2 months ago
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Matador Resources is targeting profitable, measured growth, projecting approximately $900 million in free cash flow and continued production increases in 2026. The company has also reduced drilling and completion costs per lateral foot by 12% since 2024.
The company is expanding its Delaware Basin inventory, adding 17,000 net acres through leasing, trades and acquisitions, including positions that extend laterals and provide exposure to formations such as Woodford and Second Bone Spring Carbonate.
Matador's integrated midstream business is expected to generate nearly $400 million of EBITDA in 2026, while management evaluates ways to unlock its value through entity-level debt or a potential IPO.
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Matador Resources is targeting profitable, measured growth, projecting approximately $900 million in free cash flow and continued production increases in 2026. The company has also reduced drilling and completion costs per lateral foot by 12% since 2024.
The company is expanding its Delaware Basin inventory, adding 17,000 net acres through leasing, trades and acquisitions, including positions that extend laterals and provide exposure to formations such as Woodford and Second Bone Spring Carbonate.
Matador's integrated midstream business is expected to generate nearly $400 million of EBITDA in 2026, while management evaluates ways to unlock its value through entity-level debt or a potential IPO.
Permian Resources Rally Faces a Test
#company #matador #here #woodford
3 months ago
Rays sign recently released Cubs pitcher, former first-round pick originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Tampa Bay Rays have signed a right-handed pitcher who was recently waived by the Chicago Cubs.
According to Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times, Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor league deal with the AL East club.
Woodford, 29, began the year with the Rays at spring training but did not make the Opening Day roster.
The former first-round pick has split the season with the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs, allowing 21 earned runs on 40 hits with 23 strikeouts in 26.1 innings.
#Chicago #former
The Tampa Bay Rays have signed a right-handed pitcher who was recently waived by the Chicago Cubs.
According to Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times, Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor league deal with the AL East club.
Woodford, 29, began the year with the Rays at spring training but did not make the Opening Day roster.
The former first-round pick has split the season with the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs, allowing 21 earned runs on 40 hits with 23 strikeouts in 26.1 innings.
#Chicago #former
3 months ago
VERSAILLES, Ky. (FOX 56) — After finishing last season with a 12-2 record, Woodford County wants to win it all in 2026.
"I don't pull any punches. We've been 13-1, 12-2, in the semifinals, and so we've got to get over the hump and not only get there but win," Head Coach Dennis Johnson said. "That's what a head coach gets paid for, and that's my job. So, I stay up a lot of nights, man, just trying to figure this thing out."
Woodford County football wants to win it all in 2026
WNBA commissioner says league task force will discuss trans athlete participation
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#coach #wants #versailles
"I don't pull any punches. We've been 13-1, 12-2, in the semifinals, and so we've got to get over the hump and not only get there but win," Head Coach Dennis Johnson said. "That's what a head coach gets paid for, and that's my job. So, I stay up a lot of nights, man, just trying to figure this thing out."
Woodford County football wants to win it all in 2026
WNBA commissioner says league task force will discuss trans athlete participation
WNBA quickly rescinds technical on Fever's Caitlin Clark that would have forced 1-game suspension
#coach #wants #versailles
3 months ago
The global spirits sector is undergoing a phase of aggressive structural consolidation, as evidenced by Sazerac Company's ambitious bid to merge with Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF-B). In an updated proposal letter to Class A shareholders dated July 24, Sazerac restated its all-cash bid of $32 per share for all outstanding Class A and Class B common shares. The proposal, which came with a full 13-page white paper, outlined a transformative financial case that would create a global beverage ****** an second only to Diageo in total annual revenue. The combined company is expected to generate more than $12 billion in revenue in 2026, as well as over $3 billion in EBITDA with an EBITDA margin of more than 30%.
Sazerac's operational strategy includes a broad "U.S. Margin Architecture Reset," which involves transferring Brown-Forman's premium portfolio, anchored on Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve, to Sazerac's high-efficiency domestic route-to-market (RTM) network. Internationally, the combined company would reverse this approach by integrating Sazerac's developing brand portfolio into Brown-Forman's existing global distribution footprint. According to Forbes, the white paper adopts a targeted "going deep, not broad" international strategy, naming the United Kingdom, India, and Australia as main acceleration markets where Brown-Forman's current route-to-market infrastructure might enable rapid geographic development for Sazerac's spirit portfolio.
Despite the strategic logic of Sazerac's plan, the acquisition attempt has run into an immovable corporate governance wall. Brown-Forman's controlling voting block, Wolf Pen Branch LP, which includes members of the Brown Family, made a decisive joint statement rejecting the revised plan as "not actionable". Since the Brown family owns more than 50% of the Class A voting stock, no change-of-control transaction can take place without their specific approval.
This refusal marks Brown-Forman's second high-profile M&A deadlock in 2026. Earlier this year, Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF-B) formally began exploratory merger talks with French liquor company Pernod Ricard. These talks were officially discontinued on April 28 when the parties were unable to establish mutually acceptable conditions, setting the stage for Sazerac's initial unsolicited bid on May 1.
The rejection of a $32 per share cash offer demonstrates a significant value gap in Brown-Forman's stock price. The company trades at around $28 per share and has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 16.8x, near the low end of its historical range and a notable discount to its 10-year historical average forward multiple of around 30x. Industry-wide destocking, lower global spirits consumption, and continuing input cost inflation have all negatively impacted Brown-Forman's near-term operating performance, reducing the company's market capitalization to around $13 billion. Sazerac's $32 cash bid suggests a price closer to 21x projected earnings
Sazerac's operational strategy includes a broad "U.S. Margin Architecture Reset," which involves transferring Brown-Forman's premium portfolio, anchored on Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve, to Sazerac's high-efficiency domestic route-to-market (RTM) network. Internationally, the combined company would reverse this approach by integrating Sazerac's developing brand portfolio into Brown-Forman's existing global distribution footprint. According to Forbes, the white paper adopts a targeted "going deep, not broad" international strategy, naming the United Kingdom, India, and Australia as main acceleration markets where Brown-Forman's current route-to-market infrastructure might enable rapid geographic development for Sazerac's spirit portfolio.
Despite the strategic logic of Sazerac's plan, the acquisition attempt has run into an immovable corporate governance wall. Brown-Forman's controlling voting block, Wolf Pen Branch LP, which includes members of the Brown Family, made a decisive joint statement rejecting the revised plan as "not actionable". Since the Brown family owns more than 50% of the Class A voting stock, no change-of-control transaction can take place without their specific approval.
This refusal marks Brown-Forman's second high-profile M&A deadlock in 2026. Earlier this year, Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF-B) formally began exploratory merger talks with French liquor company Pernod Ricard. These talks were officially discontinued on April 28 when the parties were unable to establish mutually acceptable conditions, setting the stage for Sazerac's initial unsolicited bid on May 1.
The rejection of a $32 per share cash offer demonstrates a significant value gap in Brown-Forman's stock price. The company trades at around $28 per share and has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 16.8x, near the low end of its historical range and a notable discount to its 10-year historical average forward multiple of around 30x. Industry-wide destocking, lower global spirits consumption, and continuing input cost inflation have all negatively impacted Brown-Forman's near-term operating performance, reducing the company's market capitalization to around $13 billion. Sazerac's $32 cash bid suggests a price closer to 21x projected earnings
4 months ago
Just prior to this preview posting, the Cubs announced they had activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. To make room for Maton on the 26-man active roster, Jake Woodford was designated for ***** ignment. The latter move leaves an open spot on the 40-man roster.
Saturday notes…
SATURDAY IN THE PARK: The Cubs are 7-7 on Saturday this year. The losses are as many as they had all of last season, when they finished 20-7. They are 3-3 on the road on Saturday. Last year, they went 11-2. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
GETTING SHUT OUT: Last night’s shutout loss was the Cubs’ ninth of the season. They were blanked only 10 times all of last year, after having been held scoreless 16 times in 2024. They failed to score in eight games in 2023, 12 in 2022 and 10 in 2021, for an average of 10.4 during the previous five seasons. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
RISPy BUSINESS: The Cubs were 0 for 5 last night with runners in scoring position. Their record is 3-20 in games with no hits with RISP. In all other games, they are 49-22. Their average for the season was .217 through June 16. Since then, it is .296, but in their last seven games it is .157 (8 for 51). (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
Saturday notes…
SATURDAY IN THE PARK: The Cubs are 7-7 on Saturday this year. The losses are as many as they had all of last season, when they finished 20-7. They are 3-3 on the road on Saturday. Last year, they went 11-2. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
GETTING SHUT OUT: Last night’s shutout loss was the Cubs’ ninth of the season. They were blanked only 10 times all of last year, after having been held scoreless 16 times in 2024. They failed to score in eight games in 2023, 12 in 2022 and 10 in 2021, for an average of 10.4 during the previous five seasons. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
RISPy BUSINESS: The Cubs were 0 for 5 last night with runners in scoring position. Their record is 3-20 in games with no hits with RISP. In all other games, they are 49-22. Their average for the season was .217 through June 16. Since then, it is .296, but in their last seven games it is .157 (8 for 51). (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
5 months ago
LAS VEGAS – The Milwaukee Brewers move from one high-altitude, offensive-oriented venue to another as they begin a three-game interleague series against the Athletics at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Left-hander Kyle Harrison (7-1, 1.57) starts for the Brewers and seeks to continue the tremendous roll he's been on, while the Athletics counter with left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-6, 4.37).
There were several roster moves made before the game, with right-hander Joel Kuhnel being selected to the roster and right-hander Craig Yoho optioned to Class AAA Nashville.
Also, right-hander Jake Woodford cleared waivers, was outrighted to Nashville and elected free agency and right-hander Carlos Rodriguez had his May 31 option voided and has instead been placed on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement.
40-23, first place in the NL Central.
Left-hander Kyle Harrison (7-1, 1.57) starts for the Brewers and seeks to continue the tremendous roll he's been on, while the Athletics counter with left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-6, 4.37).
There were several roster moves made before the game, with right-hander Joel Kuhnel being selected to the roster and right-hander Craig Yoho optioned to Class AAA Nashville.
Also, right-hander Jake Woodford cleared waivers, was outrighted to Nashville and elected free agency and right-hander Carlos Rodriguez had his May 31 option voided and has instead been placed on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement.
40-23, first place in the NL Central.
