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Market Trends

Q&A Spotlight with Evan Smith: Private Equity & Family Office Energy Financing Trends

Nov 26, 2024

Evan Smith, Senior Vice President of Stephens’ Energy Investment team, recently spoke on the Private Equity and Family Office Energy Financing Trends panel of Hart Energy's 16th Annual DUG Appalachia Conference.

He shared insights along with Mark Burroughs, Managing Director of EnCap Investments, and Jay Salitza, Managing Director of KeyBanc Capital Markets. Here are the highlights of Mr. Smith’s panel discussion.

Company Spotlight

A Conversation With New Engen's CEO, Justin Hayashi

Mar 12, 2024

Greg Gordon, Stephens Managing Director, chats with Justin Hayashi, CEO of New Engen, a dynamic digital marketing agency based in Seattle.

Capital Thinking

Capital Thinking: 2024 Outlook for Upstream Acquisitions and Divestitures Market

Feb 15, 2024

The webinar series explores challenges and opportunities affecting the energy sector.

Ownership Interests

Site & Incentive Opportunities for Companies Pursuing Strategic Enhancements

Feb 5, 2024

Many companies overlook opportunities to boost their ROI on strategic enhancement initiatives, often by leaving discounts, tax credits, and cash awards on the table, underestimating costs, or overlooking local rules and regulations.

Read our latest Capital Thinking article to learn more about Stephens’ Site and Incentives Advisory practice.

Stephens Spotlights

Spectacular Mega Deals Create Optimism, Suggest 2024 M&A Will Rise

Jan 25, 2024

The mega deals of 2023 are only one of many factors that create room for optimism about a brighter mergers and acquisitions market in 2024. Recent economic indicators suggest that inflation is slowing, which can lead to lower interest rates. Oil prices continue to fluctuate, but not wildly so, and they remain well above $60.

Market Trends

Private Equity’s Evolving Playbook in Performance Marketing

Dec 6, 2023

Today, PE firms are aggressively seeking attractive middle market performance marketing agencies (firms delivering measurable actions taken by audience members) as platform investments, often with the goal of acquiring additional services, scale and specialties.

Market Trends

Overview of Transatlantic Deal Activity: Q3 2023

Oct 18, 2023

The nine quarters up to the end of Q1 2020 – the onset of the Covid pandemic – averaged 196 US acquisitions in Europe per quarter. The level of quarterly dealmaking activity naturally dropped sharply as Covid hit, but then consistently and dramatically increased on a quarterly basis to a peak of 493 US acquisitions of European companies in Q1 2022. However, the level of US acquisitions in Europe has since fallen back towards pre-pandemic average levels (233 in Q3 2023).

Market Trends

Q&A Spotlight with Evan Smith: Family Office Activity in the Energy Space

Oct 12, 2023

Evan Smith, Senior Vice President in Stephens’ Energy Investment Banking team, recently spoke on the Capital Access: Private Equity panel at the Hart Energy Capital Conference 2023.

He shared insights along with Billy Quinn, Founder and Managing Partner of Pearl Energy Investments; Frost W. Cochran, Managing Director and Founding Partner of Post Oak Energy Capital; Brooks Despot, Director at EnCap Investments; and David Elder, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Market Trends

Investment Banking Quarterly 1Q 2023

Mar 29, 2023

Stephens begins our 90th year of business, and although a lot has changed, much has remained the same. We provide unvarnished advice and precise execution on the full array of investment banking services.

Market Trends

Family Offices: The Secret Source that’s Funding the Dislocation in the Oil & Gas Investment Market

Mar 23, 2023

For the last three years, mergers & acquisitions in oil & gas firms have held steady at about 100 a year. But during this period, many traditional investors—especially those in private equity—have decreased their investment activity in this industry sector.