The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

First, the company is a specialist in mergers and acquisitions. One of the more interesting ones of the last few years was the acquisition of on!, However, the company's consistent, steady growth is precisely why dividend investors love this stock. an oral nicotine product and categorized as smokeless tobacco.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Investors' mindsets around what stocks to buy change as they age and their portfolios grow. These investors tend to play it safer with their investment choices as they get older because their picks don't have as much time to recover from potential setbacks when compared to someone with decades of investing time still ahead.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

While Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway certainly takes outsize positions in stocks ( Apple, for example), the massive conglomerate has a diverse equities portfolio worth north of $310 billion. Should investors (including Berkshire investors) be worried? Should investors be worried? That came in $0.02

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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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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Infocom operates digital comic site Mecha Comic, which is among Japan’s largest, according to its website.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

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

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.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The industrial conglomerate updated its full-year targets and gave investors insight into its strategic plans to get the company back on track toward more meaningful growth. Investors were willing to give Honeywell a pass so long as it returned to growth during the post-pandemic recovery.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

in 1965, Buffett has delivered 20% annually to its investors. Chubb One staple in Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is its investments in insurance companies. In 1995, Berkshire Hathaway acquired Geico, and the conglomerate continues to add insurance companies to its investment portfolio. million today!

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The Motley Fool

JULY 19, 2023

Dividends are an income investor's best friend. 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 hopes to optimize its supply chain to achieve $1.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In today's scorching hot stock market, investors may gloss over the favorable qualities of the defense industry. RTX's mix of revenue streams will attract investors Lee Samaha (RTX): The aerospace and defense industry had a difficult 2023. But that could work in investors' favor. Defense companies aren't known for their growth.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

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. Infocom operates digital comic site Mecha Comic, which is among Japan’s largest, according to its website.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Normally, this sector segment is somewhat boring for investors. It's trying to make a big comeback, and some investors might be tempted to bite. 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. Here's what you need to know.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 15, 2024

In volatile times, investors tend to look to dividend stocks for stability. After all, dividend stocks are profitable and give investors a return on their investment no matter what happens with the stock market. billion write-down on its acquisition of VillageMD, yet another warning sign. dividend yield. in 2023, driven by an 8.9%

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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 for long-term investors, Capital One looks like a tremendous value and has some interesting growth opportunities in the future. of the bank worth "only" $1.6 Should you invest $1,000 in Capital One Financial right now?

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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. It could potentially reinvigorate sales growth by reinvesting more of its retained earnings into expansion initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

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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. Simply arriving at solutions to 3M's various problems helped give investors much-needed confidence that the business was heading in the right direction. Plus, investors still get a 2.1% Should investors still buy 3M stock?

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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. RTX's Q2 by the numbers Give investors some credit. And yet, despite the bad news, RTX stock is up more than 9% since reporting these earnings.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But following four-plus decades of acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, innovation, and economic shifts, only two public companies still hold this pristine credit rating. In April, S&P reaffirmed its AAA credit rating on J&J, albeit with a negative outlook. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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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

JUNE 25, 2023

What investors may want to know about the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC. They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Walmart wasn't one of them! Ricky Mulvey: Today, the UFC is this mixed martial arts conglomerate. It's something that's regularly on ESPN.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Riding the Oracle of Omaha's coattails has been a no-brainer moneymaking strategy, which is why investors eagerly await Berkshire's Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. When Berkshire closed its acquisition of General Re, it became the owner of NEAM. Image source: Getty Images. As of Sept. billion, as of Sept.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now. We covered some interesting food-related mergers recently. They're just like a whole conglomeration of brands, similar with PepsiCo , with all of the Frito-Lay stuff. It's not exactly the most exciting thing for investors.

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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 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. You did no acquisitions. You’re working as an attorney for an advisory firm.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

What to look for in investor presentations. Why investors are cheering Brookfield 's $4.3 They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Walgreens Boots Alliance wasn't one of them! You can put down to signaling investor disquiet with what's going on here.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. So I joined Goldman and their merger department, but said, I’d like to be your LBO guy. The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there. I started at Goldman at ’81 doing, you know, mostly raid work and more traditional merger and seller work.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In that, you're thinking not just about numbers and what it makes sense to estimate moving forward based on what's already happened in the past, but you've also got to think about PR, investor relations, how you communicate these changes that you're anticipating, be they positive or negative. Look at a full year's worth of earnings releases.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 10, 2023

The world’s most sophisticated private real estate investors, including Canadian pension plans, say scores of properties they own are worth hundreds of millions of dollars each and have held most of their value. Credit Investments Committed to provide €85 million in financing to support KKR’s acquisition of a portfolio of European loans.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

the Vanguard Information Technology ETF remains a top choice for investors looking for a low-cost way to invest in market leaders. Still, the Vanguard Communications ETF could be a good buy for investors who want more exposure to growth but at a better value than can be found in a tech of consumer discretionary sector ETF.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

Invested US$100 million in financing to support EQT’s acquisition of Zeus, a leading contract manufacturer in the medical devices industry based in the U.S. Committed to invest C$197 million in financing to support CapVest Partners in its acquisition of Recochem. billion as part of the Optics BidCo investor group.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2025

3M (NYSE: MMM) was once a dependable dividend stock for conservative investors. The diversified conglomerate sold a broad range of industrial, worker safety, and consumer goods, and it was a Dividend King that consistently raised its dividend annually for more than 50 years. Its forward dividend yield of 2.1%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Up until now, a potential breakup of the industrial conglomerate was merely speculation. A push for change Honeywell hit an all-time high last month on news that activist investor Elliott Investment Management (Elliott) had amassed a more than $5 billion position in the stock , representing a 3% to 4% stake in the company.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Discovery that's pleasing its investors, and why the media conglomerate may be a falling knife. Before you buy stock in Alphabet, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now and Alphabet wasnt one of them.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Klarman's fund, the Baupost Group, has done quite well, generating annual returns of 20% over the last three decades, according to institutional-investor intelligence service Hedge Fund Alpha. Liberty is a complex story that many investors have consistently viewed as a value play. Forbes estimates that Klarman has a net worth of $1.3

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. COHAN: Well, basically, what became General Electric, which was a merger of two companies, you know, sort of what was a pioneer in bringing electric power, the generation of electric power, and then creating the electric power grid.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Still, it seems likely that it will rise back above the mark again, effectively making the conglomerate the tenth trillion-dollar company. First, bank investors are hopeful that the incoming Trump administration will bring a looser new regulatory framework on the antitrust front that would encourage more mergers and acquisitions.

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