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Flex to Acquire Electrical Power Products for $1.1B Cash
Flex Ltd. announced a definitive agreement to buy Electrical Power Products for approximately $1.1B in cash. The target contributes roughly $323M of annual revenue and delivers a mid‑to‑high‑teens EBITDA margin. Flex expects the transaction to be accretive to adjusted earnings per share in the first full fiscal year after closing.
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Real estate brokers can turn private lending into a strategic advantage by offering faster, more flexible financing than traditional banks. Private lenders specialize in distinct property types and deal sizes, allowing brokers to match investors with the right capital source. Streamlined underwriting, soft credit inquiries, and zero prepayment penalties accelerate closings and reduce friction. By building a network of varied private lenders, brokers expand program coverage, cut dead‑deal rates, and differentiate their services in a competitive market.
FY23 financial projections from the Warner Media / DISCA deal. Fast forward to FY25: WBD generated total revenues of $37.3 billion, with $10.9 billion from DTC, EBITDA of $8.7 billion, and FCF of $3.1 billion. Missed every one of their financial projections...
U.S. Treasury yields slipped across the curve for the week ending February 27, 2026. The 30‑year note fell 0.08 percentage points, while the benchmark 10‑year yield dropped 0.11 points to 3.97%. The 3‑year Treasury rate held at 3.39%, indicating modest...
Superior Group of Companies (SGC) posted Q4 2025 results showing Branded Products revenue falling to $85 million, an 8% YoY decline, while SG&A expenses dropped 7% to $48 million, keeping the SG&A ratio flat at 35%. Net income rose to $2.7 million sequentially...
Advantage Solutions reported Q4 2025 revenue of $785 million, a 3% YoY increase, driven by Experiential Services growth while Branded and Retailer Services lagged. The company refinanced debt to 2030, paying down $90 million and extending maturities, and sold three non‑core businesses...
B&G Foods reported Q4 2025 net sales of $539.6 million, a 2.2% decline, while posting a $15.2 million net loss driven by non‑cash impairment charges. The company completed the sale of its Green Giant U.S. frozen business for $63.2 million and secured a...
AutoZone Inc. (AZZ) posted Q2 2026 sales of $417.3 million, up 2%, driven by a 10.8% surge in its Metal Coatings segment. Adjusted EPS rose 13.1% to $1.55, while operating cash flow increased 23% to $58.4 million. The company trimmed net leverage...
Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp reported adjusted net investment income of $36.1 million ($0.41 per share) for the quarter, a modest rise from the prior period. New funded investments surged 42% to $314 million, expanding the fair‑value portfolio to $2.95 billion with a weighted‑average...
In 1989 McKinsey consultants John Stuckey and Rob McLean introduced the “natural owner” principle, arguing firms should retain only businesses they can uniquely maximize NPV for. The concept, originally a defensive tool for divestiture, has evolved into a strategic lens for...
Antero Resources Corp. closed its HG Energy acquisition ahead of schedule, adding 385,000 net acres and over 400 drilling locations, while divesting its Ohio Utica asset to cement its status as West Virginia's leading natural gas and NGL producer. The...
GitLab reported record annual recurring revenue (ARR) surpassing $1 billion and full‑year revenue of $955 million, a 26% increase year over year. The fiscal fourth quarter delivered $260 million in revenue, 23% growth, and a non‑GAAP operating margin of 20.5%, beating guidance. Management...
Evolus Inc. reported fourth‑quarter 2025 net revenue of $90.3 million, a 14% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year revenue of $297.2 million, marking a sixth consecutive double‑digit growth year. Jeuveau drove the bulk of sales, achieving over 14% U.S. market share, while the newly...
Webtoon Entertainment reported Q4 2025 revenue of $330.7 million, a 4.1% decline, while full‑year revenue rose 3.9% to $1.4 billion. The quarter’s net loss ballooned to $336.5 million, driven primarily by a goodwill impairment tied to Wattpad. A strategic milestone was Disney’s...
The Baltic region is launching a full‑stack Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) platform that combines origination, structuring, and distribution under one roof. Backed by a coalition of local banks and global institutional investors, the solution targets renewable energy, infrastructure and other...
Mayville Engineering Company reported Q2 2025 net sales of $132.3 million, a 19.1% decline year‑over‑year, and adjusted EBITDA of $13.7 million, with margin slipping to 10.3%. The company completed its AccuFab acquisition, expanding its serviceable addressable market by roughly 60%...
Gran Tierra Energy reported Q4 2020 production of roughly 23,000 barrels of oil per day while sharply curbing costs, cutting operating expenses 39% to $145 million. The company achieved a 133% proved‑developed‑producing reserve replacement ratio and a 1P net present value...
Dutch Bros reported a 28% revenue increase to $1.64 billion for 2025, driven by 154 new store openings that brought the system to 1,136 locations. Adjusted EBITDA rose 31% to $303 million and average unit volume hit a record $2.1 million. The company...
Eagle Materials reported Q4 FY2025 revenue of $558 million, a modest decline driven by lower cement, concrete and aggregates volumes after record rainfall in the Midwest. Despite the volume drop, earnings per share rose to $3.56, helped by a 3%...
Honeywell reported a strong fourth‑quarter 2025, with organic orders up 23% and a record backlog exceeding $37 billion. Organic sales rose 11% (6% excluding the Bombardier agreement) and adjusted EPS climbed 17% to $2.90. Free cash flow surged 48% to $2.5 billion,...
Rayonier Advanced Materials completed its merger with PotlatchDeltic on Jan. 30, creating a timberland powerhouse with over 4 million acres and adding wood products and land‑based solutions capabilities. Full‑year 2025 adjusted EBITDA reached $248 million, an 8% increase that beat the top of...
Civeo Corp reported Q3 2025 results that highlighted solid growth in its Australian operations and a marked margin improvement in Canada despite lower revenues. The Bowen Basin village acquisition drove a 7% revenue increase and a 19% rise in adjusted...
Latham Group reported Q4 2025 net sales of $100 million, a 15% year‑over‑year increase, pushing full‑year revenue to $546 million, up 7%. Adjusted EBITDA surged to $10 million in the quarter and $100 million for the year, with margins expanding...
Thermon Group Holdings reported record Q3 fiscal 2026 results, with revenue of $147.3 million, up 10% year‑over‑year, and adjusted EBITDA of $35.66 million, a 12% increase. Gross margin improved to 46.6% and adjusted EPS rose 18% to $0.66. Orders grew...
it’s your promotion year at Blackstone and Jon Gray calls and asks if you wanna buy some SaaS loans at 98 cents: https://t.co/7xdf7c8YNt https://t.co/CvnV13BVpL
Brazilian financial giant Bradesco announced it will consolidate all of its healthcare holdings into a single, publicly listed division. The restructuring creates a dedicated health platform that will house hospitals, insurance operations, and ancillary services under one corporate umbrella. Investors...
Is the market already done with the US-Iran war? Wall Street erased early losses while gold and crude oil recoiled from panic highs. Now what? #OilPrices #Crude #Iran #IranWar #stockmarkets #Dollar #Macro https://t.co/sUv93zfPtT
Tax refunds are up more than 10% so far in 2026, with the average refund reaching $3,804, a $351 increase over the previous year. Direct‑deposit refunds rose 8.7% to $3,809, even though the number of returns processed fell about 2%....
Harrow, Inc. reported a record fourth‑quarter revenue of $89.1 million, a 33% rise year‑over‑year, and full‑year 2025 revenue of $272.3 million, up 36% from 2024. The company posted GAAP net income of $6.6 million in Q4 but a net loss of $5.1 million for...
ThredUp reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $79.7 million, an 18% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year 2025 revenue of $310.8 million, up 20% YoY. Active buyers rose to a record 1.65 million, a 30% jump, while the loss from continuing operations narrowed to $5.6 million in Q4...
Senseonics Holdings reported fourth‑quarter 2025 revenue of $14.3 million, a 72% year‑over‑year rise, and full‑year revenue of $35.3 million, up 57% YoY. The company saw 103% new‑patient growth in the U.S., expanded its provider network to 60 inserters, and grew active prescribers...
Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, is driving heightened volatility across global markets. Oil and natural‑gas prices have surged, prompting a risk‑off shift in equities and signaling inflation concerns in bond yields. Municipal bond investors face uncertain supply‑demand...
On February 11, 2026 ISDA and the Association of Securities and Intermediaries in Financial Markets (ASIFMA) sent a joint letter to the Reserve Bank of India requesting clarification on the RBI’s 2025 Master Direction for Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives. The...
Databricks today disclosed audited GAAP financials. That's the sort of thing a company does when it's prepping to go public.
On February 17, 2026 the OCC adjusted SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company options, creating the SMX1 contract. Each SMX1 contract now delivers 20 SMX ordinary shares and a cash‑in‑lieu payment of $16.48, calculated using a $34.338299 per‑share price. The cash portion...
California’s Senate Bill 1407 proposes eliminating the $20,000 cap on military retirement pay exemptions, allowing veterans to exclude their entire pension and survivor benefits from state income tax. The measure, backed by a bipartisan coalition, aims to reverse a loss...
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Kison Patel’s new book *Agile M&A* proposes a project‑management framework that brings responsiveness, collaboration, and continuous improvement to the traditionally rigid M&A process. In a recent interview, Patel explains how techniques such as backlogs, short stand‑up meetings, and cross‑functional squads...
DealRoom Pipeline introduces a unified platform for M&A deal management, consolidating emails, documents, notes, and task tracking in one view. The solution offers customizable Kanban or spreadsheet‑style pipelines, allowing teams to filter deals by priority, region, or financial metrics. Integrated...
To put Block's 40% layoff in perspective... Here are the largest single layoffs by a public tech company: https://t.co/RIuZwREhhC
*ELON MUSK'S X, XAI PLAN TO PAY BACK $17.5 BILLION OF DEBT Looks like private credit* is good again *actually BSL but the media gets it wrong all the time so who cares
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the Iran‑Israel conflict threatens to choke oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, sending crude futures to their highest level in over a year. Higher energy prices could lift inflation and undermine the...
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National Express has completed roughly 30 acquisitions of family‑owned transportation firms, largely by contacting private sellers directly. The company balances the benefits of broker‑mediated deals—more organized processes—with the flexibility of unrepresented negotiations, where early valuation ranges help manage inflated seller...
Chris, saw that First Round Capital is backing startups and helping them grow. Any chance your business could make use of some capital options towards the end of the year?
Consark.ai announced the Noa suite, a collection of autonomous AI agents that continuously prepare and execute financial close, reconciliation, and variance analysis tasks. The agents ingest structured data, apply accounting routines, draft journal entries and explanations, and present outcomes for...
The article outlines eight tax pitfalls U.S. startups face when expanding overseas, from permanent‑establishment risks to state‑tax nexus. It explains how U.S. worldwide taxation, foreign filing obligations, and local sales taxes can generate unexpected liabilities. Early strategic planning and specialist...
#Mortgage rates jump sharply higher after Iran strikes, reversing last week's decline https://t.co/O08aG0nWf9 @mortgagenewsmnd #realestate #realestateinvesting
Fiber provider Fidium launched a $664.6 million asset‑backed securities program, issuing three tranches (A‑2, B, C) slated to close on March 31. The trust holds conduits, cables, equipment and contracts covering about 351,000 subscribers across eight states, with Maine, New Hampshire and Texas...
Tokenized gold provided access to a safe-haven asset when traditional exchanges were closed this weekend. My research paper updated today. @DukeFuqua @RA_Insights https://t.co/yA7PGaTTgf
L3Harris announced that Kenneth Sharp, former Peraton finance chief, will assume the role of chief financial officer on March 16, succeeding Ken Bedingfield. Bedingfield will concentrate on the company’s Missile Solutions segment as it prepares for a late‑2026 spin‑off and...
BNP Paribas highlights the growing appeal of alternative evergreen structures, such as run‑off evergreens and rolling‑vintage umbrella funds, among institutional investors. These vehicles differ from traditional closed‑end drawdown funds by allowing continuous capital commitments and periodic vintage refreshes. The bank...
