Are Robotaxis Coming to a City Near You?
4/20/202625 min
Serial acquirer QXO has made a transformative $17 billion acquisition of TopBuild to create the second largest player in the industry. Motley Fool analysts Jason Hall and Matt Frankel break this deal down before discussing developments with Tesla’s Robotaxis and answering a listening question about selling stocks. Jon Quast, Matt Frankel, and Jason Hall discuss: -QXO’s $17 billion acquisition of TopBuild -Tesla’s Robotaxi expansion -Mailbag: Did I make a mistake by selling a stock that went up? Companies discussed: QXO (QXO), TopBuild (BLD), XPO (XPO), United Rentals (URI), Tesla (TSLA), Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT), Alphabet (GOOG)(GOOGL) Host: Jon Quast Guests: Matt Frankel, Jason Hall Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJohn Quast· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Are robo taxis coming to a city near you? This is Motley Fool Money. [upbeat music] Welcome to Motley Fool Money with the Hidden Gems team. I'm John Quast, and I'm joined today by Fool contributors Matt Frankel, and filling in for us this week is Jason Hall. We're gonna talk about Tesla. We're gonna answer questions from our mailbag about selling stocks, but first we want to hit this multi-billion dollar lead story, and that's that QXO is acquiring TopBuild for a reported seventeen billion dollars. QXO is primarily a roofing business, and what was so interesting to me is its market cap is only about eighteen billion, so probably better to call this more of a merger than an acquisition. But this isn't even the first acquisition it's made this month, earlier this month announcing it's acquiring Kodiak Building Partners for two point two five billion. This is just wow.
Jason Hall· Guest1:13
John, no, this is, this is an acquisition. Let's make no bones about that whatsoever. For those that haven't followed the QXO story, this is really... And I'm a shareholder here, and the reason I'm a shareholder is I wanna invest along with