Industry | Number of Mergers | Average Merger Size (in millions) | Relative Merger Size | Merger Size Stand. Dev. | Number of Divest. | Average Divestiture Size (in millions) | Relative Divest. Size | Divest. size stand. dev. |
Consumer | 22 | $9132 | 20% | $1801 | 13 | $18,544 | 9% | $8345 |
Technology | 40 | $6722 | 11% | $2948 | 3 | $8949 | 3% | $2277 |
Industrial | 22 | $3453 | 9% | $742 | 7 | $8948 | 6% | $594 |
Financial | 18 | $15,086 | 20% | $4562 | 8 | $2392 | 5% | $494 |
Healthcare | 32 | $8231 | 18% | $2432 | 11 | $11,054 | 4% | $7460 |
Oil and gas | 14 | $10,147 | 17% | $3340 | 6 | $7998 | 4% | $3498 |
Retail | 8 | $8367 | 25% | $4266 | 2 | $3412 | 7% | $1262 |
Transport | 3 | $1858 | 13% | $570 | 1 | $2400 | 9% | - |
Utility | 3 | $14,092 | 87% | $5872 | 2 | $10,131 | 7% | $7831 |
Total | 162 | $8268 | 18% | $1008 | 49 | $10,249 | 5% | $2480 |