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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

What happened Shares of The Beauty Health Company (NASDAQ: SKIN) were up more than 25% as of 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday after the cosmetics company announced a business reorganization and a stock repurchase plan and reiterated yearly guidance. The stock is down more than 43% so far this year. a share.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. and rose to its post-merger high of $35.69 According to its pre-merger presentation, it could potentially increase its revenue at a compound annual rate of 363% from $14 million in 2024 to $6.44

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MAY 22, 2024

The enterprise AI software company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), and its stock opened at $9.84 on its first day as a combined company. But like many other SPAC-backed companies, BigBear.ai In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai Why BigBear.ai Even if BigBear.ai

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MAY 8, 2024

Private equity giant Bain Capital is said to be considering an acquisition of education software provider PowerSchool Holdings (NYSE: PWSC). The Wall Street Journal says that Bain is in talks to take the company private in a deal that would value PowerSchool at about $6 billion, including its $1 billion in debt.

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MAY 20, 2024

SoundHound went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) two years ago. The combined company's stock started trading at $8.72, but it's now worth roughly $5. The macro headwinds also throttled the growth of both companies as their customers reined in their spending on sweeping software upgrades.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) , a developer of solid-state batteries, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. During its pre-merger presentation, it claimed it could start commercializing its products in 2024 and grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate of 363% from $14 million in 2024 to $6.44

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Discovery still needs help Ever since the company was formed by the merger of AT&T 's WarnerMedia and Discovery Communications in 2021, the company has underperformed as it's struggled with a bloated debt burden, questionable management decisions, and a lack of any growth strategy. As a result, the stock was down 11.2%

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

The maker of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. However, its work caught the attention of Volkswagen , which became the company's largest investor. But it didn't reiterate or update its pre-merger revenue or adjusted EBITDA estimates. billion in 2028.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Shares of digital advertising company Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) skyrocketed on Monday after the company settled a lawsuit and reported preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023. Even though the stock is down 95% from its high, the company's revenue is at an all-time high. As of 9:50 a.m.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

The United States faces a long-running housing shortage, creating substantial opportunities for homebuilders and the companies that supply them. Builders FirstSource (NYSE: BLDR) might not be a household name, but the company plays a pivotal role in supplying builders with what they need. The company expects to deploy $5.5

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AUGUST 6, 2023

GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) just marked two full years as a publicly traded company. The logic behind the spinoff was that it would unlock shareholder value and allow each company to more easily pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A), allocate capital, and compensate employees as a pure play focused on one industry.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

After its 2022 merger with Kirkland Lake Gold and its acquisition of Yamana's Canadian assets, Agnico has emerged as a leading producer of gold -- and profits. This helps provide the ability to acquire more assets or to advance growth projects that will expand its mineral resources and strengthen the company's future.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

According to market intelligence company BDSA, the worldwide cannabis industry is forecast to deliver compound annual growth of 13% through 2027 after generating an estimated $36.7 The problem for Aurora and its then-management team is that the company grossly overestimated domestic demand and incorrectly anticipated consumer behaviors.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Shares of bowling company Bowlero (NYSE: BOWL) popped on Monday, even though the market was down. The company reported strong financial results for its fiscal second quarter of 2024 and announced some shareholder-friendly moves. The company owns 350 bowling centers and also owns the Professional Bowlers Association.

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MARCH 21, 2024

With signs that macroeconomic pressures may be easing on some key fronts, now could actually be a great time to build positions in high-quality companies in the category that still trade at deeply depressed levels. As a result of this major headwind and other pressures on the fintech industry, the company's share price plummeted.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Canadian cannabis company Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) has been on the right track ever since it merged with rival Aphria in 2021. It takes time for a big merger to reveal its full potential. It takes time for a big merger to reveal its full potential. With these acquisitions, management hopes to expand in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But since its market debut via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), Opendoor's stock has lost nearly 90% of its value. Missing that target suggests the company didn't even factor in the threat of rising interest rates in its bullish forecasts. During its SPAC presentation in Sept. billion in 2021.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

Normally, when a company proposes to buy a competitor for a roughly 22% premium, investors are fairly pleased. The players and the play Oneok is a natural gas-focused midstream company. However, as an "owner" of this energy infrastructure business, a unitholder benefits from things like depreciation. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

ET on Wednesday after the digital healthcare company said it had received a proposal from a private equity firm to buy the company's available shares. The company, which went public as part of a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) merger in 2021, has seen investment from Anthem, now called Elevance.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The midstream master limited partnership (MLP) set seven operational records during the fourth quarter, fueled by organic growth and acquisitions. That enabled the company to produce stronger-than-expected financial results. That covered the company's 8.9%-yielding Meanwhile, the company expects to invest $2.4

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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. The online real estate company streamlined home sales by making instant cash offers for homes, repairing those properties, and relisting them for sale on its online marketplace.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The rebound comes after a positive analyst note and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) speculation overshadowed weaker-than-expected second-quarter 2023 results from the digital customer experience (CX) solutions company. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) fell 7.1%

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last April. The audio and speech recognition company's stock opened at $8.72 It lost its luster as revenue growth cooled and the company racked up steep losses. and hit an all-time high of $14.98 less than a month later.

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MARCH 9, 2024

The company generates durable and stable cash flows. Meanwhile, the company has a reasonable dividend payout ratio -- 60% to 70% of its distributable cash flow. The company also has a solid leverage ratio that's currently below its target range of 4.5 The company estimates that it has 8 billion to 9 billion Canadian dollars ($5.9

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on April 28, 2022. The audio and speech recognition company's stock started trading at $8.72 and rallied to an all-time high of $14.98 It surpassed its own expectations by generating $31 million in revenue in 2022.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The efforts have been paying off, as the company has posted stronger results of late, including positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA ) for four consecutive quarters. And next year the company is projecting it will generate positive free cash flow. million Canadian dollars ($5.3

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JANUARY 22, 2024

While it may sound like an oxymoron to change a winning strategy, shareholders always want improvement, and the company's lofty valuation rating means management is under pressure to generate more value for investors. Honeywell's valuation "problem" The industrial conglomerate is a high-quality company, and the market knows it.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

With that in mind, read on to see why two Motley Fool contributors think that investing in these top companies would be a great move now. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased 121% to $98 million. It was untested, with an astronomical valuation and no profits.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

What happened Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) quarterly earnings fell short of expectations, and the company lowered its full-year revenue expectations. The company saw strong demand in the most recent quarter, but it didn't quite translate into the level of profits that analysts had hoped for. The company's total debt stood at 2.8

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JUNE 16, 2023

For example, its ratio of debt to EBITDA ( earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ) is generally among the lowest of its closest peer group. Acquisitions are partly to blame for that trend, but investors need to understand that leverage increases risk. That isn't the only thing to consider.

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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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MARCH 4, 2024

SoundHound narrowed its loss according to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) from $18.8 SoundHound AI went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in April 2022. It narrowed its net loss from $30.9 million to $18.0 million, or $0.07 million to $3.7

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AUGUST 22, 2023

-based cannabis companies have excellent fundamentals that could lead to their success over the long run, very few Canadian growers stand a chance. When the Canadian market boomed after that nation's move to fully legalize cannabis, the companies did well. Tilray's acquisitions of U.S.-based Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Magnite Magnite is an ad tech company created by the merger of The Rubicon Project and Telaria in 2020. It subsequently acquired several other companies to become the world's largest independent sell-side platform (SSP) for digital ads. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

The ad tech company's revenue rose 11% year over year to $152.5 Understanding Magnite's growth strategies Magnite was created via the merger of two smaller ad tech companies, The Rubicon Project and Telaria, in 2020. Magnite 's (NASDAQ: MGNI) stock sank 35% to a nine-month low on Aug. Its adjusted EPS fell 36% to $0.09

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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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MARCH 11, 2024

BigBear went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) in Dec. ai's growth rates are stabilizing C3's revenue only rose 6% in fiscal 2023 (which ended last April) as the macro headwinds drove companies to rein in their software spending. C3 listed its IPO at $42 in Dec. that same month. last April.

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