NASCAR has always ruled auto racing in the U.S., and though attendance
has declined in recent years, NASCAR produced revenue of $660 million in 2017. But
internationally, the king of racing is Formula 1, generating revenue of over $1.83
billion in 2017. With 21 events held around the world last...
In a 13D filed on Jan. 21 targeting Garrison Capital (GARS), corporate activist Joseph Stilwell notes that he has taken an "activist position" in 68 publicly-traded companies since 2000.
In his most recent 13D, Stilwell Value, LLC disclosed a 5% stake in Garrison, a...
Whale Rock filed a 13G on cloud software company Datadog Inc. (DDOG) on Nov. 1, disclosing a new 1.88 million share position. The $61 million stake represents 6.81% of DDOG's outstanding shares.
We recently profiled Whale Rock Capital, noting that the fund's returns, based...
Hudson Executive Capital disclosed on Monday that it bought 143,200 shares of USA Technology (USAT) at $4.46 along with call options giving the fund the right to buy another 1,250,000 shares of stock at $10. The call options expire on Jan. 17, 2020.
Starboard Value cut its Cars.com stake aggressively after the online auto retailer's strategic search failed and the company announced disappointing Q2 results. In a 13D/A filing submitted Wednesday afternoon, the hedge fund disclosed selling 4.47 million shares of the online automobile retailer on August 5-6 at...
Engine Capital filed a 13D targeting PDL BioPharm (PDLI) on Wednesday morning, disclosing a 5.28% stake in the Nevada-based healthcare stock. Engine also disclosed it sent a letter to PDLI's board saying the fund "invested in PDLI because of the significant intrinsic value attributable to...
A Mellanox (MLNX) insider bought $2.2 million of the Israeli chip designer as fears China will block a proposed merger with Nvidia Corp (NVDA) pushed the price of MLNX well below the buyout price.
Stephen Sanghi, a director of Sunnyvale-based Mellanox since February...
On April 30, Phillip Goldstein disclosed a 9.9976% position in Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Ltd. (CUBA). In a 13D filing, Goldstein said that if the founder and manager of the CUBA closed-end fund was to "dissolve" it, shareholders would gain "about 25%."
Goldstein is...
On Dec. 23, Nierenberg Investment filed a 13D/A on Houston Wire and Cable (HWCC). The investment adviser expressed frustration that the market value of its long-held position in the micro-cap has "widened substantially over the last two years."
The filing amended a 13D...
Last week, three insiders from Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (MHLD) filed Form 4s disclosing the purchase of 380,000 shares at an average price of $0.78 per share. An interesting cluster of buying. But here's what's astonishing -- just seven months earlier the stock traded at $8.75.