M&A Analogue Dashboard
Pending deal selection, analogue ranking, comparison summaries, and relevant sources.
WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC / PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B
Cash · Communications · Announcement: 2025-12-08
Expected completion: 2026-09-30
Announced deal value (mil): 103566.23
Nature of bid: Friendly
Percent sought: 100
Sources / News
No sources available yet for this deal.
Interpretation
The pending deal's announcement reaction looks weaker than the analogue median (4.4% vs 7.6%).
By day 5, the pending deal still looks slightly stronger than analogue history (13.9% vs 11.2%).
At the current comparison horizon, the spread is materially narrower than the analogue median (3.05 vs 3.67).
Analogue coverage includes 6 same-sector analogues and 49 fallback analogues, so the strongest comparisons should generally come from the same-sector names first.
Pending announcement jump
0.0441
Analogue median announcement jump
0.0761
Pending latest spread
3.0500
Analogue median latest spread
3.6700
Top analogues
| Rank | Target | Tier | Date | Score | Reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS LLC | 1 | 2012-10-15 | 1060.48 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications), same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 2 | CABLEVISION SYSTEMS-NY GRP-A | 1 | 2015-09-17 | 1055.36 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 3 | JUNIPER NETWORKS INC | 1 | 2024-01-10 | 1052.93 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 4 | TWITTER INC | 1 | 2022-04-25 | 1052.56 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications) |
| 5 | MCAFEE INC | 1 | 2010-08-19 | 1048.73 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 6 | NIELSEN HOLDINGS LTD | 1 | 2022-03-29 | 1043.63 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Communications), similar percent sought |
| 7 | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC | 2 | 2022-01-18 | 79.21 | same payment type (Cash), fallback out-of-sector analogue, similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 8 | MONSANTO CO | 2 | 2016-05-18 | 66.11 | same payment type (Cash), fallback out-of-sector analogue, similar deal size, similar percent sought |
| 9 | WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC | 2 | 2025-03-07 | 65.60 | same payment type (Cash), fallback out-of-sector analogue, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 10 | KELLANOVA | 2 | 2024-08-14 | 63.80 | same payment type (Cash), fallback out-of-sector analogue, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |