Impact of Company Financials on Wealth of Indian Acquirers

Abstract

This paper analyzes the effect of the various financial ratios on long term performance of M&A deals in India in terms of shareholder wealth of acquirers using binary logistic regression. The ratios used were Working Capital / Total Assets, Retained Earnings / Total Assets, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes / Total Assets, Market Value of Equity / Book Value of Total Debt, Total Income / Total Assets, Current Assets / Current Liabilities, Debt / Equity Ratio and Retained Earnings / Profit after Tax. It was found that increase in average Total Income / Total Assets ratio is positively related to M&A performance.