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Focus Financial shares soar after Rudy Adolf pumps the pipeline and stiff-arms analyst who presses him on a Focus sore point--organic growth, or lack thereof

The shares are up more than 30% since Aug. 20; the CEO boasted on the quarterly call that the IPO itself sent the M&A pipeline spiraling higher

Author Brooke Southall September 6, 2018 at 12:33 AM
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Rudy Adolf: Pipelines are robust for organic and inorganic growth.

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Focus Financial Partners, LLC
Consolidator/Roll-up Firm
Top Executive: Rudy Adolf




Jeff Spears

Jeff Spears

September 6, 2018 — 11:43 AM
My take on the Focus EPS call was that Rudy's audience was RIAs not public shareholders. Rudy has the recruiting pitch down and he reverted to that comfort zone on the call. My guess is that inorganic growth will continue to drive the bus.

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