More Summer Of Spin action as Lumentum and Viavi step into the light. A decade after shedding the unwieldy JDS Uniphase(JDSU) name for the alphabet soup JDSU, the former dotcom bubble will say goodbye to this name as well as it splits into Lumentum Holdings and Viavi Solutions this weekend. The stock, which traded at over $1000 in… Read More »
In a nod to ‘Throwback Thursday’, lets take a look at a recent spin that has been in the news recently. Last June, following a broader market trend, Time Warner (TWX) spun off its magazine business into Time Inc (TIME). After a year of independence the new company’s stock is mostly flat, which is not too shabby considering… Read More »
As it continues along its primrose path to irrelevancy, Barnes & Noble(BKS) will complete its long-discussed spinoff of Barnes & Noble Education this weekend. Though the company had formerly combined its NOOK with the College business, it opted, in the end, to retain the NOOK business, and just hired Fred Argir to lead that business. It should be… Read More »
Exterran Holdings (EXH) was all set to go with the spinoff of its global fabrications and international services businesses. The names and tickers were all set – the new company would be called Exterran Corporation with the ticker ‘EXTN’ and the parent would rename itself Archrock and trade under ‘AROC’. It had a date of record (July 22nd),… Read More »
Despite ascending to the top role at Johnson Controls (JCI) less than two years ago, Alex Molinaroli has certainly made his mark on the historic auto supplier. He sold off both its electronics and workplace staffing businesses and also put its interiors business into a JV with China’s Yanfeng Automotive. Not satisfied, Mr. Molinaroli then announced the company… Read More »
United Technologies (UTX) had been considering its strategic options for its Sikorsky helicopter operations for quite some time. At first, it seemed the storied chopper company would end up flying solo via a spinoff due to tax reasons, but, as time went by, a sale seemed to be more and more likely. Eventually, the WSJ (and others) identified… Read More »
Following in the time honored tradition of Yellow Pages locksmiths, Yahoo(YHOO) has opted to name its upcoming spinoff Aabaco Holdings. Perhaps if they stick enough A’s in the name, they can get tax free status for the spin. Though no uplifting corporate message was given for the name, which presumably rhymes with tobacco, it appears to be a… Read More »
Yum! Brands (YUM) has been the subject of breakup talk for some time, with both sell-side analysts (and here) and big hedge funds calling for some type of split. The company has been struggling recently, especially in China, which usually tends to give the activists a bit more clout, but that doesn’t appear to be the case here. During… Read More »
eBays’ (EBAY) long awaited spinoff of Paypal (PYPL) will be completed after the close today and the first day of trading for the new company will be Monday, July 20th. The breakup idea goes back a looooong way and was actually the subject of one of our first articles. EBAY shareholders should receive one share of PYPL for… Read More »
One of the attractions of spinoffs is that they tend to be underfollowed companies out of the gate. Of course, that isn’t always the case and DuPont’s (DD) recent Chemours (CC) spin has sure gotten plenty of attention although most of it hasn’t been so great. Wall Street’s opinions started rolling in about a week prior to the… Read More »
TriMas (TRS) spun off its former Cequent businesses into the new Horizon Global (HZN) earlier this month during the ‘Summer of Spin’. Although the new company has a strong position in the towing, trailer and cargo management businesses, management’s sights are set much higher. Crain’s Detroit recently ran a great profile on the company highlighting management’s hunger for… Read More »
With all the spinoff excitement, Forbes looks ahead at the next brands that might be granted independence by their corporate overlords. Ebay(EBAY)’s StubHub. StubHub dominates live event ticket reselling. On the heels of a successful spinoff of PayPal, perhaps Ebay will go back to the well and spin off StubHub. Time Warner(TWX)’s HBO. Time Warner is no stranger… Read More »
A year after its spinoff from National Oilwell Varco (NOV), NOW Inc.(DNOW) continues to roll up distributors with the acquisition of Odessa Pumps, its eighth acquisition since the spin. Robert Workman, President and CEO of NOW Inc., commented, “The addition of Odessa Pumps and Equipment not only offers DistributionNOW the ability to expand our products and services offerings… Read More »
The drama surrounding Yahoo(YHOO)’s proposed spinoff of its Alibaba(BABA) stake continues. Though the company has said it is pushing forward and is optimistic, Barron’s reports that Morgan Stanley feels a 0% probability of the deal is priced in at the current stock price. The sentiment on the stock is now as if they’ll never make the spin happen,… Read More »
With $6 billion in cash burning a hole in its wallet, PayPal(PYPL) will not slow its aggressive acquisition program after its purchase of Xoom(XOOM). Dan Schulman, who will be CEO of PayPal following its July 17 spinoff from Ebay(EBAY), told the Financial Times that acquisitions would be a priority, as PayPal uses the $6bn war chest that is… Read More »