M&A Analogue Dashboard
Pending deal selection, analogue ranking, comparison summaries, and relevant sources.
KENVUE INC / KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP
Cash and Stock · Consumer, Non-cyclical · Announcement: 2025-11-03
Expected completion: 2026-12-31
Announced deal value (mil): 47918.04
Nature of bid: Friendly
Percent sought: 100
Sources / News
Interpretation
The pending deal's announcement reaction looks broadly in line than the analogue median (12.3% vs 11.5%).
By day 5, the pending deal still looks stronger than analogue history (16.7% vs 9.8%).
At the current comparison horizon, the spread is materially narrower than the analogue median (0.73 vs 12.23).
Analogue coverage includes 18 same-sector analogues and 16 fallback analogues, so the strongest comparisons should generally come from the same-sector names first.
Pending announcement jump
0.1232
Analogue median announcement jump
0.1151
Pending latest spread
0.7285
Analogue median latest spread
12.2258
Top analogues
| Rank | Target | Tier | Date | Score | Reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COVIDIEN LTD | 1 | 2014-06-15 | 1097.58 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), very similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 2 | ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 1 | 2020-12-12 | 1087.75 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), very similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 3 | ALLERGAN INC/UNITED STATES | 1 | 2014-11-17 | 1083.63 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 4 | MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | 2011-07-21 | 1082.48 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 5 | AETNA INC | 1 | 2017-12-03 | 1081.79 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 6 | EVERNORTH HEALTH INC | 1 | 2018-03-08 | 1081.64 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 7 | ST JUDE MEDICAL INC | 1 | 2016-04-28 | 1077.79 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 8 | ALLERGAN UNLTD CO | 1 | 2019-06-25 | 1074.91 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 9 | LORILLARD INC | 1 | 2014-07-15 | 1073.94 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought, same bid nature (Friendly) |
| 10 | BAXALTA INC | 1 | 2016-01-11 | 1073.90 | same payment type (Cash and Stock), same target sector (Consumer, Non-cyclical), similar deal size, similar percent sought |