How to Use private equity in a Sentence

private equity

noun
  • No banks or private equity would touch this.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Lenders will take the keys and private equity will take its lumps, as designed.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026
  • The private equity firm then leases the space back from the investor long term.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • At the end of the day, private equity doesn’t like losing money.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • What’s the deal with private equity and baseball?
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The business of youth sports is well suited for private equity.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • To private equity, that looked like a lucrative, low-risk deal.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026
  • Until then, private equity is the solution that lurks as a threat.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • Sports franchises and private equity are, in some ways, an odd pairing.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The rollout will start with tax and private equity clients, with broader use cases planned later.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • But this is a business owned by private equity, so plenty of focus has been put on the financials.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • Adidas may be a more palatable partner than a private equity firm, but there will still be suspicion.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • To Kaiser of Wharton, private equity is best explained in two ways.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Is your hospital run by private equity?
    — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Manning’s reputation would likely help his point that not all private equity firms are the same.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • In recent years, many private equity firms have bought up physician practices, and then looked for ways to increase profits.
    — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This private equity deal with the Big 12 is the first of its kind with a conference, but not the first in the league.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • In the world of private equity, RedBird is not one of the monster hitters.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • The private equity crowd also seems eager for opportunities to jump in to the space.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But over the last five years, private equity firms have eyed minority stakes in professional teams.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • So ask the surgeon, or someone else at the hospital, whether the facility is owned by a private equity firm.
    — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • For the first time in decades, the three-year rolling alpha of private equity relative to public markets has gone negative.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • Much of that success has been driven by the fund’s private equity portfolio, Frost noted.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • Public markets surged 40% to 50% over two years while private equity marks, smoothed by design, failed to keep pace.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • Often, private equity investors kept the sale proceeds as profits while the hospitals were burdened with new rent costs.
    — Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Often, private equity investors kept the sale proceeds as profits while the hospitals were burdened with new rent costs.
    — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Pelikan also notes that private equity investment has not solved the supply problem.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Jelincic said that both pensioners and board members deserve to know more about private equity investments.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • Pulte is the founder of the private equity firm Pulte Capital Partners.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Youth sports should exist to exist; to break even, or a modest return rather than some 20% fantasy of a private equity firm.
    — Mac Engel june 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

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