Should $DBRG Digitalbridge be taken private? CEO Ganzi has mentioned how private multiples are at least 2x public comps. Maybe a full take private by IFM?
@sv_techie Briefly, yeah. Their annuity-like print biz is very attractive to an acquirer which is not talked about at all enough on X. CEO search ongoing in the midst of a memory crunch might be the nail in the coffin. $HPQ
$HPQ hovering around $19 despite 5+ downgrades from the Street... yet Board is off to a strong start on repurchases. Investor Day in April + CEO announcement... tick tock
The sell-side (& short-term oriented buyside) has driven $HPQ down to 6x earnings (with a 7% dividend) on the basis that "the price of memory has reached a permanently high plateau" (to quote Irving Fisher).
I'm taking the other side of that. I wonder if an acquirer might too.
With AI taking over industries now
It seems insurance will have the most leverage in terms of adoption
Software and comms probably can deliver the most impact on margins and P/L given their cost of labor
$IGV could become interesting