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Pending deal

WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B

Cash
Friendly
Communications
AnnouncedDec 8, 2025
Expected closeSep 30, 2026
Deal value$103.57B
% sought100.0%
SectorCommunications
Announcement jump
Day-0 reaction
-3.20pp
+4.41%Pending
Cohort median+7.61%
Day-5 return
Cumulative through day 5
+2.69pp
+13.92%Pending
Cohort median+11.23%
Latest spread
Current vs offer
-0.6200
3.0500Pending
Cohort median3.6700

Interpretation

Auto-generated comparison summary

  1. 01The pending deal's announcement reaction looks weaker than the analogue median (+4.4% vs +7.6%).
  2. 02By day 5, the pending deal still looks slightly stronger than analogue history (+13.9% vs +11.2%).
  3. 03At the current comparison horizon, the spread is materially narrower than the analogue median (3.05 vs 3.67).
  4. 04Analogue coverage includes 6 same-sector analogues and 49 fallback analogues, so the strongest comparisons should generally come from the same-sector names first.

Top analogues

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10 matches
Reasons
01SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS LLC
Tier 1
Oct 15, 2012
1060.48
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)same bid nature (Friendly)
02CABLEVISION SYSTEMS-NY GRP-A
Tier 1
Sep 17, 2015
1055.36
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)similar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)
03JUNIPER NETWORKS INC
Tier 1
Jan 10, 2024
1052.93
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)similar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)
04TWITTER INC
Tier 1
Apr 25, 2022
1052.56
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)
05MCAFEE INC
Tier 1
Aug 19, 2010
1048.73
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)similar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)
06NIELSEN HOLDINGS LTD
Tier 1
Mar 29, 2022
1043.63
same payment type (Cash)same target sector (Communications)similar percent sought
07ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC
Tier 2
Jan 18, 2022
79.21
same payment type (Cash)fallback out-of-sector analoguesimilar deal sizesimilar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)
08MONSANTO CO
Tier 2
May 18, 2016
66.11
same payment type (Cash)fallback out-of-sector analoguesimilar deal sizesimilar percent sought
09WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC
Tier 2
Mar 7, 2025
65.60
same payment type (Cash)fallback out-of-sector analoguesimilar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)
10KELLANOVA
Tier 2
Aug 14, 2024
63.80
same payment type (Cash)fallback out-of-sector analoguesimilar percent soughtsame bid nature (Friendly)

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