acquirer

The conglomerate has been a selective acquirer in recent years as the stock market has smashed new records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Once a perennial takeover candidate, it built a dominant cystic-fibrosis franchise and became an acquirer in its own right, spreading its bets from gene editing to pain.

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

The fifth is Magnanimity, which is the moderator and acquirer of great honours and fame.

From The Banquet (Il Convito) by Elizabeth Price Sayer

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

There is another factor for midsize bank stocks, too: bids from acquirers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Japanese home builders have been active acquirers in the U.S. market for many years, Evercore analyst Stephen Kim wrote in a Friday note.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Although the library included a proportion of desirable articles, many of the books were esteemed so worthless that the acquirers removed the ex libris, and left the rest behind them!

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt