Daily Mail and General Trust - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Daily Mail and General Trust M&A Summary

Daily Mail and General Trust has acquired 9 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 15 assets.

Daily Mail and General Trust’s largest acquisition to date was in 2006, when it acquired Genscape for $130M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Risk Management Solutions to Moody s for $2.0B. Daily Mail and General Trust has acquired in 5 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include digital media (25%) and software (13%).

Daily Mail and General Trust Business Overview

Where is Daily Mail and General Trust headquartered?

Daily Mail and General Trust is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Daily Mail and General Trust’s revenue?

Daily Mail and General Trust disclosed revenue of 885M GBP for 2021 and 1,203M GBP for 2020.

How many employees does Daily Mail and General Trust have?

Daily Mail and General Trust has 5,950 employees.

What sector is Daily Mail and General Trust in?

Daily Mail and General Trust is a media company.

When was Daily Mail and General Trust founded?

Daily Mail and General Trust was founded in 1896.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity18
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 2

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust PLC

Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street,
London, W8 5TT
United Kingdom,
+44 20 7938 6000
www.dmgt.com

DMGT is an international group quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a portfolio of market-leading digital, information, media and events businesses. Daily Mail and General Trust was founded in 1896 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 7 - 1 - - - 8
vol $225M $225M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 9 - 2 - - - 11
vol $902M $2.0B $2.9B
  19

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Risk Management Solutions, Inc. 2021-08-05 2.0B USD Divestiture
Newark, California · www.rms.com
New Scientist Ltd. 2021-03-03 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.newscientist.com
i (newspaper) 2019-11-29 76M GBP Divestiture
, United Kingdom · www.inews.co.uk
Genscape, Inc. 2019-08-26 364M USD Divestiture
Louisville, Kentucky · www.genscape.com
Cazoo Holdings Ltd. 2018-12-01 - Venture
London, United Kingdom · www.cazoo.co.uk
Environmental Data Resources, Inc. 2018-03-13 205M USD Divestiture
Shelton, Connecticut · www.edrnet.com
Elite Daily LLC 2017-04-17 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.elitedaily.com
Wowcher Ltd. 2015-11-26 45M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.wowcher.co.uk
Elite Daily LLC 2015-01-30 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.elitedaily.com
OilCareers 2014-03-19 26M USD Divestiture
Aberdeen, United Kingdom · www.oilcareers.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Digital Media 2 (25%) - 1 (9%) -
Information Services 1 (13%) 130M (58%) 2 (18%) 569M (20%)
Automotive 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) -
Business Services 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) 89M (3%)
Media 1 (13%) 19M (8%) 1 (9%) -
Software 1 (13%) - 1 (9%) 2.0B (69%)
Internet Software and Services - - 2 (18%) 26M (1%)
Publishing 1 (13%) 76M (34%) - -
E-Commerce - - 1 (9%) 45M (2%)
Retail - - 1 (9%) 173M (6%)
Total 8 $225M 11 $2.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 149M 7 2.8B
  New York 1 - 2 173M
  Oregon 1 - 1 89M
  Kentucky 1 130M 1 364M
  Florida 1 19M 1 -
  California 1 - 1 2.0B
  Connecticut - - 1 205M
United Kingdom 3 76M 4 71M
Domestic 3 (38%) 76M (34%) 4 (36%) 71M (2%)
Cross-border 5 (63%) 149M (66%) 7 (64%) 2.8B (98%)
Total 8 $225M 11 $2.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
1
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI)
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $130M
< $100M 2 $95M
TOTAL $225M
Largest Genscape, Inc.
$130M (2006-04-20)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.0B
$100M to $1B 3 $742M
< $100M 3 $160M
TOTAL $2.9B
Largest Risk Management Solutions, Inc.
$2.0B (2021-08-05)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
27%
3 (27%)
Strategic(s)
64%
7 (64%)

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