What ever happened to Apollo’s Billion Dollar International Investment Fund?
Remember the press release from 2007 about Apollo’s billion dollar invetment with Carlyle? What ever happened with that?Apollo Group and the Carlyle Group Form $1 Billion Joint Venture to Make Investments in the International Education Services Sector
PHOENIX & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 22, 2007–Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOL) (”Apollo Group” or the “Company”), and private equity firm The [...]
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Whens the next wave of acquisitions comming?
I have heard a few rumors but wanted to see what you think. 2002-2003 was suck a massive year for acquisitions but we haven’t seen a boom year (regarding acquisitions) since. Whose ripe for the picking? Whens the next roll-up coming out? There are so many nice mid-sized private for-profit schools out there just lining [...]
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Bridgepoint Education Inc goes public below asking
Priced at $10.50 with a target $11-$14
Bridgepoint Education, which has two small traditional college campuses and 98% of its students attending exclusively online, generated more than twice the revenue and eight times the earnings in 2008 versus 2007, ending the year with $26.4 million in profits. It has more students, faster enrollment growth and a [...]
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In Sourcing vs. Outsourcing
A lot of talk has surfaced in the last few months over the topic of In-sourcing vs. Outsourcing. I guess this could be an expected outcome of Apol buying Aptimus. Clearly there are advantages of both, here are some of them:
Outsourcing:
Leveraging a firm who is experienced, and leveraging their power with the vendors for pricing [...]
Will online masters growth hold up?
After speaking with many analysts over the last few months there are two big fears that keep being repeated. The first being bad debt and the other top fear is the continued growth of online Master programs. The main reasons mentioned are potential future cuts by corporations of tuition reimbursement & continued decline in economy, thus [...]
As expected Apol exceeds expectations, yet analysts still fear
For its fiscal second quarter, Apollo Group reported earnings of $0.77 per share, $0.12 better than the First Call consensus of $0.65.
Revenues rose 26.3% year-over-year to $876.1 million, topping the consensus estimate of $865.5 million.
Contributing to the growth was a 20.4% year-over-year increase in degreed enrollment to 397,700.
With all of this good news the stock [...]
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