RE:RE:RE:CloudMD Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire South Surrey .Yes! Absolutely you question every single acquisition, every single move a public company makes, asking whether management is taking action in the best interest of shareholders. This is basic due diligence that every informed investor should undertake. You're the shareholder. You have the right to know exactly what the company is doing.
Comparing Google and FB acquisitions to DOCs acquisition: on one hand, the comparison is fair in that these are all takeovers and, yes, at the time the acquisitions were subject to strict investor scrutiny as management made a huge bet on its future. YouTube was Googles second largest takeover at the time. FB paid 19B for whatsapp. These were transformational acquistions involving massive $ figures. Still, they were calculated bets. No one, not even the gods at FB and Google, know the future.
As for the Surrey clinic, unless they have the world's only functioning crystal ball then, no, they do not know the future. They too made a calculated bet. Unlike FB and GOOG, shareholders of DOC do not know the clinics financial situation nor the specific reasons for selling. And it's a rinky dinky bet on the future, dollar wise, that will do little to move the needle. That said, it's a start. Maybe DOC has more deals in the pipeline?
Blindly follow management, of any company, at your peril.