Telefonica - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Telefonica M&A Summary

Telefonica has acquired 13 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 14 assets.

Telefonica’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Global Village Telecom SA for $8.2B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2015, when it sold Telefónica UK to Hutchison Whampoa for $15.2B. Telefonica has acquired in 1 US state, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (47%) and internet software and services (31%).

Telefonica Business Overview

Where is Telefonica headquartered?

Telefonica is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

What is Telefonica’s revenue?

Telefonica disclosed revenue of 40,652M EUR for 2023 and 39,993M EUR for 2022.

How many employees does Telefonica have?

Telefonica has 104,142 employees.

What sector is Telefonica in?

Telefonica is a communications company.

When was Telefonica founded?

Telefonica was founded in 1924.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity26
    • M&A Buy Activity12
    • M&A Sell Activity14
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 19
  • M&A Advisors 7

Telefonica

Telefonica SA

Distrito Telefonica Ronda de la Comunicacion, s/n,
Madrid, 28050
Spain,
+34 900 11 10 04
www.telefonica.com

Telefonica is a telecommunications group that provides fixed and mobile telephony services through networks in Spain, Europe, and Latin America. Telefonica was founded in 1924 and is based in Madrid, Spain.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 6 2 2 2 - - 12
vol $8.2B $449M $8.6B
Sell (0.6/yr) # 11 1 2 - - - 14
vol $19.8B $479M $20.2B
  26

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BE-terna GmbH 2022-05-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Innsbruck, Austria · www.be-terna.com
Telxius Telecom S.A. 2022-02-02 - Stake Purchase
Madrid, Spain · www.telxius.com
Cancom UK Ltd. 2021-07-29 449M EUR Divestiture
Wisborough Green, United Kingdom · www.cancom.co.uk
ON*NET Fibra Colombia 2021-07-19 - Divestiture
Bogotá, Colombia · www.onnetfibra.com
Altostratus Cloud Consulting 2021-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Barcelona, Spain · www.altostratus.es
ON*NET Fibra Chile 2021-02-22 - Divestiture
Santiago, Chile · www.onnetfibra.com
IhackLabs 2020-09-07 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.ihacklabs.com
Telefonica SA - Costa Rica Business 2020-07-30 479M EUR Divestiture
, Costa Rica
Liberty Global and Telefonica - UK Joint Venture 2020-05-07 - Joint Venture
, United Kingdom
Telefónica SA - Telefonica CAM 2019-02-20 1.7B USD Divestiture
Madrid, Spain
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 6 (46%) 8.2B (94%) 9 (64%) 18.5B (91%)
Internet Software and Services 4 (31%) 35M (< 1%) 1 (7%) 35M (< 1%)
Education 1 (8%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (8%) 449M (5%) - -
Software 1 (8%) - - -
Business Services - - 1 (7%) 1.2B (6%)
Construction - - 1 (7%) 40M (< 1%)
Insurance - - 1 (7%) 181M (1%)
Media - - 1 (7%) 345M (2%)
Total 13 $8.6B 14 $20.2B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Spain 5 35M 3 1.7B
United Kingdom 3 449M 2 15.4B
Colombia 2 - 1 -
Argentina - - 2 526M
United States 1 - 1 35M
  California 1 - 1 35M
Austria 1 - - -
Brazil 1 8.2B - -
Chile - - 1 -
Costa Rica - - 1 479M
Czech Republic - - 1 -
Ireland - - 1 879M
Luxembourg - - 1 1.2B
Domestic 5 (38%) 35M (< 1%) 3 (21%) 1.7B (8%)
Cross-border 8 (62%) 8.6B (100%) 11 (79%) 18.5B (92%)
Total 13 $8.6B 14 $20.2B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Citigroup Investment Banking
2
LionTree Advisors LLC
1
Legal Deals
Herbert Smith Freehills
1
Goodwin Procter
1
A & F Allende Ferrante
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $8.2B
$100M to $1B 1 $449M
< $100M 1 $35M
TOTAL $8.6B
Largest Global Village Telecom SA (GVT)
$8.2B (2014-09-19)
sell # Total
> $1B 3 $18.0B
$100M to $1B 5 $2.1B
< $100M 2 $75M
TOTAL $20.2B
Largest Telefónica UK Ltd. (dba O2)
$15.2B (2015-03-24)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
38%
5 (38%)
Strategic(s)
23%
3 (23%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
36%
5 (36%)
Strategic(s)
71%
10 (71%)

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