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It also raises the question: If the target company’s liabilities exceeded the identifiable assets, then why did the acquirer buy it?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Companies that are first to crack a genuinely hard problem can stick it out, keep innovating, and grow into businesses that far exceed what any acquirer would have paid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

It’s “a higher quality asset materially under-earning with self-help and/or acquisition by a strategic acquirer as potential catalysts,” write Wolfe analysts.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

“The fact that SpaceX…is the acquirer here is symbolic of where the next multi‑trillion‑dollar technology opportunity lies,” he says.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

But his chief celebrity was as an acquirer of those of others, provided always that they were old enough or rare enough.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts

But he stressed that a variety of catalysts could unlock value, even for companies that weren’t clear targets for acquirers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Investors in acquirers tend to dislike deals that involve issuing new stock, as increasing the shares outstanding reduces the percentage of the company owned by current shareholders.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

When they succeed, acquirers pounce—regardless of the health of the overall economy—an advantage for healthcare investors, Lalande said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

If it infringed free speech for the SEC rule to require potential corporate acquirers to disclose their 5% stake in a stock, then most financial disclosure requirements would fail muster, the judge said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

The chain was consequently unbroken from the Elizabethan descendants of the first acquirers of ecclesiastical property at Pulwick, down to the present Light-keeper of Scarthey.

From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle