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BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) , a developer of data mining and analytics tools, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Dec. Its investors retreated as its growth cooled off, it broadly missed its pre-merger targets, and it racked up steep losses. In November 2021, BigBear.ai on April 13, 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If the deal is approved, it will instantly shoot into the top-five largest software acquisitions ever. Salesforce added Slack for just shy of $28 billion in 2021. Numerous small tuck-in acquisitions have been key, and Cisco has done a bang-up job. If the merger were to take place today, Cisco would nearly double its $3.9

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AUGUST 17, 2024

It expects its revenue to grow at least 74% in 2024 and rise by more than 88% from that baseline in 2025 as it expands its ecosystem with more acquisitions. Evolv went public through a reverse merger with a blank-check company in July 2021. million in 2021 to $132.3 Metric 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $23.7 million $55.2

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has been a winning stock since closing its transformational merger with WPX Energy in early 2021. That gave it the fuel to grow value for its investors through dividends, share repurchases, debt reduction, and acquisitions. billion in stock since late 2021, retiring 6% of its outstanding shares.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) are both tiny aerospace companies that went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies ( SPACs ) in 2021. Both stocks initially soared, but they crashed after the companies missed their pre-merger estimates and racked up steep losses.

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JULY 20, 2024

VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) briefly became one of the market's hottest electric vehicle stocks when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last August. Like many other SPAC-backed EV makers, it ran of of juice as it missed its pre-merger targets and racked up steep losses. just two weeks later.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) , the creator of the Electron orbital rocket, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) three years ago. Like many other SPAC-backed companies, Rocket Lab set the bar too high during its pre-merger investor presentation. How fast is Rocket Lab growing?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Yet those challenges didn't stop Rigetti from going public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in March 2022. Rigetti's rocky start and eventual recovery In its pre-merger presentation, Rigetti claimed it could grow its revenue from $7 million in 2021 to $34 million in 2023.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Instead of a traditional initial public offering (IPO), Joby Aviation, a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), first spread its wings on the public markets in August 2021 after it completed its reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

SoundHound went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in 2022 and subsequently expanded by acquiring the restaurant tech companies SYNQ3 and Allset. Uber subsequently spun it off into a stand-alone company, and it went public via a reverse merger this April. area in the first half of 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) , a developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) three years ago. in February 2021 but now trades at about $3. The combined company's stock started trading at $9.90 and soared to a record high of $17.14

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JULY 14, 2024

went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on Dec. SentinelOne went public via a traditional initial public offering (IPO) at $35 a share on June 30, 2021 but now trades at less than $20. Those AI-driven technologies sound promising, but both stocks disappointed their early investors.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Pipeline giants Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) and Oneok (NYSE: OKE) have made headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar acquisitions this year. Drilling down into the recent deals Oneok jump-started the recent merger wave in the pipeline sector by agreeing to an $18.8 The acquisition will significantly diversify its operations.

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MARCH 16, 2024

When BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in December 2021, it bore a striking resemblance to Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) , which went public through a direct listing in September 2020. after it closed its merger. Let's see why BigBear.ai Why did BigBear.ai

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) and ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) were both red-hot stocks during the buying frenzy in electric vehicle (EV) stocks in late 2020 and early 2021. QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. Its shares opened at $24.80

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

For its recently completed quarter, the company reported that the Pioneer merger is already proving fruitful, contributing $500 million in earnings for the quarter. The Constellation deal reads well for Vistra because the latter has expanded its nuclear capability this year via its acquisition of Energy Harbor in March.

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MAY 30, 2024

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has been a divisive stock ever since it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Oct. after its merger and nearly tripled to its all-time high of $31 on Nov. It also broadly missed its own pre-merger estimates. IonQ's stock opened at $10.60 Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in December 2020 and reached its record high of $35.88 during the apex of the growth-stock rally in February 2021. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Revenue $2.6 Based on 498% growth rate reported in 2021. billion $8.0 billion $15.6 billion $6.9

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JULY 17, 2024

In 2021, the company acquired the Bitcoin miner ATL Data Centers, upgraded operations with its own microgrids, and continued to expand by buying and transforming more Bitcoin mining facilities. From fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023 (which ended last September), CleanSpark's revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 85%.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

31, 2021 28.70 15, 2021 Sept. 30, 2021 23.12 16, 2021 June 30, 2021 23.67 million May 17, 2021 March 31, 2021 48.5 16, 2021 Dec. Industry consolidation Berkshire's purchase in the 2023 fourth quarter is a stamp of approval on Chevron's $53 billion merger with Hess, which was announced on Oct.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Uber subsequently spun off Serve Robotics as an independent company in 2021, but it continued using its delivery robots to fulfill orders in select areas across Los Angeles. Serve Robotics executed a reverse merger with the blank-check company Patricia Acquisition in 2023, which paved the way to its Nasdaq listing at $4 a share on April 18.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Like many other electric vehicle start-ups, Nikola went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) and set some overly ambitious long-term goals. In its pre-merger presentation in 2020, it claimed it could ship 600 battery-powered electric trucks (BEVs) in 2021, ship 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and ship 3,500 BEVs in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Just a couple weeks after the acquisition termination, though, Intel and Tower announced a different kind of partnership: Tower will utilize an Intel fab in New Mexico to expand production for Tower customers. billion investment in 2021 to expand its New Mexico facility's capabilities in advanced chip packaging. Data by YCharts.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

AST SpaceMobile was founded seven years ago and went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in 2021. Uber spun out Serve Robotics in 2021, and the newly independent company went public through a reverse merger (similar to a SPAC acquisition ) with a blank-check company in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But since its market debut via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), Opendoor's stock has lost nearly 90% of its value. Its total number of houses purchased skyrocketed 498% to 36,908 units in 2021. in 2021 to negative 1.1% billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) launched a pioneering capital return framework following its transformational merger with WPX Energy in early 2021. As the map on that slide shows, the acquisition will increase Chord Energy's acreage position in the Williston Basin. The combined company will have nearly 1.3

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JULY 28, 2024

Symbotic (NASDAQ: SYM) , a producer of artificial intelligence-powered warehouse automation robots, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) two years ago. Uber spun out Serve Robotics as an independent company in 2021, but it continues to use its robots to fulfill Uber Eats deliveries in select cities.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Boston Beer and Suntory have been working together since 2021, blending Suntory-owned spirits such as Jim Beam and Maker's Mark to create so-called ready-to-drink beverages and promote Boston Beer's Truly Hard Seltzer brand. Is Boston Beer stock a buy on the merger talks? The acquisition could make sense.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

billion on organic expansion projects last year (up from less than $700 million in 2021), the company plans to spend nearly $1.6 In addition, the midstream company expects the merger will increase its free cash flow per share by an average of more than 20% from 2024 to 2027. After spending about $1.2 billion to $1.5

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

is much smaller than Palantir, and it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in December 2021. on its first post-merger trading day, but it now trades at about $1.50. Palantir's revenue rose by 41% in 2021, but it only grew 24% in 2022 and 17% in 2023. BigBear.ai

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JANUARY 29, 2024

That said, it's still down 95% from its high set in 2021. However, profitability tanked for Cardlytics following a trio of acquisitions in 2021 and early 2022. The market is reacting to news regarding one of these acquisitions today: Bridg. Cardlytics acquired Bridg for $350 million in May 2021. As of 9:50 a.m.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Chevron's other upside catalyst is its pending acquisition of Hess. Chevron estimates the acquisition would enable it to more than double its free cash flow by 2030 at $70 oil. Uncertainty about that merger has weighed on Chevron's stock. The oil company generated $3.2 billion ($16.24 per share) of free cash flow last year.

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Trading in the company’s shares was halted on Friday pending an announcement related to mergers and acquisitions. The company’s shares have fallen over 60% since their 2021 peak, significantly underperforming Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, which declined about a third during the same period.

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MAY 5, 2024

Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) nearly three years ago. But like many other SPAC-backed EV makers, it set some ambitious delivery and revenue targets in a pre-merger presentation -- then broadly missed its own expectations. Lucid's stock opened at $25.24 billion $5.53

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JUNE 22, 2024

Many electric vehicle (EV) stocks skyrocketed amid the buying frenzy in meme and growth stocks in 2021. Rivian Rivian's stock price has plunged nearly 90% from its initial public offering (IPO) in November 2021. Deliveries rose 177% in 2021, 47% in 2022, and 182% to 376,030 vehicles in 2023. Image source: Rivian.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, in the last three months, its stock price has plummeted over 55% as the market wrestled with TransMedics' recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. TransMedics' magnificent Organ Care System In 2021, nearly 15,000 admirable organ donors passed away in the United States. This has left investors at a crossroads.

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