CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 13, 2025

Fundamentals Morgan Stanley screens attractively versus Capital Markets peers on valuation with comparable or better profitability. Improving deal environment: Management and bankers expect stronger IPO activity into the 2 nd half of 2025 and 2026. Capital returns & balance‑sheet: MS raised its quarterly dividend to $1.00 and

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 8, 2025

" GD - Upgrade to Buy: Better EBIT growth than peers, more upside to estimates relative to peers, better FCF growth than peers, better balance sheet than peers, lower program risk than peers, cheaper valuation than peers." Loop downgrades Shake Shack to hold from buy Loop downgraded the burger chain stock mainly on valuation.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

More In Analyst Calls Citi recommends these rare stocks that will show profitability gains this year Pia Singh an hour ago Buy Cisco as it trades at an 'undemanding' valuation, says Deutsche Bank Brian Evans 3 hours ago Bank of America downgrades hot IPO and Nvidia derivative CoreWeave, citing valuation Brian Evans 3 hours ago Read More Subscribe (..)

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This sector is the most different in terms of valuation and technical analysis because of nuances around licensing, player salaries, and different revenue streams. Be prepared to discuss a recent sports deal (ideally involving a team or league) and have a rough idea of the trends, drivers, and valuation differences (see below).

Investment Banking

CNBC: Investing

JULY 8, 2025

Its initial public offering earlier this year was the biggest technology IPO since 2021. "However, we believe that the re-positioning of the company as a vertical data center provider changes the valuation structure. Mizuho's $150 per share target implies a slide of about 6%, while Citi's $160 forecast is roughly 0.1%

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market. Of course, the targets leverage in the M&A track of a dual-track process inherently increases when the IPO track is a viable strategy.

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CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 13, 2025

Analyst Brian Essex labeled the weakness in SailPoint stock as an opportunity "to own a best-of-breed leader at sub-IPO valuation levels." SailPoint went public earlier this year. SAIL YTD mountain SailPoint stock in 2025.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 1, 2025

"At current levels — considering the growth trajectory of the business, near-term path to profitability, and below peer valuation — we see OMDA offering compelling risk/reward," Roman wrote in a Monday note to clients. Omada went public in early June, pricing its IPO at $19 per share. That suggests roughly 58.5%

Media

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 14, 2025

Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer. It even includes elements of healthcare , industrials , and oil & gas investment banking.

Investment Banking

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 31, 2025

Cross-border biopharma venture targets $300M IPO valuation and UAE facility launch by Q3 2025.

IPO

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

The firm upgraded the digital communications stock to buy from hold in a Sunday note, and increased its price target to $73 per share from $65, suggesting shares will rise 14% from Friday's $64.09

Valuation

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 11, 2025

shortly after its IPO in mid-2020. However, the sell-off helped reset expectations, valuations, and sentiment—creating a potential springboard if this pattern can be leveraged. The stock reached a high of $56.50 Since then, it's been in a multiyear downtrend before bottoming out in late 2024.

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CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 13, 2025

Nvidia owned about a 5% stake in CoreWeave at the time of its IPO. "This could have direct implications for the announced all-stock acquisition of CORZ as the implied valuation is directly tied to the performance of CRWV's stock," said Citizens JMP analyst Greg Miller, who rates CoreWeave as market perform.

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Deal Lawyers

APRIL 23, 2024

14) says that there’s been an uptick in these deals and that, for some companies, they are an attractive alternative to an IPO: The trend of declining public company valuations (including a […]

IPO

Deal Lawyers

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

PitchBook recently published its 2023 Venture Capital Valuations Report, and not surprisingly, the news is pretty grim. VC valuations continued to head south from their 2021-22 levels. IPOs were practical non-existent and the valuations for deals that did get done were pretty dismal, but this excerpt says there’s […]

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

*This piece appears in PitchBook’s 2023 Annual US VC Valuations Report. We believe this is the wrong question—we view a reverse merger as "going public" during your cross-over round, rather than as an alternative to an IPO. By: Mintz - Securities & Capital Markets

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs have pivoted to acquisitions and partnerships to fuel growth. By: White & Case LLP

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

British tech firm valued at $52.3bn before highly anticipated flotation on Nasdaq by private owner SoftBank The British chip designer Arm has secured a $52.3bn (£41.9bn) valuation in its initial public offering (IPO), before its highly anticipated return to the stock market in New York on Thursday.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 31, 2024

Exit plans have either swiveled or been put on hold as valuations have remained low, and there has not been a huge market for M&A or IPOs. Startups have found themselves pivoting significantly over the past year. But there might be a shift coming in 2024 as there looks to be an improvement in exit options on the horizon.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 31, 2023

The deal is interesting because of its size, but we’re more interested in the insight it provides on the current state of the tech landscape as it pertains to valuations. Given the dry IPO climate, we are bereft of new data regarding exit values, so this deal is like a fresh, cool breeze on a sultry summer afternoon.

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Global Banking & Finance

JUNE 26, 2023

Yara postpones clean ammonia IPO after weak valuation OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s Yara has postponed a planned initial public offering of its Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) business by one or two years due to an unsatisfactory market valuation, the fertiliser maker said in a strategy update on Monday.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 28, 2023

History is often written by reference to “before” and “after.” In this blog, we posit that “before” refers to the “bull market” that ended in January 2022, and “after” refers to everything that – happened, is happening, and will happen – next. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 31, 2023

They were u sually companies in the pre-IPO phase with hundreds to thousands of engineers where the manager wanted to start tracking what others are doing, and looking for tools to help with decision-making.” And Stripe, which has yet to go public via a long-awaited IPO, earlier this year raised $6.5

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Global Banking & Finance

MARCH 11, 2024

billion valuation in much-awaited US IPO By Niket Nishant, Manya Saini and Echo Wang (Reuters) -Reddit is aiming for a valuation of up to $6.4 initial public offering (IPO), the social media platform said on Monday, as it nears one of the most-anticipated stock market debuts […] Reddit targets up to $6.4

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

Uplift had raised nearly $700 million in equity and debt, securing $123 million at a reported $195 million valuation in its Series C round alone. Klarna , once Europe’s most valuable VC-backed company, suffered an 85% valuation cut, from $45.6 million users to the platform, and comes as Upgrade weighs an IPO.

Finance

TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

Book-building

Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Market volatility, a low interest rate environment and disillusionment with the IPO process, have made SPACs an attractive alternative for private companies looking to go public in recent months. According to Odeon Capital Group research, as of December 2, 2020, 210 SPAC IPOs had been completed representing gross proceeds of ~$72 billion.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? But those companies have been public for more than 20 years.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO). An IPO involves offering shares of a privately held company to the public in a new stock issuance.

Investors

Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The difference pays off in higher valuations: Companies that can retain and grow within their customer bases, particularly in the face of a recession, are rewarded with higher multiples. The Index is updated quarterly to reflect changes in business models, acquisitions, IPOs, and financial data availability. EV/TTM revenue multiple.

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Growth Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The first half of 2023 saw UK tech company investment fall to £5.9bn – the sharpest decline in Europe with interest rates, macroeconomic uncertainty, falling valuations and inflation slowing down the market across the continent.

Capital

Growth Business

JUNE 8, 2023

In the UK, a downward trend for tech IPOs continued, with volumes falling to their lowest level last year in a decade. Global tech exits — through both IPOs and M&A — remain stagnant, with $21bn in value so far this year, compared to a peak of $177bn in 2020 and $166bn in 2021.

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

(Reuters) -Payments firm Klarna began the process of going public for a second time in three years despite a sharp drop in its valuation, making it the largest Swedish company to float its shares in the U.S. since Spotify’s listing in 2018. The buy now, pay later (BNPL) company said on Tuesday it had confidentially […]

IPO

Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). SPAC vs. IPO. Valuation Certainty.

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Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

3) Mastering Valuation Given the acquisition nature of a target by the financial sponsor, traditional valuation methodologies such as FCFF/FCFE, comparable company analysis, transaction comparables, and regression analysis are imperative. This valuation process dictates the purchase price that the financial sponsor must pay.

Debt

How2Exit

APRIL 8, 2024

rn Episode Summary: rn In this episode of the How2Exit podcast, host Ronald Skelton welcomes Dominic Wells to discuss the landscape of business acquisitions, particularly in the context of a rapidly evolving market influenced by concerns around AI, economic stability, and business valuations. rn "There's a lot of attractive opportunities.

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