Activist Targets: Activist Campaign

activist targets: The firm, which analyses financial data, corporate governance and shareholder registers of companies to determine whether they are vulnerable to becoming activist targets, has produced a 10-strong list, according to Market Watch. The results are compared with peers and broad indexes, such as the S&P 500 SPX, -2.59% and analysts provide extra context relating to the sector. Aluminum producer and mining heavyweight Alcoa and boat group Brunswick could also be exposed to an activist campaign, the second part of a report for Market Watch by the research firm can reveal. Typically when an activist investor gets involved, a stock soars. PZZA, -3.97% The pizza company took a 200 million investment from Starboard Value earlier this year and made the activist hedge fund's chief executive its chairman. In 2018 Activist Insight highlighted 76 companies under threat; of those 16 have already been targeted by an activist, including Papa John's. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.