The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2024

Rivian Rivian's stock price has plunged nearly 90% from its initial public offering (IPO) in November 2021. 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. Let's take a closer look at these three EV stocks.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Combining incredible historical total returns with robust returns on invested capital (ROIC) and steadily rising dividends , some companies are built to stand the test of time. Laser-focused on streamlining its operations to provide products and services at the lowest cost possible, the company generates over $4.4

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The Motley Fool

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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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors on Monday agreed to go public by merging with blank-check firm Churchill Capital IV Corp in a deal that valued the combined company at a pro-forma equity value of $24 billion. in volatile extended trading, giving the merged company a market capitalization of about $64 billion.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 11, 2024

It's been a rough few years for investors excited about new biopharmaceutical companies that use artificial intelligence (AI) to select new drug candidates. Then, the company mines its data trove for potential new drug targets. For a company that promises to speed up the drug development process, Recursion isn't moving very fast.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Companies that pay dividends display a commitment to shareholders and tend to have prudent capital management. Some companies offer consistent dividend payments year in and year out, but those payments offer modest yields of 2% or less. The company was a big beneficiary of the blistering investment activity seen in 2021.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Taking flight with a stock shortly after it debuts on the public markets can be an endeavor fraught with risk -- something that early investors in Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) could probably tell you from firsthand experience. Those who bought Joby stock the day it began trading after its SPAC merger was completed are down about 61%.

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The Motley Fool

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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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Take corporate fundraising and M&A ( mergers and acquisitions ) as an example. It's not just a brewing rebound in mergers and acquisitions or initial public offerings making BofA a compelling prospect, though. He's also a major shareholder of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO). That reason?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2025

Let's dig deeper to decide what the next 12 months might have in store for this speculative company. The company went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in 2022. The smaller company's fourth-quarter earnings highlight its alarming operating conditions. million.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Amazon 's (NASDAQ: AMZN) investment in electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) gets a fair amount of coverage in the financial press, but many investors are probably not aware that the e-commerce giant owns stock in nine other publicly traded companies. Twilio Cloud communications company $10.1 billion on June 30.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Private investment giant Blackstone expects a more favourable environment for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a rebound in initial public offerings (IPOs) to drive more than double the number of private equity exits in 2025, according to a report by Reuters.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2024

that February, representing a 2,857% gain from its initial public offering (IPO) price of $15 in 2016. For example, with Twilio, Airbnb guests can contact their hosts; Lyft riders can message their drivers; and other companies can send out text-based verification messages for their mobile apps. Unity's stock hit $201.12

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 8, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it has to return at least 90% of the profits it generates to shareholders as a dividend. For example, software businesses including Palantir and life science companies such as Axsome Therapeutics were previous recipients of seed capital from Hercules.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A key tactic being used by private-equity firms is the introduction of portability clauses in debt deals, which allow companies to keep their existing debt when sold, avoiding a common trigger that would otherwise force the buyer to refinance or pay off the debt upon a change in ownership.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2024

Prologis (NYSE: PLD) isn't your average company. The company also delivered above-average dividend growth during that period (12% compound annual growth, compared to 6% for the S&P 500 and other REITs). The company's above-average earnings and dividend growth rates have helped power strong total returns. It bought a $3.1

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Honeywell cheers the market The industrial company's stock price has been flat over the last three years compared to a 32% increase in the S&P 500. The general idea is that breaking up conglomerates will enable management to focus on core businesses and expertise while realigning the capital structure of the new companies.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

Investment banks reported earnings growth of double-digit percentages in the first quarter, driven by strong initial public offering ( IPO ) markets and a pick-up in debt underwriting. The company's earnings per share ( EPS ) more than doubled from the fourth quarter and grew 27%, compared to the same quarter last year.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Shares of the cloud software company best known for its data analytics and AI platforms are trading up 275% year to date, the best-performing stock on the S&P 500 this year after Vistra , an unregulated utility that's seen its stock soar as investors anticipate an AI-driven spike in demand for power. PLTR data by YCharts.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

startups founded in 2018 that used Carta for cap table management: 49% have shut down, 5% were acquired, and just 0.2% only four made it to a public listing. At Insight, weve found that successful companies plan for every stage of their journey, all the way through to exit. Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition?

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

It also said its Mexico consumer business was on track for a planned initial public offering (IPO) by 2025. In the first quarter, Goldman saw its investment banking fees grow 32% from last year, thanks to strong growth across its advisory (mergers and acquisitions), equity underwriting (IPOs), and debt underwriting segments.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

But overall, lower rates should be a net positive because it encourages borrowing and economic growth, reigniting the investment banking market for initial public offerings and merger and acquisition deals. Those are great companies, but their valuations already look stretched.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

The S&P 500 has notched new highs, and several high-profile companies are taking advantage of the bull market conditions. Popular trading platform Webull just announced that it is pursuing an initial public offering ( IPO ). Moreover, companies valued at over $5 billion returned negative 74%. However, only 4.3

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A bid for Vodafone’s Spain business could pitch RRJ into competition with Zegona Communications Plc, an acquisition vehicle, which last month said it was in talks about a deal to acquire the assets from the UK carrier. in London, giving the company a market value of £20.6bn. The stock was down 0.7% at 11:41 a.m.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So, how exactly does the company do it? Powered by this surprising growth story, Casey's inside sales now account for roughly 62% of the company's gross profit , helping its stock rise by over 28,000% since its 1986 initial public offering. Pizza, mostly. Let's have a closer look.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 11, 2024

Those who buy top-notch companies and stick with those investments for the long haul have an excellent opportunity to build generational wealth. The financial industry may make you think of banks, but it extends far beyond that to companies with broad customer bases offering a range of products and services that help the economy run smoothly.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2024

Investment banks Investment banks, on the other hand, offer very few of these services and focus primarily on acting as advisors in an array of capacities to large corporations and high-net-worth individuals.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Semiconductor company Arm Holdings and grocery delivery app Instacart both recently completed initial public offerings (IPOs). The sheer volume of mergers and acquisitions in this industry underscores two key themes: Marketing automation tools are in demand, and these companies command hefty price tags.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 16, 2024

In 2022, rising interest rates created an air of uncertainty around markets , including those for initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions, both bread-and-butter businesses for investment bankers. Wells Fargo is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

average annual total return since it came public a quarter century ago. The company has delivered those strong returns by steadily expanding its portfolio of income-producing real estate. Carey has raised its payout every year since going public. annualized total return since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1998.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

EG Group, a petrol station company supported by private equity firm TDR Capital, is preparing for an initial public offering in New York as early as this year that could value the business at approximately $13bn, according to a report by the Financial Times. The notion this is shareholder driven is quite far-fetched.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

In 2021, the company had record revenue in investment banking and was No. 1 in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), equity and equity-related offerings, common stock offerings, and initial public offerings (IPOs). Bank of America is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Counting all 20 top pharmaceutical companies and hospital systems as customers, Doximity has the receipts to support this notion. Most importantly for investors, these massive clients aren't just advertising with the company here and there but steadily increasing their spending over time.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

CPPIB also plans to contribute about $1 billion to the proposed merger between Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen Inc., two packaging companies. interest in the public shares of Denmark-based DSV A/S to support the funding of DSVs acquisition of Schenker AG. The investments included a 24.5% billion 10-year net return of 9.2%

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Janet Coscino (Chicago) leads complex transactions for private equity firms, as well as public and private companies, across a variety of industries. Jamie Darch (Chicago) is a health care lawyer who guides life sciences and health care companies and investors on transactional, regulatory and compliance matters.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Many companies went public via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2020 and 2021. The company has also received backing (investments and/or commercial contracts) from Verizon Communications , Alphabet , and Vodafone.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Banks and other financial companies should benefit too, as long as there isn't a severe recession. But deposits reprice on a lag, so the company won't benefit from lower deposit pricing right away. Lower interest rates can serve as a shot of adrenaline for stocks, because lower treasury yields make riskier assets more appealing.

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