-sectors-with-the-highest-valuation-multiples-worldwide/