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Ready Capital and Broadmark Realty Capital Announce Definitive Merger Agreement

Benzinga

− Transaction will create the 4 th largest commercial mortgage REIT with a capital base of $2.8 billion – − Highly synergistic platforms and capital optimization will drive strong earnings per share accretion in 2024 and sustained long-term growth − − Expected value at closing of approximately $787 million − NEW YORK, Feb.

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Company Valuation Methods—Complete List and Guide

Valutico

This is accomplished through methods like Comparable Company Analysis, Precedent Transaction Analysis, and Market Capitalization, which collectively offer insights into the company’s value within the context of the broader market landscape. It represents the total market value of the company’s equity.

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SMGI Announces Successful Recapitalization and Acquisition of Barnhart Transportation, a Leading Logistics Services Provider Based in Pennsylvania

Benzinga

million in estimated cost saving synergies), this acquisition positions SMGI as a leading regional transportation and logistics player across multiple markets in the United States. With the completion of this transaction, SMGI's balance sheet is significantly improved, including a large increase in the book value of the combined company.

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Data Update 6 for 2023: A Wake up call for the Indebted?

Musings on Markets

The "Right" Financing Mix Is there an optimal mix of debt and equity for a business? The answer is yes, though the payoff, in terms of value, from moving to that optimal may be so small that it is sometimes better to hold back from borrowing. Do companies optimize financing mix?

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year. Costs of equity & capital 4. Financing Flows 5. Aggregate operating numbers 3.

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Data Update 5 for 2022: The Bottom Line!

Musings on Markets

To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. The largest sector, in the US, in terms of market capitalization, is information technology and I have argued that tech companies age in "dog years" , with compressed life cycles.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

Challenge rules of thumb and conventional wisdom : Investing has always had rules of thumb on how and when to invest, ranging from using historical PE or CAPE ratios to decide if markets are over valued, to simplistic rules (eg. buy stocks that trade at less than book value or trade at PEG ratios less than one) for individual stocks.