Merger And Acquisition

Returns the mergers and acquisitions data

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ma": [
    {
      "acquirer_cusip": "233377407",
      "acquirer_exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "acquirer_isin": "US2333774071",
      "acquirer_name": "DXP Enterprises",
      "acquirer_ticker": "DXPE",
      "currency": "USD",
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "date_completed": "2026-01-05",
      "date_expected": "",
      "deal_payment_type": "",
      "deal_size": "",
      "deal_status": "Completed",
      "deal_terms_extra": "Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.",
      "deal_type": "Acquisition",
      "id": "695bc1b183cac20001bec44e",
      "importance": 2,
      "notes": "",
      "target_exchange": "",
      "target_name": "PREMIERflow, LLC",
      "target_ticker": "",
      "updated": 1767621689
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

GET

api

v2.1

calendar

Returns the mergers and acquisitions data

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2.1/calendar/ma?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ma": [
    {
      "acquirer_cusip": "233377407",
      "acquirer_exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "acquirer_isin": "US2333774071",
      "acquirer_name": "DXP Enterprises",
      "acquirer_ticker": "DXPE",
      "currency": "USD",
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "date_completed": "2026-01-05",
      "date_expected": "",
      "deal_payment_type": "",
      "deal_size": "",
      "deal_status": "Completed",
      "deal_terms_extra": "Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.",
      "deal_type": "Acquisition",
      "id": "695bc1b183cac20001bec44e",
      "importance": 2,
      "notes": "",
      "target_exchange": "",
      "target_name": "PREMIERflow, LLC",
      "target_ticker": "",
      "updated": 1767621689
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ma": [
    {
      "acquirer_cusip": "233377407",
      "acquirer_exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "acquirer_isin": "US2333774071",
      "acquirer_name": "DXP Enterprises",
      "acquirer_ticker": "DXPE",
      "currency": "USD",
      "date": "2026-01-05",
      "date_completed": "2026-01-05",
      "date_expected": "",
      "deal_payment_type": "",
      "deal_size": "",
      "deal_status": "Completed",
      "deal_terms_extra": "Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.",
      "deal_type": "Acquisition",
      "id": "695bc1b183cac20001bec44e",
      "importance": 2,
      "notes": "",
      "target_exchange": "",
      "target_name": "PREMIERflow, LLC",
      "target_ticker": "",
      "updated": 1767621689
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

token

string

query

required

Headers

enum<string>

default:application/json

required

Specifies return format. Query parameters work the same for both formats

Available options:

application/json

Query Parameters

page

integer

default:0

Page offset. For optimization, performance and technical reasons, page offsets are limited from 0 - 100000. Limit the query results by other parameters such as date

pagesize

integer

Number of results returned. Limit 1000

parameters[date]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query for calendar data. Shorthand for date_from and date_to if they are the same. Defaults for latest

parameters[date_from]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query from point in time

parameters[date_to]

string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query to point in time

parameters[importance]

enum<integer>

The importance level to filter by. Uses Greater Than or Equal To the importance indicated

Available options:

0,

1,

2,

3,

4,

5

parameters[tickers]

string<csv>

One or more ticker symbols separated by a comma. Maximum 50 tickers

parameters[updated]

integer

Records last Updated Unix timestamp (UTC). This will force the sort order to be Greater Than or Equal to the timestamp indicated

parameters[date_sort]

enum<string>

M&A date field to sort on (newest to oldest for expected and completed; oldest to newest for announced)

Available options:

expected,

completed,

announced

Response

success

API response containing an array of M&A records

object[]

Array of M&A records

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