DigitalBridge: The Unclear Future Of The Preferreds After The SoftBank Acquisition

2026-02-17 15:35:15 ET

DigitalBridge ( DBRG ) is being acquired by Japanese investment holding company SoftBank Group ( SFTBY ) for $16 per share , in a deal that will see the asset manager become a subsidiary of the AI-obsessed SoftBank. The takeout price comes at a 150% premium to DBRG's 52-week low but at a broad discount to its 5-year trading range. For SoftBank, they gain access to an alternative asset management company focused on digital infrastructure, as demand for AI drives a data center boom. DBRG had $40.7 billion in fee-earning equity under management (“FEEUM”) as of the end of its last reported fiscal 2025 third quarter. I last covered DBRG in October....

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