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nounacquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stocktype of:
Definition that contains buyout
- junk bond a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
- earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)
- leveraged buyout a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan
- ebitda income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)
- high-yield bond a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit
- bust-up takeover a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover