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Compass on the other hand saw a 14 percent loss in revenue from the same period last year. Founder and CEO Robert Reffkin said 2022 has been a “generationally bad” year in the residential real estate industry.

Six of the seven companies reported an increase in net revenue from the same three-month period in 2021. They are:.Axsome Therapeutics.American Shared Hospital Services .Broadway Financial Corporation.Carver Bancorp .RLJ Lodging Trust .Urban One.

Thoma Bravo completed the acquisition of software company Ping Identity Holding a few weeks later on October 17 in an all-cash transaction for $2.8 billion at $28.50 per share.

Pfizer completed the acquisition of biopharmaceutical company Global Blood Therapeutics in early October for $5.4 billion at $68.50 per share.

The third quarter of 2022 saw the acquisition of two Black-founded or led publicly traded companies — now seven remain among the over 2,000 domestic companies.

Black Publicly Traded Companies Q3 Earnings, Several Report Increase in Net Revenue Amidst Economic Downturn and Pandemic Recovery. .