The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As it turns out, the rumors first floated last week are true: Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is acquiring Vizio (NYSE: VZIO). The $2.3 billion deal was confirmed on Tuesday. The purchase brings a respectable consumer electronics brand into Walmart's fold. The thing is, the acquisition may be even more brilliant than it seems to be on the surface. Vizio brings four distinct things to the table that will make Walmart even more investment-worthy once the deal goes down. 1.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Texas-based Evergreen is a provider of specialized and recurring environmental solutions. The post Sterling exits Evergreen North American Industrial Services appeared first on PE Hub.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Rivian 's (NASDAQ: RIVN) financials are a mess. The company is burning billions in cash and can't sell vehicles profitably. Within a year, it will need to raise money to build its next manufacturing facility and still won't be generating cash. A company flush with cash is General Motors (NYSE: GM) , which has struggled in the EV market. In this video, Travis Hoium shows why these are a perfect match for a merger.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The seller was CenterOak Partners. The post Nautic Partners acquires SurfacePrep appeared first on PE Hub.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Image source: Getty Images We're already two months into 2024, and many travelers are ready to plan their next trip. Cruises have long been popular because of their all-inclusive packages. You can travel to multiple destinations and enjoy various offerings on board, like food, entertainment, and activities. If you're considering taking a cruise this year, choosing one that offers exceptional value can be a smart move for your personal finances.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Andreski succeeds Tom Gaillard, who served as CEO of Definiti for the last eight years. The post LMP-backed Definiti taps Andreski as CEO appeared first on PE Hub.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nautic Partners snaps up SurfacePrep from CenterOak. The post CentreOak sells SurfacePrep to Nautic; Nordic Capital’s investment in Zafin; plus 5 PE deals in door services appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses the latest comments from Intel 's (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO and what they could mean for investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 20, 2024. The video was published on Feb. 22, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Intel right now? Before you buy stock in Intel, 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 Intel wasn’t one of them.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Apryse is a provider of document processing technology. The post Thoma Bravo-backed Apryse snaps up software firm Lead Technologies appeared first on PE Hub.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

History is proof the U.S. stock market always climbs to new highs given enough time. But the stocks that lead the charge higher aren't always the same. To help find the new leaders, Wall Street often groups them together to separate them from the rest of the market. For example, CNBC financial analyst Jim Cramer coined the FAANG acronym in 2017 to describe five of the largest technology companies at the time: Facebook, which now trades as Meta Platforms Apple Amazon Netflix Google, which now tra

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital, Littlejohn & Co, Platinum Equity, Main Post Partners and Dominus Capital are some of the firms investing in this sector. The post Closing deals: 5 PE firms investing in home and commercial door businesses appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

According to research by The Motley Fool, the average U.S. household has $87,000 saved for retirement. Suppose you want to retire with a million-dollar nest egg. Round that average to $100,000, and you need to grow your savings tenfold between now and retirement. That can seem intimidating, especially with how hard it feels to get that first $100,000.

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nordic Capital has offices across the world, including in New York, and invests in financial software companies, among others. The post Nordic Capital bets big on core banking systems appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) stock is falling off a cliff -- it was trading 10% lower as of 10:30 a.m. ET Friday. The electric vehicle (EV) stock has now lost a whopping 33% in just two days and has fallen 55% already in 2024, as of this writing. Ouch. The markets believed Rivian would be able to turn things around in 2024 and ramp up production swiftly, but the EV maker just confirmed its struggles are far from over yet.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

There are basically three ways to become uber-wealthy: 1. Your family is rich. 2. You get lucky. 3. You take big risks and work really hard. For a lot of people it tends to be some combination of numbers 2 and 3. The majority of the uber-wealthy class in this country who didn’t get their money handed down to them created it by starting a business (or becoming an equity owner in a business).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

There wasn't much good news for the solar industry this week, as earnings season brought bad report after bad report. Residential solar companies are suffering most because of policy changes in Europe and California, just as higher interest rates were making it harder to economically build solar projects. The three most impacted companies this week were Sunrun (NASDAQ: RUN) which fell 27% for the week; SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) , dropping 21.4%; and Sunnova Energy (NYSE: NOVA) , whic

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PE Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Avenue Capital's Avenue Sports Fund, which was launched to back various established teams and leagues across the globe, is the investor. The post Avenue Capital backs professional bull-riding team New York Mavericks appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) stock is off to a terrific start in 2024, gaining 19%. That's the good news. The bad news is Disney stock did significantly worse last year, and has underperformed the S&P 500 by more than 17% over the past 52 weeks. Can returning champion CEO Bob Iger pull Disney stock out of its funk, and get the stock price moving higher again?

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired USA Water from Warren Equity Partners. USA Water is a provider of non-discretionary operations and maintenance (O&M) services for water and wastewater systems across the Southeast United States. The company was formed by Warren Equity in October 2020 as a platform to acquire operations and maintenance service providers,… This content is for members only.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It's no secret that interest and, more importantly, investment in artificial intelligence (AI) are booming. That creates growth opportunities for companies and enhances value for shareholders in companies with exposure. One such company is diversified industrial Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON). It's not just a user of AI to add value to its solutions; it also has a significant stake in a quantum computing business that management plans to monetize.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Probo Medical, a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire Alpha Source Group, a portfolio company of Baird Capital since April 2015. Avista acquired Probo in February 2022 from Varsity Healthcare Partners. Milwaukee-headquartered Alpha Source Group operates through three subsidiaries – Alpha Source Biomed Solutions, BC Technical Imaging Solutions and Medical Optics… This content is for members only.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian takes a closer look at QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) stock to update investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 19, 2024. The video was published on Feb. 21, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in QuantumScape right now? Before you buy stock in QuantumScape, 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 QuantumScape wasn’t one of them.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Argosy Healthcare Partners has acquired Command Medical Products, a provider of contract manufacturing services for the production of single-use disposable medical devices. Command’s clean room capabilities include tube extrusion, radio frequency welding, heat sealing and sterile barrier packaging that are used to manufacture an array of products including catheters, intravenous tubing sets, nasogastric tubes, and… This content is for members only.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

All stocks require research before buying. But sometimes after research, I conclude that a company isn't ever worth an investment -- no need to circle back in the future. Some businesses simply burn cash, will burn more cash with scale, and continually dilute investors to pay the bills. I believed Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) was going to be one of those companies after I researched it in 2019.

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Private Equity Professional

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

McNally Capital has closed its sale of Advanced Micro Instruments to publicly traded Enpro Industries for $210 million in cash. McNally first invested in the company in 2014. Advanced Micro Instruments (AMI) is a provider of application-specific analyzers and sensing technologies used in the natural gas, biogas, laboratory, wastewater, air separation, cryogenics, aerospace and industrial… This content is for members only.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In today's rip-roaring stock market, it's easy to get caught up with what's hot and overlook the milestones of consistent stalwarts. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) , one of the most well-known dividend-paying companies, just raised its dividend by 5.4% to a record high of $0.485 per share. The dividend is payable on April 1 to shareholders of record as of March 15.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Five years after its founding, rPlus Energies (“rPlus”), a leading private renewable energy developer, announced a platform-level partnership with Sandbrook Capital (“Sandbrook”), a private investment firm dedicated to transforming the world’s energy infrastructure. Sandbrook will invest up to $460 million in the platform alongside continued support from Gardner Group , the founding investor in rPlus and a leading commercial real estate company in the Mountain West. rPlus’ diversified

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Last week marked one of the most important days of the first quarter for the investing community. Feb. 14 was the deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Put simply, a 13F provides professional and everyday investors alike with an under-the-hood look at what Wall Street's smartest and most successful money managers bought and sold in the latest quarter (in this instance, the qua

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Lower middle market investment manager Keystone Capital Management (Keystone), has held the first and final closing of its oversubscribed Keystone Fund III (Fund III) after just four months of fundraising at its hard cap of $630m in capital commitments. Keystone professionals make up the largest single investor in the fund. Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Keystone was founded in 1995 and invests primarily in North American

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Reaching a $1 trillion valuation is one of the most prestigious milestones a company can achieve, and it usually takes decades of consistent operational excellence. That's why a mere six U.S. companies have valuations of $1 trillion or more right now: Microsoft Apple Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) Alphabet (Google parent) Amazon Meta Platforms However, Apple and Microsoft are the only two companies to have valuations north of $2 trillion at the moment.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Global investment firm KKR has closed a $2.34bn unitranche debt facility with US dental partnership organisation MB2 Dental, which will go towards funding upcoming acquisitions and future growth for the company. According to a press release, MB2 Dental was founded in 2007 and has partnered with over 685 general and specialty dental practices across 39 US states.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

With the S&P 500 hovering around an all-time high, some investors might be looking for safer investments that generate passive income without the stock market needing to go higher. The S&P 500 has long been a source of passive income. But investing in an S&P 500 index fund yields just 1.5% right now, far lower than the risk-free 10-year Treasury rate at 4.2%.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

TPG Inc., a private equity titan, is poised to acquire Alter Domus, a leading fund administration firm, for €4.5 billion. This strategic move signals the escalating consolidation trend within the private equity landscape and the increasing allure of private capital as an asset class. With this landmark acquisition, TPG aims to diversify its portfolio and strengthen its capabilities, setting the stage for further industry transformations.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) development of high-end data center GPUs for processing machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) tasks has turned it into a hypergrowth stock over the past couple of years. All of the world's leading AI companies -- including ChatGPT's developer OpenAI, Microsoft , Alphabet 's Google, and Amazon -- use Nvidia GPUs. Nvidia's first-mover advantage and its lack of meaningful competitors made it one of the easiest ways to profit from the expansion of the AI market.

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