{"id":14100,"date":"2019-06-25T07:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T05:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.capitalmind.com\/automotive-supplier\/"},"modified":"2020-01-28T09:55:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T08:55:06","slug":"automotive-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/automotive-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Supplier Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M&amp;A activity dropped slightly YoY in 2018, due to an especially weak Q1, however deal making continues to be an important repositioning tool \u2013 to support global growth, improve product &amp; technology portfolios (e.g. e-mobility solutions), and to consolidate what remains a widely fragmented market in certain segments (e.g. Interiors &amp; Exteriors). Asian buyers from both emerging and developed markets have been an important source of deal-demand, acquiring to expand their global operations and to improve their product &amp; technology offerings. More than ever, suppliers need to focus on what they do best, which is driving many to streamline operations and focus on their core business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key insights from our research include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A slight decline in M&amp;A activity among Automotive Suppliers in 2018<\/strong> (-11% compared to 2017). Despite some large deals in the billions of Euros, buyers were focused mostly on small and mid-market companies: the average deal-value was \u20ac378m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Most buy-side demand is for businesses that offer exclusive know-how, <\/strong>or that are plugged into \u2018the future of mobility\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deals are also being used to streamline and optimize product &amp; technology portfolios, <\/strong>and to access new customers and geographies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>As in previous years, <strong>Europe remains the most popular region for acquirers<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>with around 39% of all reported M&amp;A transactions, followed by Asia (30%) and North America (27%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Valuations for listed suppliers continue to vary widely<\/strong>, depending on the market segment. Electronics know-how is at the top of buyers\u2019 shopping lists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The average valuation for the sector was 4.7x EBITDA at the end of 2018,<\/strong> which is a decline of 29% compared to 2017 (6.6x EBITDA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M&amp;A activity dropped slightly YoY in 2018, due to an especially weak Q1, however deal making continues to be an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":13769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3801],"tags":[],"news-event-type":[],"dealtype":[],"blog-tag":[],"class_list":["post-14100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sectornews-de","ps-industrials-de"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"news-event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-event-type?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"dealtype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dealtype?post=14100"},{"taxonomy":"blog-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev2.capitalmind.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-tag?post=14100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}