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Investing Topics: Mergers & Acquisitions

Brookfield Buys Cincinnati Bell, Who’s Next?

By Roger S. Conrad on Dec. 26, 2019

Trial testimony has concluded in the court challenge of the proposed merger of two US wireless giants and we expect an early 2020 close. The real issue is whether management will be able to deliver on lofty expectations.

South Jersey Industries To Exit Maryland and More Utility M&A

By Roger S. Conrad on Dec. 13, 2019

The flow of mergers of entire utility companies has dried up, relative to the heady pace of a few years ago. But management teams are still finding plenty of assets to buy and sell.

Deconstructing AT&T

By Roger S. Conrad on Sep. 20, 2019

Can the sum of the parts actually be greater than the whole? Shareholders of AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) will get a chance to find out, now that activist investor Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has taken a $3.2 billion stake in the communications giant.

Ignore the Headlines: AT&T is Still on Track

By Roger S. Conrad on Jul. 25, 2019

Barron's is piling on with an article concerning AT&T Inc’s (NYSE: T) loss of DirectTV subscribers, following up on a cover story critiquing the telecom giant's acquisition of Time Warner last year. Investors, however, saw the situation quite differently, pushing the stock to solid gains on earnings day, despite media mono-focus on the pay television unit.

Aqua’s Gas Deal: Utility Convergence Picks up Steam

By Roger S. Conrad on Jun. 25, 2019

Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) is closing in on its proposed acquisition of Pennsylvania-based Peoples Gas, positioning the companies' merger for a late third-quarter close.

Sprint/T-Mobile USA: What It Means for Telecom

By Roger S. Conrad on May. 23, 2019

Get big or go home: The "Big Four" will likely soon become the "Big Three."

Big Money Now Finds Value in Energy

By Roger S. Conrad on May. 13, 2019

Fair value is always in the eye of the beholder. But energy investors are best advised to follow our one simple rule for picking takeover targets: Only buy companies with the strength to thrive on their own.

Dominion Energy: Beyond the Scana Merger

By Roger S. Conrad on Dec. 15, 2018
This week, Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) is set to reap the reward for its bold takeover of Scana Corp (NYSE:SCG) as the South Carolina Public Service Commission has approved the merger.

Utility Mergers: The State of Play

By on Dec. 10, 2018
Avista Corp (NYSE: AVA) closed December 4 at $52 and change, and opened December 6 in the low-40s. The catalyst: While the US market was closed on December 5, the Washington Utilities Commission concluded months of deliberations by rejecting Canadian utility Hydro One Ltd’s (TSX: H, OTC: HRNNF) all-cash takeover offer.

Staying with Southeastern Utilities Through the Storms

By Roger S. Conrad on Oct. 11, 2018
Already hard-hit areas of the Carolinas braced today for Hurricane Michael while residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast worked to dig themselves out from possibly the worst weather event ever to hit their region.

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