The longer a portfolio holds a special purpose acquisition company, the worse it’s going to perform, according to a new study by a special situations research firm.
Most SPACs lose money after finding a company to acquire, and they do so at an accelerating rate over the 12 months that follow a merger. That’s according to The Edge Consulting Group, a team of analysts that covers special situations, which researched 115 SPACs that closed acquisitions between 2015 and the end of 2020.