Private Equity Insights

MARCH 11, 2025

The fund marks a strategic expansion of Brookfields infrastructure platform into the mid-market, leveraging its experience as an owner-operator to source differentiated investment opportunities. Brookfield-affiliated entities contributed $150m to the fund, reinforcing its alignment with investors.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 1, 2024

One factor driving its elevated yield is concerns that the company's hefty debt level might impact its ability to sustain that payout over the long term. The company's debt is on track to balloon further after it agreed to buy Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) in a $20 billion all-cash deal. billion of total debt (and $122.8

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This marks one of the few significant acquisitions in Europes leveraged finance market amid a scarcity of M&A activity in recent years. The two banks are leading the leveraged loan financing, which will be syndicated to institutional investors next month. Capitals acquisition of Kantar Media.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2025

Sign Up For Free CoreWeave is profitable on an operating basis, although interest payments on its debt eats up all its operating profit. Given that cloud giants and other tech companies are currently scrambling to obtain AI compute capacity, CoreWeave has enough leverage to impose this kind of arrangement. Start Your Mornings Smarter!

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The report cites Nan Zhang, head of product implementation and alternative investment research at State Street, as noting that “private debt, especially floating-rate debt, typically benefits from rising interest rates,” and expects that private debt’s outperformance might diminish as the Fed continues with rate cuts.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

The group combines the firms corporate finance, leveraged finance, and equity capital markets teams into one unit. These include innovative financing options across debt, equity, and hybrid instruments. The new group aims to provide tailored solutions for private equity firms.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

For instance, firms like Revelstoke Capital Partners and Platinum Equity have used continuation funds to support businesses in complex situations, including restructuring debt and driving operational improvements. Continuation funds also underline private equitys commitment to supporting portfolio companies through economic cycles.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

billion indirectly through share repurchases, all while reducing debt 35%. And we continue to improve our capital efficiency by leveraging technology and innovation across both our foundational and emerging assets. And it reflects our confidence in the increasing capital efficiency of our business going forward.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The financing package includes a unitranche loan of about $3bn intended to refinance PCI Pharmas current debt, the unnamed sources said. PCI Pharmas current financial obligations include a $1.9bn leveraged loan, approximately $700m in preferred equity, and other liabilities. percentage points over SOFR.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

The company operates as a business development corporation ( BDC ) and invests in debt or equity in mid-sized companies that banks overlook. BDCs tend to use leverage to help boost their payouts. While this leverage can help juice returns, it could also exacerbate losses during an economic downturn.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

At the end of the first quarter of 2024, Exxon had a debt-to-equity ratio of roughly 0.2. Chevron's debt-to-equity ratio was even lower at 0.14. The next-closest peer had a debt-to-equity ratio of around 0.4 As oil prices recovered, meanwhile, both companies reduced leverage, effectively preparing for the next industry downturn.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The oil company has been slowly monetizing that position to raise cash to repay debt. The MLP expects its leverage ratio to end the year at 3 times, down from 3.7 That's much lower than Energy Transfer, which expects its leverage ratio to be toward the lower end of its 4 times to 4.5 Occidental owns a 44.8% times target range.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 12, 2024

One kind of ETF you may want to steer clear of is the leveraged ETF , and a good example is the ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (NASDAQ: TQQQ). What's a leveraged ETF? In the financial world, the word "leverage" typically refers to debt, and investors who can stomach a lot of risk sometimes invest with borrowed money.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

A Chapter 7 bankruptcy (or BK, as we call it) would eliminate most or all of their debts and they would get a clean slate. If you find yourself in debt and you would rather not or cannot file BK, do you have options? Negotiations and debt settlement One way out is to negotiate with your creditors. Indeed you do. I can pay $0.10

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 20, 2025

The group combines the firms corporate finance, leveraged finance, and equity capital markets teams into one unit. These include innovative financing options across debt, equity, and hybrid instruments. The new group aims to provide tailored solutions for private equity firms.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 21, 2024

Let's start with leverage. Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion. Carnival's market cap is $20 billion. on Thursday.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

BlackRock made headlines in late 2024 through the firms acquisition of HPS Investment Partners , backed by their expectation that the private debt market will more than double to $4.5 This has created a very active M&A and joint-venture market that does not seem to be slowing anytime soon. trillion by 2030. [2]

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2024

It repaid debt, which steadily drove down its leverage ratio. Today, Energy Transfer has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a leverage ratio in the lower half of its 4.0-to-4.5x That improving leverage ratio has provided Energy Transfer with increased financial flexibility. times target range.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

reflecting our lower volume and lower average sales price leverage. debt to total capital ratio. We are extremely well positioned to spin Millrose and to be able to continue to repurchase shares and reduce debt as we have driven strong overall operating results to date. billion to our equity and debt holders.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2025

Higher risk, higher potential reward The greatest beneficiaries of higher oil prices are leveraged companies or companies with higher breakeven levels. OXY Financial Debt to Equity (Quarterly) data by YCharts Each E&P pays a dividend, but they aren't nearly as reliable as ExxonMobil and Chevron. compared to 3.6%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

Instead, it's a highly leveraged yen "carry trade" that has led to billions of dollars in selling and liquidations starting in the crypto market on Sunday night. But the fact the yen carry trade is inherently a leveraged trade means there can be billions of dollars of positions (long and short) unwound in a short amount of time.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6 billion of debt. billion of debt over the next two years. That debt repayment will help reduce its leverage ratio, which it expects will rise to around 1x after closing the deal. It grew its cash balance to $1.2 times after factoring in its $6.1

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2025

Additionally, American Airlines has worked diligently to reduce its substantial debt load, successfully cutting $15 billion at a faster pace than the anticipated timeline. Highlights from the Quarter The fourth quarter saw American Airlines leveraging strong passenger demand and efficient route management to deliver record revenue.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Despite achieving substantial debt reduction and strategic advancements, Viatris fell short of analysts' forecasts. Viatris made significant strides in reducing its debt by $3.7 billion, achieving a leverage ratio of 2.9. Despite these hurdles, Viatris reported a 26.1%

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

According to Reuters sources, the transaction, which could be announced as early as Monday, will see constellation pay mostly stock, with a small cash component, with the purchase price including around $12bn of Calpine debt which the buyer will absorb.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Following my comments, Dave and Ryan will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the fourth quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Americans have a lot of misunderstandings about debt, especially when considering small business loans. Small business loan debt is a tool Too often, Americans think that being in debt is some kind of moral failing or weakness. But debt is not inherently bad or good -- debt is a tool.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 15, 2024

billion of debt. That put its leverage ratio at 12%, or 8.8% billion of debt and about $1.2 That exceeded the company's long-term target to get debt below $15 billion. That exceeded the company's long-term target to get debt below $15 billion. The company's debt will balloon once it closes its CrownRock deal.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The company has leveraged its expertise in neuroscience, along with its proprietary technologies, such as NanoCrystal and LinkeRx, to expand its market presence. Notably, the company managed to retire long-term debt and remain debt-free by the end of 2024.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

Its "21/21 Plan" calls for the company to raise $42 billion via a mix of debt sales and equity offerings, and use all of it to buy more Bitcoin. Use debt to expand your ability to buy as much of it as possible. It's using significant debt to get as much leverage as possible. So the strategy of Strategy is simple.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2024

Meanwhile, its balance sheet is in good shape with a leverage ratio (net debt/adjusted EBITDA ) of just 3.2 Western appears on track to reach its leverage (net debt/adjusted EBITDA) goal of 3 times by year end, at which point it could pay out excess (special or variable) distributions above its current $0.875 quarterly based payout.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Notably, Fair Isaac continues to innovate within analytics and decision management, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to fortify its competitive position. There was also an increase in long-term debt, which may require careful monitoring for future financial efficiencies.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Leveraging the balance sheet to drive investment returns A franchise network of thousands of pizzerias creates durable cash flows. Management has been aggressive with this strategy, borrowing enough to leverage the business to between 4 and 6 times its EBITDA throughout the past decade.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 11, 2024

Enterprise ended the quarter with leverage of 3x. It defines leverage as net debt adjusted for equity credit in junior subordinated notes (hybrids) divided by adjusted EBITDA. The company is also in solid financial shape concerning its debt load.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Carnelian Energy Capital, the private equity owner of Ridgemar Energy, is exploring the sale of the US-based oil and gas producer, aiming for a valuation exceeding $1bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters. Neither Carnelian, Ridgemar, nor RBC responded to requests for comment.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Park Square Capital, a prominent European private debt firm, has implemented risk and financial advisory services specialist Kroll’s Private Capital Markets Platform to enhance its investment workflows. As we grow, we look forward to strengthening our relationship with Kroll and leveraging their valuation expertise.”

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