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A comment on Square to acquire Afterpay for $29B. Parent comment
- Acquirer sees huge growth and thus a reasonable PEG ratio
- Acquirer wants some key market they have been unable to win themselves
- Acquirer wants some key technology, patent, or engineering know-how
- Acquirer wants team that has achieved something impressive to apply to acquiring company's own product
- Acquirer wants to absorb client base with higher growth than they have internally
- Acquirer has M&A execs who cant get promoted without deals
- Acquirer has inflated stock, so the cost is only relative to this inflated stock while the stock remains inflated
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- Acquirer sees huge growth and thus a reasonable PEG ratio
- Acquirer wants some key market they have been unable to win themselves
- Acquirer wants some key technology, patent, or engineering know-how
- Acquirer wants team that has achieved something impressive to apply to acquiring company's own product
- Acquirer wants to absorb client base with higher growth than they have internally
- Acquirer has M&A execs who cant get promoted without deals
- Acquirer has inflated stock, so the cost is only relative to this inflated stock while the stock remains inflated