Friday, September 18, 2026

This Week in Special Situations: Cooper Companies, Sturm Ruger, Grab Holdings, Boston Omaha

Special-situations survey flags Cooper’s $3 billion buyback, Grab’s $900 million repurchase, and Beretta’s $44.80 partial tender for Sturm Ruger.

RGR $675M

Latticework by MOI Global Sep 18 1 click

Sep 13 ZTEKF $65M

Initiation Report

Atrium Research - Equity Research 4 clicks

Sep 13 CVV $29M

CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ:CVV)

Obscure Stocks 2 clicks

From X

@DeepSailCapital Sep 18 1 click

Deep Sail Capital on X

@LogicalThesis $MXCT ?

@junkbondinvest Sep 18

junkbondinvestor on X

Wendy's franchisee surprise bankruptcy filing. Stock down 85%. Friendly reminder to not buy OTC stocks. $MHGU https://t.co/LbEfbjCBba

@Mike10947310 Sep 18 1 click

Mike on X

@CapstackCapital Did you catch $FTEK CEO’s presentation? Quite strong, they expect to add more wins to backlog by EOY.

@orrdavid Sep 18 2 clicks

David Orr on X

I see this a lot in the investing business. For example, the young fiery aggressive fund managers of the 1990s, who called out dishonest bad management, are now behaving like the companies they used to vicisouly attack. Stuff like $GLRE or $HHH.

@BrokenMoats Sep 18 1 click

Broken Moats on X

Could see $JACK, $WEN, $PZZA all go bankrupt. Probably others across the QSR space (subway, Pizza Hut some of the more challenged private operators) -- to be fair some of these could get acquired too but interesting how that would play through commercial real estate and impact the non distressed survivors -- very challenging space with prices having soared (affordability) and consumers pushing back or finding better/comparable value at a Chili's etc. Freight costs (diesel and trucker shortage from policy moves) and food costs that are/will escalate (freight and commodities) is going to bring new challenges to margins. Menu prices likely need to reset lower across many of these chains but that is a very difficult process for owners and franchises to accomplish especially while input costs continue to rise. GLP1s hurt overall volume trends as well but......look out to automation/robotics in store and how trends tend to switch back to QSR/fast food in a more stressed economic condition there might be select opportunities in the coming months for a few players as prices have/are resetting fast across tis space

@majgeoinvesting Sep 18

Maj Soueidan on X

Hmm - Insiders give $XBP a lifeline? https://t.co/RKFuEsZfKa

@catechwilliams Sep 18 1 click

catechwilliams on X

$JELD 12x levered facing insurmountable near-term debt maturities. Engaged advisors to sell assets to stem insolvency. Longshot odds given accelerating deterioration in end-markets and rising input costs. Setting up for a Q4 bankruptcy.

@leevalueroach Sep 18 1 click

Lee Roach on X

I continue to view $EVC as severely mispriced here. Market is completely missing the big picture. https://t.co/T1vGykkx1F

The Groupon Turnaround — Dušan Šenkypl & Rana Kashyap | Ep. 3

Groupon CEO Dušan Šenkypl and CFO Rana Kashyap discuss rebuilding the local-experiences marketplace with AI infrastructure, better…

GRPN $868M

Mispriced Assets Sep 11 5 clicks

Independence Realty Buying Centerspace: Opportunity And Implications

Independence Realty Trust is buying Centerspace in stock to create an $8.1 billion apartment REIT, targeting 5% 2027 Core FFO per-share…

CSR $915M

Dane Bowler Sep 11

NET Power (NPWR):

NET Power’s $1.80 shares are paired with January $2 covered calls for 40 cents as the company pivots from carbon capture to Permian…

NPWR $144M

Triple S Special Situations Investing Sep 11 2 clicks

NewtekOne: Pivot Towards Holding Guaranteed Loans A Good Strategy

NewtekOne’s bank conversion and retention of SBA-guaranteed loans target recurring income, while a 6% yield and book-value valuation…

NEWT $326M

Stephen Nemo Sep 11

Sofwave Medical: Lifting Skin While the Beauty Sector Sags

Sofwave Medical grew Q2 revenue 43% as recurring usage fees reached 46% of sales for its non-invasive ultrasound skin-tightening devices.

SOFWF $406M

Substack von Philipp Sep 11 1 click

Zack Buckley on $PRTH's take private

Priority Technology’s chairman offered $6.00 to $6.15 a share to take PRTH private, while Zack Buckley argues Treasury Solutions and…

PRTH $641M

Yet Another Value Podcast Sep 10 3 clicks

(Idea) GeoPark’s Venezuela Deal Creates More Upside—And A More Difficult Valuation

GeoPark’s Bare Block acquisition targets $1.2 billion of 2030 EBITDA, but 42.1 million to 47.6 million new shares and Gilinski control…

GPRK $727M

HFI Research Sep 10 2 clicks

This Week in Special Situations: Signet Jewelers, Medipal Holdings, First REIT of New Jersey

Signet, Medipal and First REIT headline 27 situations spanning buybacks, activism, M&A and liquidation catalysts.

FREVS $118M

Latticework by MOI Global Sep 10 4 clicks

Fundamentals Turn In Favor Of Farmland Partners

Farmland Partners trades at 70% of NAV, with farmland appreciation, commodity prices and crop insurance supporting earnings beyond AFFO.

FPI $471M

Dane Bowler Sep 8

ContextLogic Acquires gChem (LOGC): Update and Valuation

ContextLogic will acquire specialty-solvent maker gChem for $850 million, funded by a $650 million rights offering and $250 million of…

LOGC $675M

Hidden Gems Investing Sep 8 5 clicks

USO · short

United States Oil Fund Lp

United States Oil Fund faces a short case tied to a long-Brent, short-WTI trade as Strait of Hormuz closure risk disrupts oil markets.

USO $990M

Value Investors Club May 19 2 clicks

Green Dot: Creating a Standalone BaaS Bank

Green Dot creates a standalone banking-as-a-service bank.

GDOT $721M

Clark Street Value Jan 13 2 clicks

Obscure Stocks Annual Review

Obscure Stocks reviews 2025 positions, including ELMSQ’s illiquid bankruptcy stock and DallasNews’ Hearst buyout, while setting stricter…

ELMSQ $9.9M

Obscure Stocks Jan 12

Hemnet – Broken Moat or Misunderstood Monopoly?

Hemnet’s Swedish listings monopoly has fallen from SEK420 to about SEK160 as growth slows, leaving investors to judge whether its 90% share…

HMNTY $620M

Bristlemoon Capital Dec 8

The Priority Technology Situation

Priority Technology received an opportunistic buyout proposal, with its business better suited to remaining public absent a much higher…

PRTH $641M

Nat Stewart - Stock Picking Newsletter Nov 11 5 clicks

New England Realty Associates - NYSE:NEN

New England Realty Associates, NYSE:NEN, emerged from Colonial Realty’s 1970s bankruptcy and retains roughly a third of the 1,529…

NEN $175M

Obscure Stocks Oct 27

[P] BLND: Non-GAAP Research Hour

Blend Labs governance discussion focuses on reverse-engineering non-GAAP signals of upside.

BLND $258M

Nongaap Investing Oct 22

RKDA- Reverse Merger with Roosevelt Resources LP

Arcadia Biosciences plans to merge with Permian E&P Roosevelt Resources, which targets CO2-enhanced recovery from a 13,892-acre Texas field…

RKDA $0.7M

Sylence Capital Oct 6

(MGGA) Make Guns Great Again

Ruger trades at a $468 million enterprise value, about 7 times normalized free cash flow, with $101 million cash and no debt as gun demand…

RGR $675M

XIX Value Sep 11

Braemar Hotels & Resort: Gross Asset Management Contract, Initiated Sales Process

Braemar Hotels & Resorts initiated a sales process and faces a gross asset management contract.

BHR $114M

Clark Street Value Sep 5 3 clicks

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