a typical TO target...sound like imp...?For example, when making...

a typical TO target...sound like imp...?

For example, when making an acquisition, buyout firms typically invest only 35 percent of their own funds and borrow the rest according to Markman. So a takeover target must have a solid balance sheet and strong cash flows to support the added debt the investors will need to complete the buyout.

Markman says experts advise individual investors seeking takeover targets to concentrate on “small to medium-sized industrial manufacturers or service companies whose depressed shares are largely controlled by a single family or organization.”