Deal Flow
Letter · prints on one page
Transaction tear sheetData as of Nov 7, 2026
M&A · Financials · Real Estate Investment Trusts

Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. to acquire Capstead Mortgage Corp

Announced Jul 26, 2021 · Closed Oct 19, 2021

Deal value$707M
Premium20.0%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA—
ConsiderationCash and stock$7.30 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. (FBRT)
Target
Capstead Mortgage Corp (CMO)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$7.30
Enterprise value
—
Status
Closed Oct 19, 2021

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
$26.7M · 3.8%
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
—
Go-shop
No-shop
Financing
No financing condition

Advisors

To the acquirer
Houlihan Lokey, Barclays
To the target
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse fee
$12.0M

Sector context · Financials

Comparable deals
45 in the prior 24 months
Premium
20.0% vs. 42.0% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
Sector median 21.6x
Break fee
3.8% vs. 3.7% sector median

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedJul 26, 2021
  2. Proxy filedSep 7, 2021
  3. Definitive proxySep 7, 2021
  4. Shareholder voteOct 15, 2021
  5. ClosedOct 19, 2021

Valuation · fairness opinions

52-week trading range$5.06$6.88
Analyst price targets$6.50$7.00
Offer $7.30

Implied value per Capstead Mortgage Corp share by analysis, from Credit Suisse.

Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Jul 26, 2021
  • 425 (EX-99.1) · Jul 26, 2021

Adj. EBITDA is operating income + D&A + impairment, restructuring, deal costs and stock compensation, less any large gain on a sale, last twelve months, from the target's filings. Calculated by Castle, so it can differ from a bank's adjusted figure.

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.