FAST Acquisition Corp.

NYSE:FST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$254.5m

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FAST Acquisition Future Growth

Future criteria checks 0/6

Key information

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Earnings growth rate

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EPS growth rate

Capital Markets earnings growth11.4%
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Future return on equityn/a
Analyst coverage

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Recent future growth updates

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Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Aug 23

Where Might Value Be Hidden?

What’s working? What rhymes? A few successes that point the way. Hiding places Before I research a company’s fundamental valuation or event path, I first focus on the potential for mispricing. There are a lot of companies out there, and I like to search good hiding places. Here’s where I’ve been looking in recent months, what I’ve been finding, and what might come next. Companies that botched their sale process What worked… Zendesk (ZEN) has a comically inept board and management that managed to completely flub their sales process. Only after they gave up did a buyer swoop back in with a mercy killing. The broken process ultimately created a great opportunity for investors’ new capital. The deal should close on its original terms by December. What’s next… Kohl’s (KSS) board and management might possibly be even worse. They are bad at running their business and bad at selling their business. They also messed up the sale process resulting in no deal and a collapsed stock price. But this could be an opportunity. They wildly exaggerated their earnings expectations in order to stave off a proxy challenge. Shareholders won’t fall for their “exaggerations” (shorter and possibly more accurate word also available) again. So they have less than a year no matter what. And they have zero remaining credibility. With stabilizing equity and credit markets, they might want to circle back to bidders. The last one standing was Franchise Group (FRG) with a bid of over $50 per share. Overly audacious asks from sellers What worked… Nielsen (NLSN) had a wide deal spread because of a wildly bullish shareholder, Windacre, whose view of the company was and is that it's worth far more than any potential bidder was willing to pay (which in turn was far higher than where it would trade as a standalone company). They have a blocking stake which imperiled a sale. However, they were able to reach an accommodation wherein this one holder will get options that will pay off if their bullishness proves to be correct. What’s next… Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ) had a bid from Rio Tinto (RIO) for the shares that Rio doesn’t already own, but the target’s special committee turned them down cold. This will be a very hard position to maintain, especially since they will have to face up to a dilutive capital raise if they stay a standalone company. Yes, they want more as do some prominent holders. But their want is far above the (only) bidder’s bid which in turn is far above the standalone price that the market assigns TRQ shares. That leaves today’s shares beneath the private market bid and ask, which should be a solvable problem, even with audacious asks from sellers. Perhaps they take a page from NLSN and take the best available deal, even if they want more. Post-close litigation kickers What worked… Apollo (APO) successfully completed their LBO of The Fresh Market (formerly TFM) for $28.50 per share in cash in April 2016. Former TFM shareholders just received an additional $0.55 per share settlement from post-deal litigation.
Seeking Alpha • Dec 09

Fast Acquisition: Too Much Uncertainty

Redemption deadline and shareholder meeting delayed. Deal still in doubt, likely litigation or reworked deal. Selling shares on uncertainty. Closing put trades. Chantham Asset Management is loading up on warrants. Uncertainty and likely dilution if a deal gets done makes shares a sell.
Seeking Alpha • Dec 02

FAST Acquisition Suddenly A Low Risk, Big Upside Speculation

Wow, what a world day makes, apparently Tilman Fertitta thinks the FAST deal is so good he wants it all to himself or there's something else going on. Apparently, the drift down in stock price was more than the market, "somebody always knows." Fertitta Entertainment tried to initiate a termination of the merger of the companies involved. FAST Acquisition responded that the merger could not be terminated. This suddenly becomes a very low risk, high return speculation with $10 beneath the shares in trust.

In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as FAST Acquisition has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.

This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NYSE:FST - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsFree Cash FlowCash from OpAvg. No. Analysts
6/30/2022N/A40-1-1N/A
3/31/2022N/A2400N/A
12/31/2021N/A-4100N/A
9/30/2021N/A-98-1-1N/A
12/31/2020N/A-28-1-1N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: Insufficient data to determine if FST's forecast earnings growth is above the savings rate (1.9%).

Earnings vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if FST's earnings are forecast to grow faster than the US market

High Growth Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if FST's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if FST's revenue is forecast to grow faster than the US market.

High Growth Revenue: Insufficient data to determine if FST's revenue is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if FST's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2022/08/27 04:46
End of Day Share Price 2022/08/25 00:00
Earnings2022/06/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

FAST Acquisition Corp. is covered by 0 analysts. of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.