Takeover deals can be a signal of positive market sentiment, indicating that the acquiring company is confident in its growth prospects and is willing to invest in expanding its market share. Such deals often lead to an increase in stock prices as they indicate potential value creation and synergies for the acquiring company. Takeover deals may provide an opportunity for investors to capitalize on market inefficiencies and earn profits through arbitrage strategies, such as buying the target company’s stock at a discount to the offer price and profiting from the price convergence upon deal completion.
Here are three takeover targets for the week –
HireRight Holdings Corporation – SYM: HRT
Recent Price: $13.14
Takeover Action: HireRight Holdings Corporation (HRT) a leading provider of global background screening services and workforce solutions, announced that it has received a non-binding proposal from General Atlantic, L.P. and Stone Point Capital LLC and their respective affiliated funds to acquire all of the company’s outstanding shares of common stock that are not already owned by the Sponsors.
Description: HireRight Holdings Corporation provides technology-driven workforce risk management and compliance solutions worldwide. The company offers background screening, verification, identification, monitoring, and drug and health screening services for customers. It provides its services through software and data platform that integrates into its customers’ human capital management systems enabling workflows for workforce hiring, onboarding, and monitoring.
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DocuSign, Inc. – SYM: DOCU
Recent Price: $60.37
Takeover Action: According to WSJ, E-signature company DocuSign (DOCU) is working with advisers to explore a sale.
Description: DocuSign, Inc. provides electronic signature solution in the United States and internationally. The company provides DocuSign e-signature solution that enables sending and signing of agreements on various devices; Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), which automates workflows across the entire agreement process; and Gen for Salesforce, which allows sales representatives to automatically generate agreements with a few clicks from within Salesforce. It also provides Identify, a signer-identification option for checking government-issued IDs; Standards-Based Signatures, which support signatures that involve digital certificates; and Monitor that uses advanced analytics to track DocuSign eSignature web, mobile, and API account. In addition, the company offers Rooms for Real Estate that provides a way for brokers and agents to manage the entire real estate transaction digitally; DocuSign Federal and DocuSign CLM are FedRAMP, an authorized version of DocuSign eSignature for U.S. federal government agencies; and life sciences modules that support compliance with the electronic signature practices. The company sells its products through direct and partner-assisted sales, and web-based self-service purchasing. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Shift4 Payments, Inc. – SYM: FOUR
Recent Price: $73.48
Takeover Action: According to Bloomberg, Global Payments Inc. (GPN) is weighing an acquisition of Shift4 Payments Inc. (FOUR). Atlanta-based Global Payments has been working with an adviser to study the feasibility of a deal for Shift4.
Description: Shift4 Payments, Inc. provides software and payment processing solutions solutions in the United States. It provides omni-channel card acceptance and processing solutions, including credit, debit, contactless card, Europay, Mastercard and visa, QR Pay, and mobile wallets, as well as alternative payment methods; merchant acquiring; proprietary omni-channel gateway; complementary software integrations; integrated and mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions; security and risk management solutions; reporting and analytical tools; and web-store design, hosting, shopping cart management, and fulfillment integration, as well as tokenization, payment device, and chargeback management, fraud prevention, and gift card solutions. The company also offers VenueNext that provides mobile ordering, countertop POS, and self-service kiosk services, as well as digital wallet to facilitate food and beverage, merchandise, and loyalty for stadium and entertainment venues; and Shift4Shop, which offers eCommerce platform that provides everything a merchant needs to build their business online. In addition, it provides Lighthouse, a cloud-based business intelligence tool that includes customer engagement, social media management, online reputation management, scheduling, and product pricing, as well as reporting and analytics; SkyTab POS, a POS workstations pre-loaded with software suites and integrated payment functionality; SkyTab Mobile, a mobile payment solution; and marketplace technology for integrations into third-party applications. Additionally, it provides merchant underwriting, onboarding and activation, training, risk management, and support services; and software integrations and compliance management, and partner support and services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
