BDO Capital Q2 2024 Electronic Contract Manufacturing Services M&A Market Update

The electronic contract manufacturing services (ECMS) sector has demonstrated continued momentum in 2024, benefitting from stabilizing supply chains and resilient consumption activity. Still, participants in the ECMS sector are closely monitoring inflation trends which continue to impact operations. For the remainder of the year, ECMS players expect global shipping costs to continue to come down, labor markets to improve moderately and material costs to stay flat. In the face of strong earnings and cautious market optimism, well capitalized investors, particularly corporates, continue to seek quality assets resulting in healthy multiples and steady deal flow.