acquirer
noun
ac·quir·er
ə-ˈkwī(-ə)r-ər 
: one that acquires
especially
: a company that acquires another company
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Then, work with those bankers to prepare a pitch deck telling the story of the company and shop it around to prospective acquirers.
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Lewis Schiff, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There are several potential strategic acquirers for this company – specifically larger companies whose cost of capital and cap rates are lower, such as Welltower, Healthpeak and Ventas, whose cap rates are approximately 5% to 5.5%.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
Goldman Sachs analysts see AbbVie , Biogen , Johnson & Johnson , Merck and Roche as the most likely acquirers.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
In some ways, executives see the new corporate organization as a way to reassemble after a spate of mergers in recent years — one that married Discovery Communications with the former Scripps Networks and another that made Discovery the acquirer of the Warner assets from AT&T.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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Lewis Schiff, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There are several potential strategic acquirers for this company – specifically larger companies whose cost of capital and cap rates are lower, such as Welltower, Healthpeak and Ventas, whose cap rates are approximately 5% to 5.5%.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
Goldman Sachs analysts see AbbVie , Biogen , Johnson & Johnson , Merck and Roche as the most likely acquirers.
—Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
In some ways, executives see the new corporate organization as a way to reassemble after a spate of mergers in recent years — one that married Discovery Communications with the former Scripps Networks and another that made Discovery the acquirer of the Warner assets from AT&T.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Acquirer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquirer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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