** Shares of Pagaya Technologies Ltd PGY.O up 0.6%
premarket to $9.71 after co raises more capital than planned
** Israeli-based fintech late Thurs announced pricing $140
mln 6.125% 5-yr exchangeable notes offering
** Initial conversion price of $13.99 represents 45% premium
to stock's last sale of $9.65
** PGY tumbled 22.5% on Thurs after co launched $125 mln
offering to repay borrowing under its repurchase agreements, for
general purposes
** Co has ~$693 mln market cap, per LSEG
** Shares down ~42% YTD through Thurs
** 6 of 9 analysts rate PGY "strong buy" or "buy", rest
"hold" with $23 median PT
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))