How to think about PE ownership in equities

How do you think about PE-owned companies? Are they bad? 

  • Majority PE owned: ex Portco went IPO, you treat it differently than one has anchor investors like Fidelity, Wellington? 
  • PE invested for minority: like H&F buying 7.5% of Splunk. Does that typically mean H&F will eventually buy all of it out? Have seen KKR do similar things in other companies - minority first, then buy out whole
 

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