Private Equity Wire

JULY 31, 2024

The initial borrowings would position Vantive’s leverage at 4.2 The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Carlyle is in advanced talks to acquire Vantive for over $4bn, including debt. times its pro-forma earnings.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We're also leveraging AI to create a more intuitive workflow and faster turnaround times to reduce frustrations for our members and provider partners. Our leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was approximately 4.7 billion of outstanding debt principal. The net result of these transactions modestly reduced our leverage ratio.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Right now, oil is on the rise, leading investors to bid up the stock prices of companies like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM). A strong balance sheet allows this industry giant to take on debt during weak patches so it can continue to fund its business and support the dividend until energy prices recover. At which point, it reduces leverage.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

While he could use debt or raise equity funding from investors, selling shares to fund the company allows Bezos to maintain full control over Blue Origin. Blue Origin is currently bidding on acquiring a second space company, United Launch Alliance. And the stock still has room to move higher.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

In 2014, Ackman reportedly told Bloomberg that he had invested $60 million in General Growth Properties -- both in the company's unsecured debt and in the stock itself. By advocating for the value of the assets, Ackman was able to contribute to a bidding war for General Growth Properties.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

CMC's downstream bidding activity has remained resilient, which points to a solid pipeline of potential future projects. CMC's leverage metrics remain attractive and have improved significantly over the last several fiscal years. While net debt to capitalization is only 6%. compares to 13.5% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 246

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

Since our last earnings call on April 30, I am pleased to announce that we are making solid progress on our path forward of one, simplifying the business; two, operational performance improvement and three, reducing leverage. Our path forward goal is to reduce $2 billion in debt. On to balance sheet matters.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

EG Group said it will use the proceeds from the divestment to repay debt and strengthen its balance sheet. EG Group said it has now refinanced all of its debt due to have matured in 2025 “against a backdrop of a very challenging leveraged finance and high-yield corporate bond market.” billion Sterling bond tranche in 2021.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

Thanks to fast portfolio growth and impressive operating leverage, servicing income reached $273 million. A great customer experience leads to strong retention, which maximizes returns and makes us the best bid for acquiring MSRs. This leverage is the payoff from the intense focus on technology and operations that Jay discussed.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With this increase in the revolver and recasting one of the term loans, we've extended our maturities and enhanced the ability to pursue other unsecured debt. We're in the bid process on it right now. It could tighten up a bit as we continue to navigate the bid process. We're in the market every day bidding on our type property.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg. read more Blackstone-led consortium bids Haldiram Snacks at $8.5

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

trillion private credit market is increasingly winning out over bank syndicates that had traditionally financed large buyouts with leveraged loans. read more Epiris and Newlat Clash in £400m Bidding War for Princes Foods Epiris, a British-based buyout firm and Newlat, an Italian food manufacturer are vying for control.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

However, the outlook on Carnival's massive debt, which surged during the pandemic when it could not sail, appears more favorable. Its total debt is now around $30 billion, an admittedly huge level, considering its shareholders' equity is only $6.8 Still, that debt has dropped by around $1.2 billion over the last six months.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) is reportedly scrambling for ways to deal with its debt, the latest indication of the troubles the company faces if it unable to merge with JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU). Spirit is getting serious about its debt Spirit Airlines is flying through some heavy turbulence right now. ET Thursday.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Our strong financial performance, debt refinancing, and early achievement of net leverage ratio goals have allowed for a tighter focus on equity dilution management. We are pleased to report that our net leverage ratio was 0.9x My two questions are these, also at the same time, net leverage, 0.9 at the end of Q2.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Private equity giant KKR has emerged as a key player in the race to acquire Cubico Sustainable Investments, a UK-based renewable energy firm valued at approximately $6bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters. For KKR, a successful bid for Cubico would mark another significant move in its expanding renewable energy portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Oxy has material aspirations to be a bigger player, which is why Warren Buffett invested in the business in the first place, helping the company beat Chevron in a bidding war for Anadarko Petroleum. It took on too much debt when it bought Anadarko and ended up having to cut its dividend when oil prices tumbled shortly thereafter.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

Americans hitting $1 trillion in credit card debt and what it means for consumers' health. First-time ever American credit card debt passes one trillion according to the New York Fed, balances up nearly 50 billion in the recent quarter, Matt. and this is a business with a lot of operating leverage. Jason Moser: Yeah.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Pittsburgh-based iconic steel company received a buyout bid from a Japanese counterpart that could reshape the entire steelmaking industry. Steel debt. With companies that rely on considerable leverage in their operations, the rise in interest rates is still working its way through income statements. Steel closed on Friday.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Qualcomm also generates most of its profits from its higher-margin licensing business, which leverages its massive portfolio of wireless patents to squeeze royalties and licensing fees from every smartphone sold worldwide (including those that don't use Qualcomm's SoCs). It has an enterprise value of nearly $190 billion with 1.1

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion, including the assumption of debt. While the transaction will cause a slight rise in the company's leverage ratio (from 1x to 1.1x), it will maintain a strong investment-grade balance sheet following the deal. billion (including the assumption of debt). That increased scale should boost Exxon's cash flow and returns.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Their growth rates are expected to slow a bit during 2025, given slightly higher levels of supply, and less of a tailwind from bad debt declining, thus they received stable to moderating outlooks. Atlanta ranks as a B performer with an improving outlook mainly due to the progress we've made in reducing bad debt and fraudulent activity.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The new regulations for alternative investment managers including direct lenders, include caps on leverage for private credit funds and other restrictions that the industry is concerned will prove overly burdensome. times their equity. times their equity.

Financial Institutions 92

Financial Institutions Bidding Leveraging Asset Management 92

Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

The transaction was part of an agreement with local bondholders in a distressed debt restructuring. its controlling holder, amid a debt restructuring. its controlling holder, amid a debt restructuring. CVC hired investment bank BR Advisory Partners Participacoes SA earlier this year to advise on restructuring talks.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Hedge Funds Bidding 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

Here are some of the featured use cases for Palantir across companies in many different industries: Lennar is using Palantir to help streamline its land development bidding process. General Mills is leveraging Palantir for its logistics and supply chain efforts. Palantir is moving at a fast pace as it looks to outmaneuver big tech.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

billion in long-term debt and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3. Lastly, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy seemed like a desperate 11th-hour bid that didn't meaningfully strengthen its core business. The company could also liquidate some of its Bitcoin to strengthen its core business with bold investments and reduce its debt.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Rivian gained a lot of attention when it went public in November 2021 because it was already ramping up its production, it was backed by Amazon and Ford Motor Company , and the bulls were aggressively bidding growth and meme stocks to astronomical valuations. Tesla ended its latest quarter with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.7.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2023

Our total debt principal outstanding was approximately $28.9 Assuming the final maturity date for our hybrids, the weighted average life of our debt portfolio was 20 years. Our weighted average cost of debt is 4.6%. And at June 30, approximately 97% of our debt was fixed rate. Turning to capitalization. That's helpful.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 20, 2024

Chevron is built to weather the cycle Reuben Gregg Brewer (Chevron): Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic, Occidental got into a bidding war with Chevron over Anadarko Petroleum. Then the pandemic hit, and low oil prices coupled with a heavily leveraged balance sheet forced Occidental to make a dividend cut.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

Don't ignore a key factor in investing The era of ultra-low interest rates and cheap debt during the 2010s led to surging stock prices that were disconnected from business fundamentals. The market continues to bid up the stock, even as the business's growth opportunities become limited over time. There's a very obvious reason for that.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Our foundational code on page and engagement data signals continue to enable us to leverage our proprietary data and AI to innovate these solutions for advertisers. Leica leveraged the Onyx brand studio to create a custom high-impact format that enabled audiences to experience the immersive moments of the Leica Home Cinema.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Leveraging Bidding Capital 130

The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He knows how to leverage these popular titles in the era of digital entertainment, having established Disney's streaming strategy in 2016. And with bids to buy the company's ABC network and other linear TV assets surfacing recently, Iger is the right CEO to make any strategic moves with these assets.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It even has had the financial strength to bid for one of those newer mining operations that are gunning for a piece of the lithium pie. Albemarle currently has a bid in to acquire Australia's Liontown Resources. But five years on, the company finally hit a leverage target it's comfortable with last year.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2024

The stock was also down 42% from its 2021 all-time high when software stocks were bid up to extremely high valuations. Adjusted ( non-GAAP ) earnings per share grew by 33% to $1.62, demonstrating nice operating leverage as more revenue fell to the bottom line. on the year coming into the report.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 30, 2024

We intend to allocate the cash proceeds in a balanced manner with significant portions being used to repay debt and for returning capital to shareholders. We continue to leverage our broad portfolio of our intellectual property with the licensing of game feature patents, helping to drive non-terminal revenue, up 45% in the second quarter.

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Bidding Leveraging Debt Shareholders 130

Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

But Ares executives insist their firm remains steadfast in its goal of offering institutional investors more than just private debt. William Benjamin, head of Ares’ real estate group, describes the parent company’s prowess in private debt as an invaluable fundraising tool. Thus far, Ares has diversified farthest into real estate.

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Pension Funds Buyout Leveraged Buyouts Asset Management 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

In preparation for the upcoming tender, IGT and our current partners have entered into memorandums of understanding to maintain the existing joint venture structure for the new bid. We've had continued success with a multichannel focus, leveraging strong land-based franchises in the digital arena. online games. billion in liquidity.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Bidding Taxes Financial Institutions 130