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OCTOBER 23, 2024

But Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) million shares of Sirius at the time of the September merger, up from 101 million at the end of June. Additionally, many automakers install free trials of Sirius XM in new vehicles, which is a highly efficient method of customer acquisition.

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JULY 19, 2023

That superb pricing power was evident in its fiscal 2023 third quarter. Despite the economic headwinds caused by high inflation, Procter & Gamble continued to generate healthy free cash flow (FCF) for the first nine months of fiscal 2023. Organic sales grew more than 7% year over year driven mainly by pricing. FCF came in at $9.2

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

After all, former industrial conglomerates like United Technologies (now RTX , Otis, and Carrier Global ), General Electric ( GE Aerospace , GE Healthcare , GE Vernova , and others), and Danaher (Danaher, Fortive , Veralto , Envista , and Vontier ) have done the same. The obvious candidate is a breakup to release value.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

While Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway certainly takes outsize positions in stocks ( Apple, for example), the massive conglomerate has a diverse equities portfolio worth north of $310 billion. However, advisory revenue from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) beat consensus nicely.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Qorvo's business is small, but it's diversified Qorvo is the result of a 2015 "merger of equals" between RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor. China trade war in 2018, the pandemic, and a sharp downturn in smartphone and consumer electronics sales in 2023. Here's what you need to know. Data by YCharts. TTM = trailing 12 months.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Global investor interest in Japanese companies has surged in recent years as the weak yen, strong public markets and corporate governance changes make mergers and acquisitions (M&A) attractive. billion in 2023, LSEG data shows. M&A in Japan reached a record $35.5

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

RTX's mix of revenue streams will attract investors Lee Samaha (RTX): The aerospace and defense industry had a difficult 2023. Although lower sales and higher costs related to the company's F-35 fighter jet adversely affected the top and bottom lines last quarter, Lockheed Martin recently celebrated an otherwise strong end to 2023.

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MAY 2, 2024

The industrial conglomerate has paid dividends to its shareholders for over a century without interruption and has raised its payout annually for more than 60 straight years. per share in 2023, due largely to the loss of Solventum's earnings. 3M (NYSE: MMM) has been a dividend stalwart. That's down from $9.24

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Industrial conglomerate 3M (NYSE: MMM) spent 2018 to 2023 on a slow and steady downward slide. Brown also said he's evaluating 3M's research and development spend and the company's portfolio for potential mergers and acquisitions. 3M gave up its dividend growth streak, losing its Dividend King status.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

RTX (NYSE: RTX) , the giant aerospace conglomerate formed by the merger of the Raytheon defense company and United Technologies' airplane business, reported miserable earnings last week. Despite sales growing 8% year over year, RTX suffered a steep 91% collapse in second-quarter earnings, reporting just $0.08

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Symbiotic 's (NASDAQ: SYM) stock has more than tripled since it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last June. The maker of automated warehouse robots impressed investors for three reasons: It was backed by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (OTC: SFTB.Y) and the retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT).

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

In August 2023, Fitch Ratings followed suit and cut the U.S. But following four-plus decades of acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, innovation, and economic shifts, only two public companies still hold this pristine credit rating. credit rating from AAA, the highest possible rating, to AA+, the second-highest possible rating.

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JULY 1, 2023

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of June 26, 2023 This video was recorded on June 27, 2023. The last 12 months, last four quarters, they've been negative, and there's been a lot of puts and takes, a lot of acquisitions, some divestitures. We're about six months through 2023. Good to hear you and see you.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

When Berkshire closed its acquisition of General Re, it became the owner of NEAM. 30, 2023, New England Asset Management had nearly $610 million in invested assets, and is therefore required to file a quarterly 13F. But after more than $40 billion in concessions following the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery to create Warner Bros.

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JUNE 25, 2023

What investors may want to know about the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC. See the 10 stocks Stock Advisor returns as of June 12, 2023 This video was recorded on June 18, 2023. Ricky Mulvey: Today, the UFC is this mixed martial arts conglomerate. He's just gone from agency to acquisition.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of September 18, 2023 This video was recorded on Sept. 18, 2023 Deidre Woollard: Has Tony the Tiger lost his charm? We covered some interesting food-related mergers recently. They're just like a whole conglomeration of brands, similar with PepsiCo , with all of the Frito-Lay stuff.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Then, Motley Fool analyst Buck Hartzell joins host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp to kick off a series on Berkshire Hathaway , and how the conglomerate's collection of businesses work together. Also active brokerage accounts continuing to climb even after the TD Ameritrade merger. That's up 4%.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

TORONTO, ON (August 10 , 2023) : Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ( CPP Investments ) ended its first quarter of fiscal 2024 on June 30, 2023, with net assets of $575 billion, compared to $570 billion at the end of the previous quarter. For the quarter, the Fund’s net return was negative 0.8%. We own a 16.3%

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MAY 22, 2024

billion at the end of fiscal 2023. billion at the end of fiscal 2023. billion at the end of fiscal 2023. bps in fiscal 2023. Board appointments Welcomed the designation of Dean Connor as Chairperson of the Board of Directors, effective October 27, 2023. billion Net annual return of 8.0% 10-year net return of 9.2%

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APRIL 15, 2024

billion write-down on its acquisition of VillageMD, yet another warning sign. It's a household name in consumer staples, and its merger was engineered nearly a decade ago with the help of Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate remains a major shareholder. in 2023, driven by an 8.9% dividend yield.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

The diversified conglomerate sold a broad range of industrial, worker safety, and consumer goods, and it was a Dividend King that consistently raised its dividend annually for more than 50 years. Metric 2021 2022 2023 Organic sales growth 8.8% 3M (NYSE: MMM) was once a dependable dividend stock for conservative investors. billion, $11.3

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Up until now, a potential breakup of the industrial conglomerate was merely speculation. The thesis of the letter was the following: We believe these challenges have a clear cause and a straightforward solution: The conglomerate structure that once suited Honeywell no longer does, and the time has come to embrace simplification.

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MARCH 2, 2025

The tobacco and nicotine conglomerate is dealing with sector headwinds and business missteps, but it also generates robust cash flow and trades at a cheap earnings multiple. One of the few large stocks approaching a dividend yield of 8% is British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI). Learn More But which is the more likely scenario?

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MARCH 12, 2025

With the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) falling into correction territory, I think blue-chip industrial conglomerate Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON) and advanced materials company Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) are terrific stocks to buy now. TransDigm's business model relies heavily on its strategy of acquiring other companies.

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DECEMBER 22, 2024

Still, it seems likely that it will rise back above the mark again, effectively making the conglomerate the tenth trillion-dollar company. companies worth more than $1 trillion, and at the end of 2023, there were only five (the first five named on the list above). Just a few years ago, there weren't any U.S.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Through mergers and acquisitions, the company now owns a whole slate of telecom infrastructure companies including Telenet, Virgin Media, UPC Slovakia, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone Ziggo. The company plans to appeal the court ruling and is likely to fight any attempts to make the conglomerate sell its Chrome browser.

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