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JULY 1, 2023

Why Activision and Adobe shareholders might not want their company's proposed acquisitions to go through. Once the Fed starts to take that into account, their preferred inflation rate is going to be lower. Dylan Lewis: After the break, we've got the latest on regulators kicking the tires on major acquisitions. Stay right here.

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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 billion in revenue.

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APRIL 28, 2024

SoFi went public a few years ago following a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya. In theory, by cross-selling at a high rate, SoFi does not need to allocate as many resources to customer acquisition over time. Until now, that is.

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JUNE 19, 2023

In 2022, this single drug accounted for roughly 35% of the big pharma's annual revenue. Earlier this year, the drugmaker dove headfirst into immunology with the $11 billion acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences , and its novel ulcerative colitis candidate, PRA023. on average -- as this seminal event draws near.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Tesla remains the single-largest stock holding by weight in the company's flagship Ark Innovation ETF and accounts for 10.1% Meanwhile, Shopify accounts for approximately 9.6% Tesla also accounts for 6% of total portfolio weight and is the sixth-largest holding in the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF. Shopify accounts for 4.4%

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

PepsiCo built its portfolio by making several key acquisitions. Its 1964 acquisition of Mountain Dew was especially crucial to its present-day success. Pepsi's Mountain Dew acquisition was huge. But a merger the following year was even more significant for the company and its shareholders. In the U.S.

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JULY 30, 2023

The financial services company is relatively new to the stock market after going public by way of a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) merger in June 2021. Q1 of 2023 was the fifth consecutive quarter that transactions per active account increased, reaching 53 million in the quarter.

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DECEMBER 16, 2023

Worse yet for UPS, Amazon isn't just the company's biggest competitor now but is still its largest customer, accounting for 11% of its total revenue in 2022. Should this 90-day increase extend throughout the year, it would account for roughly 5% sales growth. it may not seem like a great time to buy UPS.

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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. Its stock opened at $9.84

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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APRIL 9, 2024

Microsoft Azure accounted for 24% of cloud infrastructure and platform services revenue in fourth quarter, up nearly two percentage points from the prior year. billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard during the second quarter, which added $2.1 Microsoft is also the market leader in enterprise resource planning software.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Deidre Woollard: Two state named airlines, one big merger. So yesterday afternoon was all of a sudden a go to your computer moment for me because a big merger in the airline world was announced yesterday. But they talked about what they learned during the Virgin America acquisition. Motley Fool Money starts now.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

Financial industry disrupter SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been a rare bright spot among the hundreds of companies that went public via reverse mergers with special purpose acquisition companies during the 2021 SPAC boom. There have been online high-yield savings accounts available for decades, just to name one example.

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JUNE 14, 2024

Furthermore, the Spirit Realty acquisition has boosted its financials. Nonetheless, the added expenses and merger-related costs led to total (operational) expenses rising by almost 57% to $1.1 It is also enough to account for mild downward revisions in the company's outlook. Its nearly $1.3 That was enough to cover the $0.77

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Here's what makes the company a stellar "forever" investment, especially following its recent acquisition. Another tailwind for Casey's profitability comes from its rapidly growing private label operations, which accounted for 9% of inside sales as of the most recent quarter. Recently spending a hefty $1.1 Image source: Getty Images.

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DECEMBER 9, 2023

Getting back to the SPAC price Skeptics might consider Archer Aviation a textbook example of the bursting of the 2021 special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) bubble. Archer Aviation recently claimed to have nearly $600 million worth of liquidity, including $461 million of cash and cash equivalents. Consequently, even after losing $51.6

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

It will pursue more acquisitions outside of the cannabis industry Tilray is in the cannabis business, but it has been diversifying outside of it. Whether it focuses on beverages or some other adjacent business, I expect Tilray will still be active in mergers and acquisitions next year; it still needs ways to find way to boost its top line.

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JUNE 22, 2024

Unlike many other struggling EV makers, Li turned profitable under generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ) in 2023 as economies of scale kicked in. However, Polestar's stock has declined more than 90% since it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in June 2022.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

billion merger with Spirit Realty Capital in an all-stock transaction in October, which closed subsequent to year-end on January 23rd. And importantly, together with the Spirit merger, set us up to deliver a compelling earnings growth backdrop in 2024. Third, and in addition to the achievements noted above, we also announced the $9.3

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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). SoFi added 585,000 new accounts in the fourth quarter and nearly 700,000 new products. in earnings per share (EPS).

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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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MAY 30, 2024

Microsoft continues to generate boatloads of cash flow from legacy segments like Windows and Office and utilizes this cash to reinvest in higher-growth initiatives and acquisitions. Microsoft has more than enough capital coming in to take chances on acquisitions and game-changing innovations. Image source: Getty Images.

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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. That's well below the estimates it provided during its pre-merger presentation, when it claimed it could generate $9.8 billion, with a negative adjusted EBITDA margin of about 9.5%.

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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. It now offers a full suite of services like bank accounts and credit cards.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Our discussion today will also include certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP. The strong cash flow will enable us to return to a debt-free status as we exit Q1 2025, paying off the remainder of the $1 billion debt inherited from the NuVasive merger.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Excluding mergers of existing Dow components and simple name changes, there have been 52 separate instances where companies were added or subtracted , the latest of which involved the removal of pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance in favor of e-commerce colossus Amazon near the end of February. buying Valspar for $11.3

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

Although the parent to cigarette brands Pall Mall, Camel, and Lucky Strike is also developing vaping and heated-tobacco businesses, smoking remains its breadwinner, accounting for more than 80% of its top line. Except, smoking isn't anywhere as close to its end as you might think. billion regular smokers on the planet today.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

That's why chip design companies like Broadcom just completed its mega-merger with the big cloud software management business VMware , and why networking hardware giant Cisco Systems has submitted a bid to purchase Splunk to bet on cloud and network monitoring services. Datadog is still working on that. million (an FCF margin of 18%).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

There's nothing more satisfying than sitting back, relaxing, and watching your dividends flow into your bank account. Armed with such attributes, these stocks should allow you to enjoy a good night's sleep while increasing their dividends over time to fatten your bank account and beat inflation. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Over a three-year stretch, Nvidia's full-year sales are expected to climb from a reported $27 billion to an estimated $179 billion -- and AI accounts for pretty much the entirety of this projected increase. NYSE: DOW) and replace it with painting and coating giant Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW). would be shown the door.

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APRIL 10, 2025

One big catalyst While it has certainly been overshadowed by the recent market noise, Capital One is getting very close to completing its all-stock acquisition of Discover (NYSE: DFS). The proposed acquisition just cleared its arguably biggest hurdle when it received a stamp of approval from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Steel announced back in August 2023 , spurred after the company received multiple unsolicited proposals ranging from the acquisition of certain assets to the purchase of the entire company. Steel has opted for the latter; in a separate merger presentation, management argued it provides "certain and immediate value to U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to financial analytics firm Refinitiv, dealmaking like initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) was at an all-time high that year. The company was a big beneficiary of the blistering investment activity seen in 2021. As a result, B. In the report, the short-seller states that B.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Based on estimates from tech analysis firm Canalys, AWS accounted for a third of global cloud infrastructure service spending in the June-ended quarter. The other big catalyst for Sirius XM is its imminent merger with Liberty Media's Sirius XM tracking stock , Liberty Sirius XM Group.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Thanks to a combination of innovation, acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, legal judgments, competition, and even Acts of God, the stock market's "leaderboard" is constantly in flux. Likewise, all four of Nvidia's largest customers, which account for around 40% of its net sales, are developing AI chips of their own.

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MARCH 4, 2024

As per new CEO Sassine Ghazi, Synopsys has "delivered a 17% revenue CAGR [compound average growth rate], non-GAAP [generally accepted accounting principles] operating margin improvement of 7 points, and non-GAAP EPS [earnings per share] growth at a 26% CAGR." What's the big deal with simulation software anyway?

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Honeywell is in another evolutionary phase today, underlined by about $10 billion in announced acquisitions since last year, plus the looming spinoff of its Advanced Materials business, a move intended to simplify Honeywell's portfolio. That alone isn't enough, though. Illinois Tool Works probably won't knock your socks off.

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