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EQT$EQT · filed: grew revenue 63.9% in FY2025 to $8.6BWeathered boatTrillion Score 473Fall Risk HighNext year $5.8B–$19.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What EQT filed
Grew revenue 63.9% in FY2025 to $8.6 billion, operating margin 37.6% against a 16.8% median for crude petroleum & natural gas, equity 56.8% of assets, and dividend per share up 4 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on EQT’s card. Weathered boat: two warning signs. Trillion Score 473, #38 of 49 in its field; Fall Risk High (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $5.8B and $19.7B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #7727f6 · graded in public by the revenue in EQT’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
EQT bought **40 years** of LP trust and **$34B** AUM for stock, skipping the secondaries build-out entirely.
$3.2 billion
in newly issued ordinary shares
$500 million
in contingent consideration tied to performance targets
$34 billion
in assets under management and a roster of
300-plus
institutional limited partners accumulated since Jeremy Coller founded the…
EQT announced it will merge with Coller International for $3.2 billion in newly issued ordinary shares, plus up to $500 million in contingent consideration tied to performance targets. The transaction hands Stockholm's largest private markets platform immediate scale in LP-led secondaries without building the LP network from scratch. Coller brings $34 billion in assets under management and a roster of 300-plus institutional limited partners accumulated since Jeremy Coller founded the firm in 1990. EQT gets a seat at the table in the fastest-growing segment of private markets without the five-to-seven-year ramp most new entrants face.
The deal is all-stock, which means Coller's principals and backers—including Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Petershill Partners—become EQT shareholders with board representation. No cash leaves EQT's balance sheet. The contingent piece pays out if Coller hits undisclosed AUM and fee targets over the next 24 months, suggesting EQT expects the secondaries franchise to keep compounding at mid-teens rates even as the broader buyout market stalls. EQT did not disclose Coller's trailing fee revenue, but secondaries funds typically charge 1.5% to 2.0% management fees and 10% to 12.5% carry, with earlier monetization than traditional buyouts. The economics tilt toward steady fee income rather than lumpy exits.
This matters because EQT is paying for distribution, not just capital. Coller's LP base spans sovereign wealth funds, public pensions, insurance companies, and family offices that have been selling fund stakes to Coller for decades. That network is the asset. EQT can now cross-sell its flagship buyout funds, infrastructure vehicles, and credit strategies into a secondaries dialogue that starts with liquidity provision rather than a blind fundraise. The reverse also works: Coller's LPs who need liquidity can be directed toward EQT's co-investment opportunities or continuation vehicles, keeping capital inside the ecosystem. The $3.2 billion price implies EQT is paying roughly 9-10% of Coller's AUM, a premium to the 6-8% range most secondaries GP stakes have traded at over the past 18 months. The premium reflects scarcity. There are fewer than 10 independent secondaries managers globally with over $30 billion in AUM and a pure LP-led mandate. Coller is the last one not already owned by a multi-strategy platform or listed vehicle.
Operators and allocators should watch three things. First, whether EQT files for a secondary listing or share buyback within six months to offset dilution—current shareholders will own 12-15% less of the company post-issuance. Second, whether Coller's carried interest recipients stay past the 18-month lockup, or quietly rotate into competitors like Lexington or Ardian. Third, how quickly EQT pitches a co-mingled secondaries-plus-credit fund to LPs who want one-stop exposure to both liquidity provision and stressed credit. That product does not exist at scale today, and EQT now has both pieces in-house.
The transaction closes in Q2 2025, subject to regulatory clearance in the EU and U.S. Coller's current fund, Fund IX, remains in deployment and will not be folded into EQT's fund accounting until it reaches final close later this year.
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For the principal
If you have illiquid GP stakes or legacy fund positions, this consolidation narrows your exit counterparties by one—price accordingly.
For the operator
Watch for EQT's first hybrid secondaries-credit vehicle in Q3 2025; Coller's LP base becomes the beta test for bundled liquidity products.
For the house
Named accounts with EQT exposure: dilution risk offsets secondaries upside near-term; defer new allocations until share count stabilizes post-close.
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