Private Equity Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

Blackstone Growth acquired a minority stake in ISN in 2020, valuing the company at $2bn. The private equity giant is reportedly in discussions with investment banks as it explores both full and partial exit scenarios.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Blackstone has raised about $8bn for the final close of its latest real estate debt fund, equalling the total raised for its predecessor in the strategy in 2020. The post Blackstone brings in another $8bn for RE debt as wider fundraising for sector falls appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Past transactions include J&K Ingredients , acquired in November 2023; Phoenix Flavors & Fragrances , acquired in December 2021; Tilley Distribution , acquired in December 2020; and Niacet Corporation , which was purchased in December 2021 and exited in June 2021. 2024 Private Equity Professional | December 10, 2024

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JULY 30, 2024

The oil company nearly went under in 2020 after buying Anadarko Petroleum in a cash-heavy deal the prior year. billion of new debt to fund the deal and assume $1.2 billion of CrownRock's debt. billion in debt within 12 months of closing the CrownRock deal. The company initially planned to issue $9.1

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And even during the collapse in 2020, WTI still averaged $39.16. billion in 2020. As the oil and gas industry recovered, Chevron used outsize profits to reward its shareholders even more with buybacks and dividends , and still have enough dry powder left over to pay down debt. benchmark, averaged $77.58 per barrel in 2023.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

Between 2010 and 2020, the data mining and analytics software provider only grew its annual revenues at a compound annual rate of 0.6%, and it struggled to stay relevant against nimbler cloud-based competitors like Salesforce. billion in long-term debt -- up from $2.1 It ended its latest quarter with $4.2

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

BlackRock made headlines in late 2024 through the firms acquisition of HPS Investment Partners , backed by their expectation that the private debt market will more than double to $4.5 4] Meanwhile private equity was on pace for its lowest annual fundraising total since 2020, having raised only $234B through September.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Granted, the company slashed its distribution in 2020 because it needed to pay down debt. However, Energy Transfer's debt load isn't as problematic now. Earlier this year, Fitch and S&P (upgraded the company's senior unsecured debt rating. Since 2020, Energy Transfer has increased its distribution significantly.

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JUNE 22, 2024

In May 2020, for example, Bitcoin soared from a price of about $8,800 to a (then) all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021. To model Bitcoin's future price performance, Palihapitiya analyzed Bitcoin's price performance over different time intervals of the 2020 halving cycle. The more debt the U.S.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

OXY Total Long-Term Debt (Quarterly) data by YCharts. The issue was really about its balance sheet , which was suddenly loaded with debt. It quickly turned into the latter when the coronavirus pandemic started to spread in 2020. But with a heavy debt load, Occidental needed cash fast.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

billion in 2020 and investing $550 million in Celsius Holdings in 2022. That is a significant improvement from its annual net sales low of $33 billion in 2020, and just 3% off its annual net sales high of $48 billion in 2012. Another factor contributing to PepsiCo's lower market capitalization is its higher debt burden.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Under Saylor's direction, MicroStrategy bought its first $250 million of Bitcoin in 2020. Prior to 2020, most investors knew the company as a slow-growth provider of data mining and analytics software. It's also taking on a lot more debt and issuing more shares to fund those purchases. billion and a market value of $24.5

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MARCH 28, 2024

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , an enterprise software company that shifted its focus to buying and holding Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2020, could benefit from a split since its stock is trading close to $1,900 per share. billion in net debt since its spending spree began. Today, the company holds 214,246 bitcoins , acquired for $7.53

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The financing package includes a unitranche loan of about $3bn intended to refinance PCI Pharmas current debt, the unnamed sources said. Pricing for the new debt is reportedly being negotiated at roughly 4.75 percentage points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). percentage points over SOFR. percentage points over SOFR.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

MicroStrategy began investing in the digital currency in 2020, and through the end of July, it amassed 226,500 Bitcoin. Between the time when it began buying Bitcoin in 2020 to the end of July, the company's stock price has risen 1,200%. However, its cryptocurrency strategy led to the firm accruing a lot of debt on its balance sheet.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Chevron can now afford to go on the offensive again Over the last 15 years, ExxonMobil and Chevron have been trading places between which company is spending more money and has more debt and which company is being conservative. In 2020, ExxonMobil booked its worst annual loss in company history, losing $22.4 billion down to $14.6

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APRIL 2, 2025

In 2020, QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) was one of the hot stocks to hold, according to Wall Street. But it may soon be forced to take on expensive debt, onerously dilute shareholders, or cut critical spending areas like R&D. The stock back rose as high as $115 per share with a market cap approaching $50 billion.

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APRIL 23, 2024

That led to the shutdowns in early 2020 that persisted for more than a year. Debt management The shutdowns forced Carnival (and its peers) to accumulate tens of billions in new debt to remain in business and prevented it from earning significant revenue. Additionally, the cruise line has also invested in its expansion.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Many of its investors retreated after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000; its growth cooled off; and it struggled with accounting issues from 2018 to 2020. Plug didn't properly disclose the losses from those incentives, so it had to go back and restate all its financials at the end of 2020 for the previous three years.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

In October, it announced a major new expansion of the Bitcoin buying program it started back in August 2020. Its "21/21 Plan" calls for the company to raise $42 billion via a mix of debt sales and equity offerings, and use all of it to buy more Bitcoin. Use debt to expand your ability to buy as much of it as possible.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 1, 2024

Trailing 12-month revenue exploded from $344 million in 2020 to $3.7 Similarly, gross profit has soared from $197 million in 2020 to $1.4 As a result, its balance sheet has no net debt, unlike its competitors'. Company Name Long-Term Debt (in billions) Cash (in billions) Net Debt (in billions) Caesars Entertainment $12.3 $1.0

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

At the end of the first quarter of 2024, Exxon had a debt-to-equity ratio of roughly 0.2. Chevron's debt-to-equity ratio was even lower at 0.14. The next-closest peer had a debt-to-equity ratio of around 0.4 That's low for any company, let alone an energy company.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The dot-com crash and some accounting problems from 2018 to 2020 exacerbated its decline. That unusual arrangement turned Amazon and Walmart into Plug's top investors, but it subsequently restated all of its financials from 2018 to 2020 because it didn't properly disclose how those incentives temporarily eclipsed its customer payments.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Hype ran hot in the summer of 2020, when reverse mergers were in vogue and Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) garnered Wall Street's attention as an electric-truck maker to watch. Perhaps the market wasn't as enthusiastic about hype-fueled, money-losing operations as it was in 2020 and 2021. Should you invest $1,000 in Nikola right now?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The notable exception was a brief cut to the supplemental dividend in early 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (seen in the grey-shaded column). It specializes in venture debt, making high-yield loans to companies that have previously raised outside funding from venture capital or private equity.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2024

On top of that, Chevron has a history of being fiscally conservative with its balance sheet , allowing it to take on debt during oil downturns so it can continue to fund its business and support its dividend. CVX Dividend Per Share (Quarterly) data by YCharts What was happening in 2016 and 2020? The energy sector was facing headwinds.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

When John Stankey took over the CEO role in the summer of 2020, he focused the company on these areas, and divested businesses that weren't core to the company's telecommunications roots. AT&T's increasing financial strength When Stankey took over as CEO, AT&T was in deep debt, which was a factor in its deteriorating stock price.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

So, in 2020, MicroStrategy Chief Executive Officer Michael Saylor directed the company to start buying Bitcoin with an initial purchase of $250 million. Its total liabilities have more than quadrupled since the end of 2020, and analysts expect its core business to be unprofitable during the next few years.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion. Reality can be kinder if Carnival uses its newfound profitability to pay down its debt and repurchase its shares. Let's start with leverage.

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JULY 2, 2024

In 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, Spirit reported huge operating losses. At the end of Q1, the company carried a massive debt load of $3.3 And even more striking, Spirit's debt burden is an eye-popping 750% larger than its current market cap of $388 million. Adding to its financial woes is Spirit's alarming balance sheet.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The company now holds a significant amount of debt. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt. It did something similar following the Anadarko acquisition in 2019 and the subsequent drop in oil prices in 2020. Buffett has a lot of confidence in Hollub.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

SoFi's rising lending business has drawn investor attention In its early days, SoFi focused on helping people refinance their student loan debt. Then in 2020, the pandemic and policies around student loan forbearance forced SoFi to reevaluate its business. From 2020 to 2023, SoFi's personal loan originations grew from $2.6

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MAY 18, 2024

on June 9, 2020. Prior to going public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in June 2020, Nikola claimed it could deliver thousands of trucks over the following three years. Meanwhile, financial losses are widening at an alarming rate as Nikola takes on more debt and issues more shares to raise fresh cash.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Because of the deal, Oxy entered the oil and gas downturn of 2020 overleveraged and saw its stock price fall to single digits. But the subsequent boom in 2021 and 2022 was a huge win for Oxy, which was able to pay down debt thanks to higher oil prices. In 2020, Oxy slashed its dividend to just $0.01 per share per quarter.

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MAY 9, 2024

The company operates as a business development corporation ( BDC ) and invests in debt or equity in mid-sized companies that banks overlook. Here's some good news for investors: Ares Capital's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95 When it comes to leverage, Hercules Capital is quite conservative, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In June 2020, Combined Caterers expanded further by launching Table & Twine , an e-commerce premium meal delivery service available in the Charlotte and Charleston markets. At the same time, the company completed its first add-on acquisition by purchasing Duvall Catering & Events , a South Carolina-based firm.

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MAY 17, 2024

First, 3M saddled Solventum with debt to shore up the balance sheet of the former as it faces multibillion-dollar legal settlements. Wall Street expects Solventum to end the year with $7 billion in net debt, and servicing the interest on the debt is eating into FCF. In 2020, 3M sold the majority of its drug delivery business.

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