BlackBerry Just Got A Potential Takeover Offer from PE Firm Veritas
BlackBerry Just Got A Potential Takeover Offer from PE Firm Veritas
$BlackBerry (BB.US)$ stock is trading higher Friday amid reports of a possible takeover offer from private equity firm Veritas Capital, a $The Carlyle Group (CG.US)$ company.
$黑莓 (BB.US)$ 週五股價走高，原因是有報道稱私募股權投資公司Veritas Capital可能提出收購要約 $凱雷 (CG.US)$ 公司。
Veritas is interested in acquiring the complete cybersecurity company, Bloomberg cites familiar sources.
彭博社援引熟悉的消息來源稱，Veritas有興趣收購這家完整的網絡安全公司。
In May, BlackBerry shared plans to review its portfolio of businesses and consider strategic alternatives to boost shareholder value with other options, including a possible separation of some companies.
5月，BlackBerry分享了審查其業務組合的計劃，並考慮通過其他選擇來提高股東價值的戰略替代方案，包括可能將一些公司分離。
BlackBerry commands attention for its cybersecurity software and "Internet-of-Things" products that are higher growth and used by the auto industry.
黑莓因其網絡安全軟件和 “物聯網” 產品而備受關注，這些軟件和產品增長更快，被汽車行業所使用。
In June, BlackBerry reported Q1 revenue of $373 million, which beat the consensus of $160.35 million. IoT revenue came in at $45 million, cybersecurity revenue totaled $93 million, and licensing and other revenue accounted for $235 million.
6月，黑莓公佈的第一季度收入爲3.73億美元，超過了共識的1.6035億美元。物聯網收入爲4,500萬美元，網絡安全收入總額爲9300萬美元，許可和其他收入爲2.35億美元。
The company reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 6 cents per share, which beat the consensus loss of 5 cents per share.
該公司公佈的季度調整後每股收益爲6美分，超過了市場普遍認爲的每股虧損5美分。
Blackberry stock has gained 47% YTD, and 14.45% during mid-day trading on the news.
消息傳出後，黑莓股價年初至今上漲了47％，在午盤交易中上漲了14.45％。