Monday, September 21, 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 11 GRPN $868M

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

Mispriced Assets 5 clicks

Sep 11 SOFWF $406M

Sofwave Medical: Lifting Skin While the Beauty Sector Sags

Substack von Philipp 1 click

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@BarbarianCap Sep 21 4 clicks

Barbarian Capital on X

Ethan Allen Launches Search for Next Chief Executive $ETD https://t.co/w9liHmiy2F

@DeepSailCapital Sep 21

Deep Sail Capital on X

You read this deal from $NUAI and you think the stock should be up 33%? They just committed to a $200m credit line in which they only have liquidity of $68m. They are 100% going to need to raise equity and likely draw on this Macquarie facility. Also the deal is 5% equity dilution. Anyone buying today is about to get a rug pull from management.

@ACapitalLP Sep 21

A Capital on X

$WYFI meaningfully lagging the other Powered Shell Providers…. https://t.co/JWZPbrU54S

@finphysnerd Sep 21 1 click

Myles on X

Long some $RSP calls. Breadth is completely washed out and implied vol seems cheap. Seasonality is favourable, feels like an attractive place to be long, and cheap on the options side. https://t.co/00h6Oyvnmk

@KEDM_COM Sep 21

KEDM.com on X

ADW Capital continues to increase its stake in Compass Diversified $CODI, now already reflecting 14%. It's also good to see insiders buying shares on the open market. We flagged CODI a few weeks ago. ADW is pushing for a liquidation, stating that a wind‑down could unlock over $26 p/s, well above the current price. As a reminder, CODI’s share price collapsed last year on the accounting mess at its sub Lugano, forcing CODI to declare its 2022-24 financials unreliable. Lugano had hidden financing arrangements and misstated sales, inventory, and receivables. The fallout pushed CODI into forbearance, dividend suspension, reduced borrowing capacity, and eventually covenant breaches. The company has already questioned its ability to continue as a going concern; i.e., there is a good chance they'll liquidate.

@DOMOCAPITAL Sep 21

DOMO Capital Management, LLC on X

$MNRO must buy all lubricants, non-lubes and service chemicals from Valvoline and can't market competing products. This is an in-depth partnership. Could there be a price increase? Sure, prices have already gone up this year quite a bit, but it won't be the price gouging type of supply that shops with no vendor will be facing. Two main points here. $MNRO is not in danger of running out of supply and if the price does increase, it won't be to the level of competitors without this type of relationship. I had a discussion with a manager at TiresPlus that points to exactly this. Prices so far this year have increased, but he said that the pricing he is getting from vendors he doesn't have a relationship with is multiples higher and he's going to have to pull the trigger with one of them within weeks.

@DOMOCAPITAL Sep 21

DOMO Capital Management, LLC on X

And the only reason $MNRO has been hurt is because cost conscious customers have been postponing the services that make all the money (tires, brakes, etc). You can only postpone these items for so long. The demand never goes away.... This is a temporary industry issue and $MNRO is winning market share.

@DOMOCAPITAL Sep 21

DOMO Capital Management, LLC on X

Nice call - 100% agree! Having an exclusive retail partnership with Valvoline may make them even more attractive to a potential buyer now. Did you listen to the CEO speak last week? He know his stuff and they are already winning market share... What also makes this interesting is that not only does a sale to Mavis (who bought Pep Boys) make sense, but so does a piecemeal sale since $MNRO has very distinctive brands in different geographical locations.