Just recently released into production, the StarMine M&A Target Model is the newest predictive model from LSEG StarMine. This model has been designed to predict the likelihood of a publicly traded company becoming the target of a takeover or merger offer. Like all StarMine models, it ranks companies on a 1-100 scale. In the case of this model, companies with high scores are, on average, nine times more likely to become a target than those with low scores (Exhibit 1). The model has two major components: A Fundamental Component and a Text Component. The Fundamental Component uses LSEG content from