The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. During its pre-merger presentation, SoundHound predicted that its revenue would rise from $13 million in 2020 to $20 million in 2021, and then grow to $28 million in 2022. and rallied to an all-time high of $14.98

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in December 2020 and reached its record high of $35.88 But in 2023, the company's revenue plunged, its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) margin declined, and it stayed unprofitable. billion $8.0

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Unlike AT&T and Verizon , which expanded their wireless networks to reduce their dependence on wireline connections, Lumen shunned the wireless market and expanded its wireline business through a series of mergers and acquisitions. With an enterprise value of $23.4 It also still had $1.5

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2024

It's making two acquisitions to enhance its footprint, cash flow, and ability to return cash to investors. After closing the deal for GIP's interest in EnLink, Oneok plans to pursue the acquisition of EnLink's publicly traded shares in a tax-free transaction (i.e., a stock-based acquisition). billion enterprise value.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) seemed like a promising growth stock when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Dec. That slowdown also caused its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) -- which briefly turned positive in 2021 -- to turn negative again.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 17, 2024

Here's what makes the company a stellar "forever" investment, especially following its recent acquisition. Last but not least, however, Casey's most powerful growth lever remaining could be its continued geographic expansion, whether through building new stores or leaning upon its newly formed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

That price is good for an enterprise value of $14.9 Steel announced back in August 2023 , spurred after the company received multiple unsolicited proposals ranging from the acquisition of certain assets to the purchase of the entire company. In a press release this morning, U.S. billion (including roughly $800 million of U.S.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) increased 20% in the second quarter to almost $3.8 The biggest catalyst has been acquisitions. billion acquisition of Lotus Midstream last May and followed it up with its $7.1 billion acquisition of WTG Midstream. times target range.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2024

Despite this track record of success -- along with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) and FCF growth of 81% and 73% over the last five years -- the share price for MTY stock trading over the counter in the U.S. is down 40% from its high. percentage points.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last April. SoundHound fell short of its pre-merger expectations, and rising interest rates exacerbated that pain by compressing its valuations. The audio and speech recognition company's stock opened at $8.72 less than a month later.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2023

The acquisition will create a massive luxury brand empire, bringing together Tapestry brands Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman with Capri brands Michael Kors, Versace, and Jimmy Choo. The deal assigns an enterprise value of $8.5 billion to Capri.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Symbiotic (NASDAQ: SYM) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on June 8, 2022. Over the past year, it's consistently grown revenue at double-digit and triple-digit rates, while narrowing its losses on an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) basis.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Could one of those stocks be BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) , the enterprise AI software company that went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in 2021? set some unrealistic growth targets during its pre-merger presentation and missed those estimates by a mile. What does BigBear.ai For 2024, BigBear.ai

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) , a maker of electric semi-trucks, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in June 2020. In its pre-merger presentation, it told investors it could deliver 600 BEVs in 2021, 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and 3,500 BEVs in 2023. Its shares opened at $37.55 a week later.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But instead of following that trend and expanding into the wireless market, Lumen doubled down on the legacy wireline market through a series of mergers and acquisitions while expanding its portfolio of cloud, security, and collaboration services for enterprise customers. billion in high interest rate loans.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) disappointed a lot of investors after it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in April 2022. Yet it had previously told investors it could generate $98 million in revenue in 2023 during its pre-merger presentation.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 13, 2025

The sale forms part of Constellation's acquisition of Calpine. The merger will expand the footprint of the combined company across the continental US. is nearing an acquisition of Calpine Corp., in 2022, chief executive Joe Dominguez said he was interested in growing the company through mergers and acquisitions.

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Diamond Consultants

JUNE 1, 2023

And certainly, there are plenty of firms out there that have identified the right combination of exceptional client service, smart recruiting and strategic growth initiatives—making them attractive acquisition targets. How do I build a business for maximum enterprise value?

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But price to sales, enterprise value to earnings before interest taxes, depreciation and amortization, aka EBITDA, or your good old price to earnings metric. As you mentioned, following the last reported earnings in August, the company closed on an aviation acquisition. Now that they've closed the acquisition.

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Axial

JANUARY 23, 2025

TX JTW Advisors FL – 1 closed deal on Axial | – 2 or more closed deals on Axial (all-time) About the Top 25 The Peakstone Group is an investment bank that specializes in mergers and acquisitions advisory and capital raising for middle market clients. We offer M&A advisory services as sell-side advisors.

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Axial

OCTOBER 24, 2024

is the global leader in merger and acquisition services, specializing in serving software and information technology companies worldwide. ” Visit Hill View Partners’ Profile “Ardent Advisory Group is a privately-held, independent investment bank that provides strategic advice and execution on mergers and acquisitions.

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Axial

JULY 27, 2023

CA 11 Gleason Advisors PA 12 ACT Capital Advisors WA 13 Vercor GA 14 EBB Group TX 15 Sun Mergers & Acquisitions NJ 16 New Direction Partners PA 17 Marshall-Stevens CA 18 Cornerstone Business Services, Inc. ASA has 25 years experience in Mergers, Acquisitions, and corporate exits.”

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2023

Given the strong interest to partner with ETM and the high caliber of potential partners, we, together with our board, decided to accommodate a greater share of investors and increased the equity capitalization to 13%, considering an enterprise value of $26 billion. The implied pre-money equity value for Vale was $25.1

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The Big Picture

JUNE 11, 2024

He began as an attorney working on things like taxes and, and trusts in estates and consulting for various RIA firms when he became an RIA and eventually bought creative planning when it had, you know, a handful of, of clients and, you know, 30, $35 million. You did no acquisitions. What can I say about Peter Mallouk?

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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

JANUARY 2, 2025

BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) , a developer of AI-oriented analytics tools, went public three years go by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). During its pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai increased its share count by 85% since its SPAC merger. But with an enterprise value of $1.35 But with $65.6

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The fintech company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on June 1, 2021, and its stock opened at $21.97. Like many other SPAC-backed companies, SoFi disappointed its investors by missing its ambitious pre-merger forecasts. At $16, it has an enterprise value of $16.2 million to 13.65

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ: LAZR) , a developer of commercial automotive lidars, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) four years ago. During its pre-merger presentation, Luminar claimed it could grow its revenue from an estimated $15 million in 2020 to $124 million in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2024

EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) , a leading builder of EV charging networks, went public in July 2021 by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). In its pre-merger presentation, it claimed it could grow its revenue from an estimated $20 million in 2021 to $166 million in 2023. The combined company's stock opened at $15.05

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2024

14, 2023, by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ). With an enterprise value of $1 billion, Intuitive still looks like a bargain at 4 times this year's sales and just 2 times its estimated sales for 2026. The combined company's stock started trading at $10, soared to a record high of $81.99

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 18, 2025

The artificial intelligence (AI) software company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and its shares opened at $9.84. But if we compare BigBear.ai's pre-merger revenue forecasts to its actual performance over the past four years, we'll see why the bulls retreated and the bears rushed in.

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