The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 20, 2023

TransMedics held its initial public offering (IPO) in 2019 and saw its stock rise over 300% by 2023. However, in the last three months, its stock price has plummeted over 55% as the market wrestled with TransMedics' recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. This has left investors at a crossroads.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2024

Rivian Rivian's stock price has plunged nearly 90% from its initial public offering (IPO) in November 2021. The maker of electric pickups, SUVs, and delivery vans for Amazon originally told investors it could produce 50,000 vehicles in 2022, but produced only 24,337 that year as it struggled with tight supply chain constraints.

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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. billion cash contribution from CCIV and a PIPE (private investment in public equity) investment of 2.5

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Costco Wholesale Had an investor bought $100 worth of Costco shares at the company's initial public offering (IPO) in 1985 and held until today, they would now have over $150,000. Quickly growing to become the world's third-largest retailer, Costco is home to 876 warehouses and roughly 134 million cardholding members.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Throughout the last couple of years of heightened investor worry, global spending on cloud computing actually kept rising. And one of them has been steadily cranking out profitable growth since its initial public offering in 2019. Dynatrace also just made a small acquisition of an AI start-up called Runecast.

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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. Wait and see Exscientia isn't Recursion's first technology acquisition since it went public with a promise to make drug discovery more efficient.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As such, investors are looking for a potential upside catalyst for the share price. It's an idea that finds favor with investors. billion and could conduct an initial public offering for its quantum computing business Quantinuum for about $10 billion. Here's what you need to know about Honeywell's latest news.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Should investors (including Berkshire investors) be worried? However, advisory revenue from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) beat consensus nicely. High interest rates and volatile market conditions have led to a decline in M&As and initial public offerings (IPOs) in recent years.

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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.

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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

MARCH 5, 2024

Popular trading platform Webull just announced that it is pursuing an initial public offering ( IPO ). Going public through a non-traditional route One thing that sticks out about Webull's proposed offering is its non-traditional route to the public exchanges. However, only 4.3 million funded customers.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2025

The company went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in 2022. SPACs allow companies to bypass the strict listing requirements of a traditional initial public offering (IPO), allowing less mature businesses to hit the market.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Bank of America Investors might be a bit hesitant to own any bank stocks right now. 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.

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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. So should contrarian investors still buy either of these fallen stocks? Twilio initially benefited from the rapid growth of the mobile-app market. Twilio's stock surged to $443.49 Unity's stock hit $201.12

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 8, 2024

So far this year, two unnamed portfolio companies filed for initial public offerings ( IPOs ). Also in the first quarter, four more portfolio companies agreed to lucrative merger and acquisition deals. Hercules offers a standard quarterly distribution that's been rising since 2010 and is currently set at $0.40

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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. For example, mergers and acquisitions ( M&A ) were down, and advisory revenue fell 28%. However, debt issuance surged.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 18, 2024

Because of that, it remains a top option for investors seeking an elite dividend stock with high total return potential. Since its initial public offering (IPO), the company has grown its dividend at a 15% compound annual rate, the 13th fastest pace in the S&P 100 (the top 100 publicly traded stocks in the country).

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

This can help them stay on track and position their business as an appealing opportunity for potential acquirers or public investors. Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition? Public markets can also be volatile, with stock prices driven by investor sentiment rather than long-term fundamentals. An exceptional team.

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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. Citigroup continues to make progress, and a cheap valuation makes it an appealing opportunity for value-focused investors today. In March, it had sold or wound down 9 of its 14 consumer franchises.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Today, Vanguard remains one of the most popular ETF managers and it offers investors dozens to choose from. 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.

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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. The consortium has lined up financing for a potential deal, the people said.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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. And the cherry on top for investors? Let's have a closer look. CASY Gross Profit Margin data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 11, 2024

History shows that long-term investors are rewarded for their patience. 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. Image source: Getty Images. times earnings and 2.3 times sales.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Fresh off an earnings season sprinkled with artificial intelligence (AI) players, some private unicorns are looking to take advantage of positive investor sentiment. Semiconductor company Arm Holdings and grocery delivery app Instacart both recently completed initial public offerings (IPOs). billion in 2018.

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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. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All offer dividend yields above 5%, which is several times above the S&P 500's current average of around 1.5%. Here's a look at whether that could help make their investors millionaires by the time they retire. average annual total return since it came public a quarter century ago. Shifting gears to reaccelerate W.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

But as a long-term investor, I've learned that the more important thing to know is that bull markets, on average, last longer than bear markets, and they generate higher returns than bear markets do losses. They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now. How's that for a waffle?

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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. Currently, TDR and the Issa brothers each own roughly 50% of EG Group.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Most importantly for investors, these massive clients aren't just advertising with the company here and there but steadily increasing their spending over time. However, now down 76% from its all-time highs, it may be time for investors to reconsider the company for a couple of reasons. and Doximity wasn't one of them!

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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., Investors have begun allocating more to private equity strategies than private debt, according to iCapital, which has more than $200 billion in alternative assets on its marketplace for money managers.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Jamie Darch (Chicago) is a health care lawyer who guides life sciences and health care companies and investors on transactional, regulatory and compliance matters. With a broad regulatory and transactional background, he also guides investment advisers in mergers and acquisitions.

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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. What changed the game at AST SpaceMobile, and more importantly, can investors still buy the stock today? I could be too conservative, but caution can save an investor from big mistakes.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

JPMorgan's investment banking division is one of the strongest in the world, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs) have been down in the high-interest-rate environment. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 26, 2024

Before you buy stock in Eastern Bankshares, 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 Eastern Bankshares wasn’t one of them. Due to his leadership in executing our initial public offering three and a half years ago.

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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. Do any of Amazon's stock holdings look like attractive investments?

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Robert Seminara, head of Europe at Apollo Global Management, has reported a noticeable rise in private equity deal activity, and is forecasting attractive returns for investors entering the market now, according to a report by Bloomberg. “We’ve been very active, deploying $2bn in Europe alone recently,” he added.

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