Not every announced spinoff reaches the finish line as a clean distribution. Some get paused or cancelled. Some get sold. Some turn into an IPO, a private-equity investment, and a much longer wait. This week’s roundup is about those almost-spinoffs: deals that are still worth watching, even if the original plan has changed. Kraft Heinz Puts The Breakup… Read More »
The FedEx Freight spinoff did not produce a cheap orphan stock. It produced something more interesting: a standalone LTL(less-than-truckload) carrier that already trades at a serious valuation, and a parent company that is now easier to analyze and looks cheap. Investors looking at FedEx Freight Holding Company, which now trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the… Read More »
Middleby has spent years looking like a company that made more sense in pieces. Commercial kitchen equipment was one piece. Food Processing was another. Residential Kitchen was another still. They kind of looked similar, but, are, in fact, very different businesses. It’s not really surprising than that Middleby has chosen to split them up. Middleby has already moved… Read More »