Time for another edition of Odds & Ends… 1. Yet Another Value Blog has a follow up piece to its initial recommendation of Kontoor Brands (KTB), the 2019 jeans spinoff from VF Corp (VFC). The company initially recovered from the usual post-spin dynamics, but has been hit especially hard this year. Interestingly, according to YAVB one reason is… Read More »
The saga surrounding California Resources Corporation (CRC) finally reached a conclusion last week with the company agreeing to a pre-arranged Chapter 11 package with its creditors. As we have previously reported, the company missed a few recent interest payments beginning the seemingly inevitable slide into bankruptcy. CRC negotiated a forbearance agreement (along with several extensions) while working the… Read More »
Highlighting the Barron’s Roundtable’s spinoff picks is always one of our most popular pieces every year. Sadly, we missed it earlier this year, but Barron’s does publish a midyear check in every July. It’s not as comprehensive as the beginning of the year Roundtable gathering, but it still features some talk about the economy, predictions for the market… Read More »
Another deadline and another forbearance extension for California Resources Corporation (CRC). For at least the third time over the past month the California based oil producer (and OXY spinoff) was able to buy some additional time from its lenders on its missed interest payments. The new deadline is now July 12th…a mere four days later. The forbearance periods… Read More »
Solar power is hot right now on the heels of yesterday’s announced deal for Sunrun(RUN) to buy Vivint Solar(VSLR). SunPower(SPWR), another major solar power player, is moving forward with its plan to spin off the international portion of its technologies business as Maxeon Solar Technologies. Towards that end, the company filed its Form 20-F registration statement last week.… Read More »
It’s been a little over 10 months since the last Odds & Ends so the time is right to bring this fan favorite back. 1. Yet Another Value Blog recently posted a lengthy, in depth series analyzing the media industry. The most recent edition – another great read – is focused on sports rights and sports investing. The… Read More »
Smith & Wesson(SWBI)- it’s one of the most storied names in firearms, and, as of June 1, it’s the name not just of a brand, but of a company as well. In preparation for a late summer spinoff, American Outdoor Brands Corporation(AOBC), changed its name to Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. The American Outdoor Brands name is not… Read More »
California Resources Corporation (CRC) skipped an interest payment last month and seems headed towards a Chapter 11 filing. In the meantime, the company made one interest payment late and then successfully bought a few more weeks of additional time by negotiating a forbearance agreement with its lenders. June 30th is now its next big deadline, but it seems… Read More »
We’ve been remiss before, and now we’ve been … reremiss? A Google index update left us somewhat disheartened, life intervened and our unplanned hiatus dragged on for months. Our once proud site became a Haunted Mansion as spinoffs spun and reverse morrises trusted. Our tenth anniversary came and went unremarked(find our unimpressive first post here) as in a… Read More »
It’s been quite the ride for Marathon Petroleum’s (MPC) planned spinoff of its convenience store business, Speedway. The idea was studied as part of a strategic review in 2017, but ultimately the board determined it wasn’t in the company’s best interests at the time. That decision was surprising given Elliott Management‘s involvement and initial support for the idea.… Read More »
DuPont(DD) has been no stranger to spinoffs. Following the 2015 spinoff of Chemours(CC), DuPont merged with Dow Chemical in preparation for a three-way split executed earlier this year, leaving DuPont, Dow Chemical(DOW) and Corteva(CTVA) as independent companies. But there is no rest for the weary. Citigroup analyst P.J. Juvekar believes there is more to come. “We expect DuPont… Read More »
New York sports fans will once again have to wait a little bit longer to own a clean slice of the city’s most iconic teams. During its recent Q4 conference call, The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) noted that the planned spinoff of its sports teams was ‘taking longer than expected’ and that as a result, the planned… Read More »
Perhaps readers thought that the DowDupont spinoff was beaten to death and were glad to see the final spinoff date pass. Sorry to disappoint, but there’s still more to say on the subject (and likely will be for some time!). In this week’s Odds and Ends we catch up on some of the recent action: 1. DuPont Gets… Read More »
Shortly after disclosing a poor start to 2019, CenturyLink (CTL) announced that it was beginning a strategic review of its consumer business. The unit represents less than 25% of its overall sales, but it is one of the largest local exchange carriers in the US. It offers broadband and other services to consumers in various markets throughout the… Read More »
With its stock in freefall, Mallinckrodt(MNK) announced plans to move forward with a spinoff announced late last year. Mallinckrodt stock, which traded for over $130 per share in March 2015, was $62.58 when we wrote about it in November 2015, and $18.67 when we discussed it in December 2018. In the last 6 months, it has fallen another… Read More »