M&A Analogue Dashboard
Pending deal selection, analogue ranking, comparison summaries, and relevant sources.
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC / Silver Lake Management LLC,Public Investment Fund,Affinity Partners LLC/The
Cash · Technology · Announcement: 2025-09-29
Expected completion: 2027-03-31
Announced deal value (mil): 53122.53
Nature of bid: Friendly
Percent sought: 100
Sources / News
Electronic Arts : The below announcement was shared with Electronic Arts employees by our CEO Andrew Wilson .
marketscreener.com · 2025-09-29 · news
Electronic Arts : Transaction Represents Largest All - Cash Sponsor Take - Private Investment in History
marketscreener.com · 2025-09-29 · news
What to know about Electronic Art Austin offices .
statesman.com · 2025-09-29 · news
Interpretation
The pending deal's announcement reaction looks slightly stronger than the analogue median (4.5% vs 1.8%).
By day 5, the pending deal still looks broadly in line than analogue history (3.7% vs 4.6%).
At the current comparison horizon, the spread is materially wider than the analogue median (5.73 vs 1.22).
Analogue coverage includes 11 same-sector analogues and 44 fallback analogues, so the strongest comparisons should generally come from the same-sector names first.
Pending announcement jump
0.0450
Analogue median announcement jump
0.0175
Pending latest spread
5.7300
Analogue median latest spread
1.2200
Top analogues
| Rank | Target | Tier | Date | Score | Reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC | 1 | 2022-01-18 | 1086.22 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), very similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 2 | RED HAT LLC | 1 | 2018-10-28 | 1076.26 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 3 | CERNER CORP | 1 | 2021-12-20 | 1073.61 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 4 | ALTERA CORP | 1 | 2015-06-01 | 1060.32 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 5 | DELL INC | 1 | 2013-02-05 | 1058.93 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 6 | CITRIX SYSTEMS INC | 1 | 2022-01-31 | 1058.00 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 7 | DAYFORCE INC | 1 | 2025-08-21 | 1057.41 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 8 | CSRA INC | 1 | 2018-02-12 | 1055.84 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 9 | BMC SOFTWARE INC | 1 | 2013-05-06 | 1052.79 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 10 | NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | 1 | 2011-04-04 | 1052.47 | same payment type (Cash), same target sector (Technology), similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |