Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 9, 2025

The fund aims to leverage the firms extensive network, operational expertise, and trusted partnerships to drive value. Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox –Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Vistria Fund IV closed at $2.68bn in 2021, more than doubling the size of the $1.1bn Vistria Fund III.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

These funds, which saw rapid growth between 2019 and 2021, provide fresh capital to high-potential assets, ensuring continued value creation. By leveraging their expertise and resources, firms like Audax Private Equity have implemented operational initiatives that have driven recovery, even in challenging industries.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While the size of the offering has not been finalised, sources suggest the IPO could raise up to $5bn, presenting a lucrative exit opportunity for its private equity owners who acquired Medline in a $34bn deal in 2021, one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the past decade.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

The launch of SQ Capital comes at a critical time for the private equity industry, which has seen a 65% drop in exit flows since 2021, leaving nearly 28,000 portfolio companies unsold. Around 40% of these businesses have been held by private equity firms for more than four years, intensifying the demand for liquidity solutions.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 5, 2025

OrderYOYO has grown rapidly by leveraging its advanced technology, data-driven market approach, and targeted acquisitions in the UK and Germany. in 2021 to 17.6% The company processes over 16 million orders annually and has significantly improved profitability, increasing its EBITDA margin from 0.5%

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

Lower interest rates are expected to further fuel leveraged buyouts, setting the stage for an active 2025, Deloitte reported. of disclosed deals between 2021 and 2024double the level seen in the mid-2010s. The broader Asia-Pacific private equity market saw investment activity rise to $138bn in 2024, marking an 8.1%

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Solina was acquired in June 2021 by Astorg , a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, from Paris-headquartered Ardian. The company has expanded through acquisitions, including Illinois-based Asenzya (October 2021), Illinois-based Saratoga Food Specialties (January 2022), and New Jersey-based Advanced Food Systems (December 2024).

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Private Equity Professional

APRIL 3, 2025

Chicago-based Linden Capital Partners is focused exclusively on leveraged buyouts in the healthcare and life science industries, with a specific interest in medical products, specialty distribution, pharmaceutical, and services segments of healthcare. 2025 Private Equity Professional | April 3, 2025

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The company first bought shares in Q3 2020, cut the position in 2021, then began building it up again in Q3 2021. Between Q3 2021 and Q3 2022, Berkshire's Chevron position surged 576%. million 2/14/2022 12/31/2021 28.70 million 11/15/2021 9/30/2021 23.12 million 8/16/2021 6/30/2021 23.67

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The industry bought a lot in 2021. A rebound in leveraged buyout volumes is expected to be driven by falling interest rates, an improved financing landscape, and the rising influence of artificial intelligence. It was a tough vintage, Perlman said.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 21, 2024

AGNC's portfolio has a weighted average yield of 4.52%, so the company uses leverage -- meaning debt -- to boost returns for investors. The company expects leverage to be around 6 to 12 times its tangible stockholders' equity. It gains leverage by borrowing against its assets, which helps boost returns during good times.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

in late 2021. With a recovery in sight, is it possible for Sea to reach its 2021 highs ever again? billion in the third quarter of 2021 to a trough of just $443 million in the second quarter of 2023. billion in 2021 to just $921 million in 2023. Garena's quarterly bookings plunged from a peak of $1.2

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Leveraging its high speeds and low costs, innovative projects like Helium (a decentralized wireless network) and Render (which distributes computing power for rendering graphics) are using Solana to build scalable, decentralized infrastructure that can power new use cases. At its all-time high in November 2021, Solana's price was about $260.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Berkshire began building a stake in early 2021, but the real jump came in the first quarter of 2022. To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. 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.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They often have very high dividend payout ratios and leverage ratios , which puts them at a higher risk of needing to cut their dividends if they run into financial trouble. leverage ratio, well below the 4.0 leverage ratio its stable cash flows can support. compound annual rate since 2021, including by 12.5%

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

A key inflection point took place in 2021. In the years leading up to 2021 discretionary cash flow per unit was negative. In 2021, it turned positive. In 2021, it was positive $0.43 The distribution was increased just modestly in 2020 and 2021. The numbers are fairly large, as well. per unit in 2020.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) are down roughly 50% from their 2021 highs. Adjusted earnings in 2021 rose 30% versus 2020 and hit a record of $10.48 High leverage, slowing sales, and weak margins were all contributing factors. There are very good reasons for this, as you'll learn below. and $12.50

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Even now, Palantir stock sells at a discount of more than 60% from its $45 per share high in early 2021. Palantir shareholders might also remember in 2021 when CEO Alex Karp forecasted a 30% revenue growth rate in the 2022-2024 time frame. Furthermore, in 2021, Palantir was not the profitable company it is today.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

Memes and short squeezes Yesterday started a major run-up in stocks that were popular in the 2020 and 2021 meme craze, including SunPower, Sunnova, and Sunrun. In 2021, it was a popular tactic to target companies with high short interest and bid the stock higher, forcing short-sellers to buy back shares, pushing shares higher still.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. Looking back at Carnival's slowdown and recovery In fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 (which ended in November 2021), Carnival's revenue and number of passengers plummeted.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

It also gained leverage by growing into warehouse capacity that it built during the pandemic. Since he took over the company in 2021, Jassy has primarily focused on monetizing the company's existing businesses and squeezing more profits out of them. Heading into 2024, investors might be wondering if Amazon is still a no-brainer buy.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 21, 2024

However, to fully leverage the compounding effect in the stock market, it makes sense for investors to avoid the hype and instead invest in companies with robust fundamentals and a solid vision. Considering these tailwinds, Snowflake seems to be a compelling pick now, despite being down 51% from its all-time high set in November 2021.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 5, 2024

set on July 8, 2021. Its sales rose another 22% in 2021. That stabilization and acceleration in the second half of 2023 was a bright spot, because Amazon usually leverages AWS' higher-margin cloud revenue to subsidize the expansion of its lower-margin retail businesses. Image source: Amazon. Its profit growth is stable.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2023

The chart below shows how each company raised full-year guidance on every earnings call since 2021 and beat the third-quarter guidance in the full-year results in 2021 and 2022. billion at the start of 2021 and still stands at just $8.9 For reference, I've taken the midpoint of the guidance ranges to simplify matters.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6 billion since it initiated its current share-repurchase authorization in late 2021. That debt repayment will help reduce its leverage ratio, which it expects will rise to around 1x after closing the deal. It grew its cash balance to $1.2 times after factoring in its $6.1

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With shares down by a whopping 97% from their all-time high of $58 (reached in early 2021), Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) meets at least one of these criteria. When Lucid hit the market in 2021, electric vehicles (EVs) were the latest technology hype -- arguably capturing the same level of excitement as artificial intelligence today.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Granted, the company is in the middle of a turnaround, after shares plunged by more than 83% from its all-time high set in 2021. That's the highest level since 2021. The company is positioned to help large organizations (governmental, non-profit, and commercial) leverage the power of AI to improve their operations.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Shares skyrocketed 530% from their March 2020 low to their all-time high in July 2021, driven by monster success fueled by consumers spending more time at home. Revenue jumped more than 55% in both 2020 and 2021. This tells me that the content publishers have the negotiating leverage. Investors need to be aware of these risks.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

ai (NYSE: AI) soared to their all-time highs during the buying frenzy in meme stocks in 2020 and 2021. It believes it can leverage that battle-hardened reputation to expand across the commercial market. C3's revenue only rose 17% in fiscal 2021 (which ended in April 2021) as the pandemic disrupted the energy and industrial sectors.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 12, 2024

However, after years of growth, PayPal has been struggling, and its stock is down 79% from its highs in 2021. One of them was the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage PayPal's huge data trove and create more value for clients and expand its opportunities. population. So far, it's going well.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 21, 2024

Let's start with leverage. Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. Carnival's market cap is $20 billion. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2024

PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. By comparison, it delivered 42% growth in 2021. It competes directly with Alibaba's e-commerce platform, which was traditionally the go-to site for price-conscious consumers.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2023

This is a significant change from late 2021 and early 2022 when MAUs declined for three straight quarters. In 2021, Pinterest teased investors as pandemic-driven revenue growth helped the company report positive GAAP earnings. With that in mind, three reasons explain why I'm sticking with Pinterest stock. Reason No.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 8, 2024

For cryptocurrency investors, this rally is starting to look at lot like 2021. As the crypto sector gains momentum, speculative leverage flows toward the areas of the crypto market that can generate the highest returns. As of 2:45 p.m. Can this rally continue? In my mind, it's that simple right now.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The one time it did serve up a reported profit in 2021, it was entirely the handiwork of an asset sale. Business has decelerated sharply after more than doubling in 2021 and 2022. Recursion is hoping to reinvent the drug discovery process by leveraging AI and machine learning. Investor appetite for 3D printing stocks has cooled.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

That's important because during energy downturns Chevron takes on leverage so that it can continue to support its business and its dividend. per share in 2021 to just $1.45 Notably, however, the shares are down some 55% from their 2021 highs. A look Chevron's balance sheet shows that its debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 billion on organic expansion projects last year (up from less than $700 million in 2021), the company plans to spend nearly $1.6 at the end of 2020 to 3.25 by mid-2023. After spending about $1.2 billion to $1.5

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