Stamps.com’s (STMP) shareholders approved the company’s proposed sale to Thoma Bravo for $330.00 per share in cash, paving the way for the transaction to close this coming week. Of course, our coverage of Stamps.com will come to an end with the closing of the deal.
Read MoreStrategic acquisitions dominated the headlines this week led by Zoom Video Communications’ (ZM) move to acquire contact center software provider Five9 (FIVN) in an all-stock transaction valued at $14.7 billion.
Read MoreOur week began with news of QAD’s (QADA) pending sale to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $2 billion. Full details are in our report, “Thoma Bravo to Acquire QAD for $87.50 Per Share in Cash,” but the highlights include a purchase price representing a 20% premium to the last closing price of the Class A shares and a valuation of 5.9x revenue on a TTM basis.
Read MoreSoftware stocks were largely in the red this week, but we were encouraged to see Stamps.com (STMP) double the size of its current share repurchase authorization to $120 million in response to the market volatility of late.
Read MoreSalesforce’s (CRM) 2020 Holiday Shopping Report revealed that online spending by consumers increased 50% Y/Y to $1.1 trillion worldwide and rose 43% Y/Y to $236 billion in the U.S. Domestically, initiatives to pull forward holiday spend fueled an 82% Y/Y increase in Pre-Cyber Week sales.
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