American Express M&A Summary
American Express has acquired 21 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.
American Express’ largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Loyalty Partner for $685M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2014, when it sold Concur Technologies to SAP SE for $8.3B. American Express has acquired in 6 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (27%) and internet software and services (27%).
M&A Summary
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M&A Total Activity26
- M&A Buy Activity19
- M&A Sell Activity7
- Total Sectors Invested 5
- Total Countries Invested 5
- M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12