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Five years after record fundraising for P-E firms, the shops still sit on much of that cash and...

  • Saturday, October 13, 2012, 10:00 AM ET
    Five years after record fundraising for P-E firms, the shops still sit on much of that cash and are coming up against the time when they must "use-it-or-lose-it." As most would rather use it, Barron's screens for attractive targets - market cap of $1B-$10B, an Enterprise Value/EBITDA ratio below 10, and annual cash flow of at least 5% of stock market value. The winners: Guess (GES), Terex (TEX), Charles River Labs (CRL), and Big Lots (BIG).
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  • if the value of the cash is worthless...wouldn't i want to hold onto it? i mean...i don't want to actually run that thing do i? besides...."how many more Facebooks are out there?" 1000? A million? 100 billion?
    13 Oct 2012, 03:29 PM Reply Like
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