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After all, he's owned it since he helped arrange a merger to create the entity in 2015. The merger was worth roughly $45 billion, creating a food giant that owns such famous brands as Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Meyer, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Capri-Sun, and more. However, the merger also loaded up the new entity with debt. Is it stubbornness?

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. on the first day before soaring to an all-time high of $131.67 and rose to its post-merger high of $35.69 Its shares opened at $24.80 a month later. Its stock started trading at $30.11 billion in 2028.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) , a developer of solid-state batteries, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. A $2,000 investment in the stock on the first day would have briefly blossomed to over $10,600 before withering to about $560 today. Its stock started trading at $24.80 billion in 2028.

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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 17, 2024

From fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023 (which ended last September), CleanSpark's revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 85%. Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) also turned positive in fiscal 2023. EH/s at the end of June 2024.

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JULY 14, 2024

went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on Dec. BigBear.ai, like many other SPAC-backed companies, made some grand promises before its merger but missed those estimates by a mile. SentinelOne provides AI-powered cybersecurity tools that are aimed at replacing human analysts.

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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. In the first half of 2023, its revenue plunged 45% year over year to $5.1 billion in revenue in 2023. in 2022, then dipped to negative 10% in the first half of 2023.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

The maker of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. on its first trading day before skyrocketing to an all-time high of $131.67 But it didn't reiterate or update its pre-merger revenue or adjusted EBITDA estimates. 27, 2020, and its stock opened at $24.80

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. During its pre-merger presentation, SoundHound predicted that its revenue would rise from $13 million in 2020 to $20 million in 2021, and then grow to $28 million in 2022. and rallied to an all-time high of $14.98

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MAY 22, 2024

The enterprise AI software company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), and its stock opened at $9.84 In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai from 2020 to 2023, its gross margin dropped to 26%, and its adjusted EBITDA turned negative.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry. billion in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ).

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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 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 But in 2023, the company's revenue plunged, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin declined, and it stayed unprofitable.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Unlike AT&T and Verizon , which expanded their wireless networks to reduce their dependence on wireline connections, Lumen shunned the wireless market and expanded its wireline business through a series of mergers and acquisitions. billion in 2023 to $3.9 billion annually) from its new AI-related contracts. billion in 2025.

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MAY 20, 2024

SoundHound went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) two years ago. In a pre-merger presentation, SoundHound claimed it could grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 104% from $13 million in 2020 to $110 million in 2023 as it expanded its gross margin from 55% to 77%.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

First, prior to this decline, the company's ratio of enterprise value (EV) to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) was at an all-time high of 24. MTYFF Free Cash Flow data by YCharts Making 27 acquisitions worth more than $1.7 Not so much. However, its 2.9% Currently, the company's 2.3%

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) seemed like a promising growth stock when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Dec. Its growth accelerated in 2021 as the housing market recovered but slowed again in 2022 and 2023 as inflation and rising interest rates drove away potential buyers and sellers.

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JUNE 16, 2023

And to be fair, Energy Transfer produced distributable cash flow of around $2 billion in the first quarter of 2023. For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. yield from Enterprise.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

A lot of that has been through acquisitions, with Builders FirstSource doing a massive deal in 2020 and completing 14 smaller purchases in the last two years alone to rapidly expand both its product portfolio and its geographic reach. billion in cash between 2024 and 2026 on share repurchases and continued acquisitions. billion to $8.5

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MARCH 21, 2024

SoFi stock: Down 26% this year and 73% from its high Jennifer Saibil : SoFi has been demonstrating fantastic growth since it went public in 2021 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

SoFi stock: Down 61% from its high Jennifer Saibil : I was wary of the hype surrounding SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) when it went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in June of 2021. In 2023's third quarter, revenue increased 27% year over year, a slowdown from previous quarters.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

While the stock is still more than 50% below its 2021 all-time highs, 2023 was a year for the DraftKings bulls, with the stock soaring over 209% and becoming one of the best stocks in the market last year. Why DraftKings soared in 2023 It wasn't just speculative investors bidding up DraftKings stock in 2023. million) to ($302.1

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AUGUST 9, 2024

billion of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) in the period , a 20% surge, compared to the prior year. billion Lotus Midstream acquisition in May 2023 and its $7.1 billion merger with Crestwood Equity Partners in November. The midstream company closed its $1.5

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Shares of digital advertising company Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) skyrocketed on Monday after the company settled a lawsuit and reported preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023. However, profitability tanked for Cardlytics following a trio of acquisitions in 2021 and early 2022. As of 9:50 a.m.

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JUNE 22, 2024

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) initially impressed a lot of investors when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. It only generated $46 million in revenue in 2023, compared to its optimistic target of $98 million which it provided during its pre-merger presentation.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

While Berkshire has owned the Liberty Media tracking stock since 2016, which tracked Liberty's large stake in Sirius, Berkshire has increased its bet on the satellite radio operator this year, ahead of the tracking stock's merger with publicly traded Sirius shares in a simplification merger in September. billion repurchase program.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

What happened After falling more than 20% on Wednesday ahead of its second-quarter 2023 earnings release, shares of TDCX (NYSE: TDCX) are up 26.8% Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) fell 7.1% as of 2:30 p.m. Revenue climbed 5.5% year over year (11.3%

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The midstream master limited partnership (MLP) set seven operational records during the fourth quarter, fueled by organic growth and acquisitions. The MLP's strong end to 2023 gives it lots of momentum heading into 2024. A record end to a strong year Energy Transfer ended 2023 on a high note. growth rate in 2023).

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MAY 3, 2024

The case for the stock rests on the idea that management can accelerate its growth now that it's a stand-alone company, not least through new product introductions (NPIs), mergers and acquisitions, improving its pricing and product platforming strategy, and developing technologies such as theranostics. YOY = year over year. from 14.1%

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Wesco earned $3.71 The sales figure was up 5% year over year, but adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) was flat compared to a year prior and gross margin fell by 10 basis points to 21.6%. per share on revenue of $5.75

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

The company, which went public as part of a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) merger in 2021, has seen investment from Anthem, now called Elevance. On Tuesday, Sharecare reported a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from Oct. per share in cash. The company reiterated its yearly guidance of revenue between $452.5

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last April. SoundHound fell short of its pre-merger expectations, and rising interest rates exacerbated that pain by compressing its valuations. The audio and speech recognition company's stock opened at $8.72

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Symbiotic (NASDAQ: SYM) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on June 8, 2022. on July 31, 2023. Metric Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Revenue growth (YOY) 34% 167% 168% 29% 78% Adjusted EBITDA margin (12.4%) (8.3%) (7.9%) (4.2%) (1.1%) Data source: Symbiotic.

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MARCH 4, 2024

SoundHound narrowed its loss according to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) from $18.8 SoundHound AI went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in April 2022. It narrowed its net loss from $30.9 million to $18.0 million, or $0.07

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) , a provider of online financial services, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on June 1, 2021. Like many other SPAC-backed start-ups, SoFi lost its luster after it missed its own ambitious pre-merger forecasts. The combined company's stock opened at $21.97

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MARCH 4, 2024

Magnite Magnite is an ad tech company created by the merger of The Rubicon Project and Telaria in 2020. In 2023, its revenue rose only 7% as its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) dipped 4%. Its adjusted EBITDA margin expanded six percentage points to 40% in 2023.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Understanding Magnite's growth strategies Magnite was created via the merger of two smaller ad tech companies, The Rubicon Project and Telaria, in 2020. All of those mergers and acquisitions turned Magnite into the world's largest independent sell-side platform (SSP) for digital ads. Ex-TAC basis. and Magnite wasn't one of them!

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