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Colony NorthStar
Formerly called
Colony Capital (1991-2017)
Type
Public
Traded as NYSE: CLNS
Industry Private equity real estate
Founded 1991; 26 years ago (1991)
Founder Thomas J. Barrack Jr.
Currently Chairman
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Number of locations
17 (2017)
Products Real estate
Website clns.com

Colony NorthStar is a diversified equity REIT with an embedded institutional and retail investment management business. The company has over 500 employees operating in 17 offices around the world. The company focuses on real estate opportunities around the world either on its own, through funds run by the company, or in joint ventures. In particular, Colony NorthStar invests in real estate and real estate-related debt investments, real estate-dependent operating companies, non-performing loans, distressed assets and select development opportunities throughout the world. The company is run by businessman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. In 2010, Colony was reported to manage about $30 billion in investments. In 2011, Colony was tied for 3rd largest private equity real estate fund in the world, behind Blackstone Group and Morgan Stanley Real Estate.

Colony purchased Raffles International on July 18, 2005. This included the 41 hotels and resorts operated under the Raffles Hotel and Swissotel brand names. There are plans to expand the chains, particularly in Asia. On January 30, 2006, it acquired Fairmont Hotels and Resorts of Toronto, Ontario with Kingdom Hotels International as a joint partner for US$3.24 billion. In April 10, 2006, it acquired French professional football team Paris Saint-Germain.

On February 25, 2007, it signed a definitive agreement to take Station Casinos private in a 75%/25% split with members of the founding Fertitta family for US$5.5 billion, or US$90/share. The subsequent economic downturn caused Station Casinos to declare bankruptcy in 2009, and when it emerged in 2011 Colony Capital owned a much smaller portion after providing more cash. Founder, Chairman, and CEO Thomas Barrack said it "could have been the worst investment ever" in terms of timing.

On November 11, 2008, Michael Jackson transferred the title of his 2,700 acre estate Neverland Ranch to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC, a joint venture between Jackson (represented by attorney, L. Londell McMillan) and an affiliate of Colony Capital. It is still unclear whether Colony Capital has a part in the property. Jackson earned a total of US$35 million when he agreed to the joint venture between himself and Colony Capital.

In March 2010, Colony arranged a financing and marketing package for Annie Leibovitz. The New York celebrity photographer had been in financial difficulty and in danger of losing to her previous lender, ArtCapital, the rights to her photographs and negatives and her three Greenwich Village townhouses. ArtCapital's credit was for $24 million. In December 2010, Colony purchased Miramax from Disney with Qatar Investment Authority, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and The Weinstein Company as part of a joint venture called Filmyard Holdings for $663 million.

In January 2017, Colony NorthStar, Inc. (NYSE: CLNS) was formed through a tri-party merger between Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE:CLNY), NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE:NSAM) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF).

In September 2017, Colony NorthStar agreed to sell its Townsend Group unit to Aon for $475 million.

In October 2017, Colony entered discussions to purchase The Weinstein Company, a movie and TV production studio that sustained damaged after its co-founder, Harvey Weinstein, was accused of multiple counts of sexual harrassment over three decades. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal, in late October 2017, it was reported that Colony Capital LLC had proved hesitant to purchase Weinstein Co. after a week of exclusive negotiations. Fortress Investment Group was also in talks to provide a loan to Weinstein Co.

The traditional investment portfolio at Colony are their investment funds, in which retail investors pool their funds, such as with mutual funds.

A large part of Colony LLC investment portfolio involved gaming resorts mainly in the United States. Some were joint projects with Accor Casinos.

Colony was also involved in investing in luxury hotels and resorts in Asia and North America:

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS
Q2 2021 2021-08-02 Future report Set alerts
Q1 2021 2021-05-06 -0.56 -0.56
Q4 2020 2021-02-25 -0.30 -0.30
Q2 2020 2020-08-07 -4.33 -4.33
Q1 2020 2020-05-08 -0.76 -0.76
Q4 2019 2020-02-28 -0.06 -0.95
Q3 2019 2019-11-08 -1.16 -1.22
Q2 2019 2019-08-09 -0.98 -0.98
Q1 2019 2019-05-10 -0.21 -0.23
Q4 2018 2019-03-01 -0.82 -0.83

Ratings

2016-06-06 Upgrade FBR & Co. Mkt Perform to Outperform $18.00 to $22.00
2016-06-06 Upgrade FBR & Co Mkt Perform to Outperform $18.00 to $22.00
2016-05-10 Reiterated Rating FBR & Co. Hold
2016-03-02 Downgrade FBR & Co. Outperform to Market Perform $24.00 to $18.00
2016-02-29 Lower Price Target Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform $27.00 to $22.00
2016-02-10 Reiterated Rating FBR & Co. Outperform
2015-11-16 Lower Price Target RBC Capital Outperform $33.00 to $30.00
2015-11-16 Lower Price Target Royal Bank Of Canada Outperform $33.00 to $30.00
2015-10-09 Lower Price Target FBR & Co. $29.00 to $26.00
2015-04-23 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Buy $29.00
2015-04-23 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Buy $29.00
2015-04-15 Boost Price Target Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform $27.00 to $30.00
2015-01-28 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $27.00 to $28.00
2014-11-06 Reiterated Rating Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform $25.00 to $27.00
2014-11-06 Boost Price Target RBC Capital Outperform $28.00 to $33.00
2014-11-05 Upgrade Sterne Agee CRT Neutral to Buy $27.00
2014-11-05 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $24.00 to $27.00
2014-10-07 Initiated Coverage Sterne Agee CRT Neutral $22.50
2014-05-20 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Neutral $22.00
2014-03-10 Boost Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $23.00 to $24.00
2013-11-12 Lower Price Target FBR & Co. Outperform $24.00 to $23.00
2011-03-10 Reiterated FBR Capital Outperform $22 to $24
2010-07-13 Upgrade FBR Capital Mkt Perform to Outperform $20 to $22
2010-02-19 Initiated JMP Securities Mkt Outperform $21
2016-06-06 Upgrade FBR & Co. Mkt Perform to Outperform $18.00 to $22.00
2016-06-06 Upgrade FBR & Co Mkt Perform to Outperform $18.00 to $22.00
2016-05-10 Reiterated Rating FBR & Co. Hold
2016-03-02 Downgrade FBR & Co. Outperform to Market Perform $24.00 to $18.00
2016-02-29 Lower Price Target Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform $27.00 to $22.00

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Major Shareholders

Name Relationship Total Shares Holding stocks
Luxor Capital Group, LP 0.59%  (646627) AAMC / AMCX / ASPS / AUMA / BAS / BJRI / CLNY / CONN / EAGL / EBIX / HMTV / RCAP / WLH /