The Effect of Mergers And Acquisition Activities on Company's Performance: A Research on Istanbul Stock Exchange Cover Image

Birleşme ve Satın Alma Faaliyetlerinin Firma Performansı Üzerine Etkisi: Bist’te Bir İnceleme
The Effect of Mergers And Acquisition Activities on Company's Performance: A Research on Istanbul Stock Exchange

Author(s): Serkan Yeşilyurt, İlkay ÖZTÜRK
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Evaluation research, Financial Markets
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Merger and Acquisition; Firm Performance Ratio Analysis:

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The aim of this study is to show how the financial performance of the firms that perform merger and acquisition activities as growth strategy is affected by these activities. Design/methodology/approach – In the calculations, no econometric model is used and only the ratio analysis is used. In this research, the effect of the merger and acquisition activities between the years 20013 and 2015 of the firms registered in the İstanbul Stock Exchange on return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), return on sales (ROS), gross profit margin (EKM), growth rate of net sales (NSB) which shows growth rates, equity growth rate (OSB) and asset growth rates (AB) is analyzed. Findings – A total of 70 ratios were calculated in the company's profitability. İt’s seen that 36 of thm has decreased and 34 of them has increased. İn growth rates, a decrease was observed in 30 of the 42 and an increase in 12 of them. it was observed that two of the merger / acquitions types of firms were mixed, and horizontal merger / acquitions was preferred in the twelfth. At the same time, it is observed that the firms prefer to acquire target firms that are from the same country.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 2016-2026
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Turkish