It’s a big week for big spinoffs, with two new spinoffs immediately joining the S&P 500. Honeywell(HON) will complete its spinoff of Solstice Advanced Materials(SOLS) first with the Solstice spinoff joining the S&P 500 tomorrow, October 30,2025. Solstice stock will replace CarMax(KMX) in the index on October 31. CarMax will move into the S&P SmallCap 600, replacing USANA… Read More »
Another week, more spinoff news: Solstice Spinoff and Qnity Spinoff On Deck Big week for spinoffs this week as DuPont completes its Qnity spinoff, and Honeywell completes its Solstice spinoff. These are two large companies who are spinoff veterans. These widely held stocks should see lots of volume for both the parents and the spinoffs Grupo Herdez Nutrisa… Read More »
As we have discussed previously, DuPont(DD) has had more spins than a washing machine. Several weeks ago, DuPont set the record date for its Qnity spinoff, but final Board approval and some important details were lacking. Now, the Board has approved the Qnity spinoff and remaining details are out. As we reported earlier, the record date for the… Read More »
Another week, some more odds and ends. More ends than odds, as two spinoff record date announcements mean we are close to completion on a few spinoffs DuPont Announces Record Date For Qnity Spinoff As we recently wrote about, DuPont(DD) will be spinning off its Qnity Electronics business, targeting a November 1 distribution date. The tax-free spinoff will… Read More »
Qnity: Electric Charge Unity Spinoff In a brief interlude of posting this past January, we wrote about the Qnity spinoff from DuPont (DD). Of course, at the time, the electronics spinoff had not been named, so this is our first opportunity to discuss the name, Qnity. What does it mean? The company says: What’s the meaning behind our… Read More »
It’s been a few years, but here’s a new Spinoff Odds & Ends post, bringing you spinoff news that just doesn’t warrant its own article. Unilever’s Ice Cream Headache: Ben & Jerry’s vs. Magnum We have discussed Unilever’s(UL) The Magnum Ice Cream Company spinoff. They haven’t said so, but one of the reasons may be the untenable position… Read More »
Dupont Spinoff. Something we have written about many times over the years. We have a good excuse. We must keep writing about them, because they keep spinning off. DuPont, officially known as DuPont de Nemours, Inc, will likely eventually spin itself into oblivion, like other reapeat spinners Tyco and Sara Lee. Ed Breen The Spinoff King If we… 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 »
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 »
A recent piece in Barron’s notes that “Sanford Bernstein analyst Jonas Oxgaard recently called the DowDuPont merger and 3-way split the “most complicated action in corporate history.”” It goes on to note, regarding the scale of the transactions: Oxgaard’s claim is difficult to verify, but it doesn’t feel far from the truth. Consider, legacy-Dow and legacy-duPont announced their intention to form the largest… Read More »
The upcoming spinoff of Corteva Agrisciences on June 1st is the final step of DowDupont’s (DWDP) breakup. You may have heard us talk about it once or twice or…it’s not important. As a reminder though, Corteva will trade under the ticker ‘CTVA’ and DWDP shareholders should receive 1 share of CTVA stock for every 3 DWDP shares owned.… Read More »
It seem like just last month that DowDuPont(DWDP) completed the spinoff of Dow(DOW). As was planned from the moment Dow and DuPont merged just a few short years ago, DowDuPont has one more spinoff to complete before it changes its name back to DuPont(or DuPont de Nemours, Inc., to be precise), and its ticker back to DD. DowDuPont’s… Read More »
Over 18 months since announcing plans to merge, Dow Chemical(DOW) and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.(DD) will complete their merger on August 31. The new company will be named DowDuPont and will trade under the new DWDP ticker. DowDuPont will be included in both the S&P 100 and S&P 500, as were both predecessor companies. Don’t… Read More »