{"id":7435,"date":"2024-03-21T18:10:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7435"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:10:38","slug":"when-it-comes-to-returns-small-cap-acquisitions-kick-large-cap-ma-to-the-kerb-rfc-ambrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7435","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to returns, small cap acquisitions kick large cap M&amp;A to the kerb: RFC Ambrian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small mining acquisitions on the ASX over 2019-2023 comprehensively outperformed those over US$500m<br \/>\nBuying an asset is also better than buying an entire company<br \/>\nAsset acquisitions claim all top 10 spots in deal performance, while corporate takeovers languish in the bottom four<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Corporate activity and asset acquisitions by ASX-listed resources stocks between 2019 and 2024 shows smaller deals, especially those under US$10m, comprehensively outperform those over US$500m.<\/p>\n<p>The performance of 28 corporate and 33 asset acquisitions on the ASX over this period were scrutinised by corporate advisor RFC Ambrian by answering the question \u2014 \u201cwould my holding in this company have performed better or worse if it had not done the deal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key criteria for deal inclusion were:<\/p>\n<p>Transaction completed within 2019-2023<br \/>\nDeal value greater than US$5m<br \/>\nAcquirer must be ASX-listed<br \/>\nDeal value worth more than 10% of the acquirer\u2019s market cap<\/p>\n<p>Roughly two-thirds of the 62 deals analysed had eroded shareholder value against an RFC Ambrian customised benchmark by the one-year anniversary of the deal announcement, it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s a bit sh*thouse\u2019, you might say. But wait, there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bigger is definitely <em>not<\/em> better<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is a distinct correlation between deal size and performance, RFC Ambrian says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmaller deals, particularly those under US$10m, demonstrated considerable success against our custom index, with 67% of deals outperforming the index,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn contrast, larger deals, particularly those over US$500m, showed a clear tendency to underperform, with only 22% of acquiring companies\u2019 share prices outperforming the index and 44% underperforming by more than 50% relative to the index.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The below chart is a bit hard to read, but blue and dark green = bad. Brown and grey = good.<\/p>\n<p>Share price performance by year for analysed acquiring companies by deal size and bracket relative to custom index. Source: Refinitiv<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Invest in a grower, not a shower<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cCould it be their more straightforward, more manageable, and less disrupted integration processes, especially during the challenging COVID-19 period?\u201d RFC Ambrian speculates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf so, does this imply that larger deals, with their inherently more complex integration challenges, are at a disadvantage in periods of market upheaval?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smaller deals can also have higher untapped growth potential for their investment, albeit with increased risk, that larger deals lack.<\/p>\n<p>Larger deals may be more mature or higher quality, and so, likely more fully valued, RFC Ambrian says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis perspective leads us to another significant advantage of smaller assets: they offer a way to diversify an acquiring company\u2019s risk without overstretching financial resources,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is crucial in an industry such as mining and exploration, where project risks are high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smaller deals also favour equity financing, avoiding the financial strain that debt financing can impose on larger acquisitions, particularly with rising interest rates between 2020 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis aspect is crucial for assets in fluctuating commodity markets, where resilience is less assured,\u201d RFC Ambrian says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s possible that financial strains have contributed to the underperformance of larger deals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Buying an asset is better than buying the entire company<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>RFC Ambrian says 45% of asset acquisitions outperformed the index, a stark contrast to the 25% for corporate acquisitions (buying the whole company).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis divide is strikingly evident in the performance spectrum \u2013 asset acquisitions claim all top 10 spots in deal performance, while corporate takeovers languish in the bottom four.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results raise the questions: are corporate acquisitions more prone to being overpriced? Are they often improperly structured? Does technical due diligence suffer at the expense of corporate due diligence? Have the deals simply been poorly executed?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is likely to be a combination of all the above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Share price performance of analysed acquiring companies by year relative to custom index \u2013 asset and corporate acquisitions. Source: Refinitiv<br \/>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/resources\/when-it-comes-to-returns-small-cap-acquisitions-kick-large-cap-ma-to-the-kerb-rfc-ambrian\/\">When it comes to returns, small cap acquisitions kick large cap M&amp;A to the kerb: RFC Ambrian<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/\">Stockhead<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small mining acquisitions on the ASX over 2019-2023 comprehensively outperformed those over US$500m Buying an asset is also better than buying an entire company Asset <a href=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7435\" class=\"read-more-link\">[more&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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