The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 4, 2024

News of fresh inclusion on a well-known stock index was the catalyst sending shares of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL) conglomerate Crescent Energy (NYSE: CRGY) higher over the past few trading days. The stock began trading in late 2021 after a merger and is down 25% since then. The switch is scheduled to take effect today.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 Teijin, a conglomerate with chemical, healthcare and internet businesses, said it will book a 105 billion yen profit on a consolidated basis from the sale of Infocom in the current financial year ending in March 2025.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

While it may sound like an oxymoron to change a winning strategy, shareholders always want improvement, and the company's lofty valuation rating means management is under pressure to generate more value for investors. Honeywell's valuation "problem" The industrial conglomerate is a high-quality company, and the market knows it.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

It's always interesting when a new company comes to market and doubly interesting when it's a spinoff. In reality, two new companies came out of the spinoff of Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) -- a newly created healthcare company and an industrial conglomerate without a healthcare business.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 15, 2024

However, a look inside Warren Buffett-led conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway 's stock portfolio might reveal some of the most interesting opportunities for long-term investors right now. If you aren't familiar with the company, NVR uses a land-light model. Unlike most builders, the company doesn't buy large quantities of land.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 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.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In 1980, around 60 publicly traded companies possessed the highly coveted AAA credit rating. But following four-plus decades of acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, innovation, and economic shifts, only two public companies still hold this pristine credit rating. The same can be said for much of corporate America.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Pfizer Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has been in the game for a long time, evolving over the years to become one of healthcare's most active merger and acquisition players. The company's revenue and earnings are plummeting, and Wall Street has sent the stock to near decade-lows. trillion healthcare machine.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

While there are many companies that pay a dividend, a special group known as Dividend Kings may offer the best selection. Indeed, the five companies explored below not only pay a dividend but have raised their payout every year for at least the last half-century. First, the company is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 19, 2023

Large, reputable companies might go through volatility in revenue and earnings, but most are unlikely to want to cut their dividend as it sends a bad signal to their investors. The company has a well-recognized portfolio of brands such as Head & Shoulders, Crest, Oral-B, Pampers, and Pantene. FCF came in at $9.2

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Industrial conglomerate 3M (NYSE: MMM) spent 2018 to 2023 on a slow and steady downward slide. 3M's rally is warranted Sometimes, uncertainty is worse than a company's actual problems. Brown also said he's evaluating 3M's research and development spend and the company's portfolio for potential mergers and acquisitions.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It's never a bad idea to start your search with stocks already hand-picked by Warren Buffett (and his lieutenants) and currently held by his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway. KR Dividend data by YCharts Management expects this growth streak to continue indefinitely, driven by continued inflation, population growth, and acquisitions.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Which of these two stocks owned by the Warren Buffett-led conglomerate is the better fit for you? But the risk-reward dynamics look very attractive right now, especially if the bank can successfully complete the Discover merger. Discover Financial Services is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company.

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The Motley Fool

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. Similarly, RTX's earnings might have been a lot stronger than what the company reported -- $1.41 to just 2% in the second quarter.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 6, 2023

In a move that creates a growing corporate giant in Delaware, the water speciality chemical company Solenis has closed a deal to acquire Diversey, a company that produces a wide variety of cleaning products. a share, totaling an acquisition price of $4.6 The all-cash deal for the publicly traded Diversey was set at $8.40

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The Motley Fool

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. The company's dividend-growth streak currently qualifies it as a Dividend King , a term for companies that have increased their payouts for at least 50 years in a row.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Defense companies aren't known for their growth. RTX and its dividend face challenges , but are worth a look given the two sectors in which the company operates. Thanks to the company's robust backlog, this certainly seems to be the case. Lockheed Martin reported a company record $160.6 For context, Honeywell spent $8.3

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 15, 2024

Its strategy of diversifying into healthcare clinics hasn't yielded great results so far, and the company brought in CEO Tim Wentworth, a seasoned healthcare executive, a sign that the company made a mistake with former CEO Rosalind Brewer, whose background was with consumer goods companies like Starbucks and Walmart.

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The Motley Fool

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. Today, the company reports in three primary segments: High-performance analog (HPA): Radio frequency and power management chips for autos, aerospace, and mobile and internet infrastructure.

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The Motley Fool

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) It was growing rapidly.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2023

What investors may want to know about the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC. Ricky Moldy caught up with Thompson to discuss the early days of mixed martial arts, the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC, and what it takes to be the Alpha of a cage fighting organization. How President Dana White negotiates with fighters.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 1998, Buffett's company acquired General Re for $22 billion. When Berkshire closed its acquisition of General Re, it became the owner of NEAM. AT&T The first amazing stock to buy in Warren Buffett's hidden portfolio for the upcoming year is telecom company AT&T (NYSE: T). billion, as of Sept. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and sports journalist John Nash analyze newly listed TKO Holdings , the company that runs both WWE and UFC, and address the challenges it may face. We covered some interesting food-related mergers recently. It's splitting into two independently traded companies, Kellanova and WK Kellogg.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 11, 2024

Peter is the guy I look to when I wanna learn things about how to build a firm, how to grow organically, how to think about acquisitions, how to structure your company, really to become an enterprise as opposed to merely being a business. What led you to acquire the company in 2004? You did no acquisitions.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

billion bid for life insurance company American Equity. Jim, why was the market surprised that the pandemic tailwinds have worn off for this company? The company is expecting $800 million in savings over the next year and taking a wide approach to healthcare delivery for growth and primary care, specialty pharmacy.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

They have $37 billion in clients and their own funds, of which they have invested across a variety of disciplines from credit to strategic capital, as well as taking companies private and helping them grow into something more substantial than they’ve been in the past. The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 10, 2023

Operational Highlights Corporate developments Issued a joint statement with Canada’s leading pension plan investment managers that calls on companies to embrace the new International Sustainability Standards Board disclosure framework. based global communications company, in which we now own an approximate 9% stake. We own a 16.3%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

All five ETFs mirror the performance of a stock market sector by investing in dozens, if not hundreds, of companies. Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world, surpassing $3.64 Although folks may think of both companies as tech stocks, Amazon and Tesla are both technically in the consumer discretionary sector.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

The fund remains focused on economywide reductions and helping companies transition, said Graham, rather than short-term targets. Really focusing on investing in companies, and investing in their decarbonization plans, and not focused on short-term, because in the short term, we could even see the carbon in our portfolio increase."

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GE had a benefit in over other companies in that regard because they had a AAA credit rating. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. RITHOLTZ: Whereas all the other public companies had access to capital and managed to get into trouble. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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