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It’s The Edge Of The Well As We Know It(And I Feel Fine)- Barron’s Sees 50% Upside For Edgewell Personal Care(EPC)

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There are worse names in the spinoff world, but Edgewell Personal Care(EPC) is a fairly bad one. Made worse, no doubt, by the company’s tortured explanation of its deep meaning. Edgewell, which owns such personal care brands as Schick, Skintimate, Hawaiian Tropic, and Playtex, spun off Energizer Holdings(ENR) in July 2015. Edgewell stock has underperformed since, recently down 20% from… Read More »

Will Nelson Peltz’s Procter & Gamble(PG) Stake Lead To Spinoffs?

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Nelson Peltz is legendary for successfully pushing for structural change at large companies.  This has often resulted in spinoffs of disparate divisions. Last week, Peltz’s investment vehicle, Trian Fund Management, disclosed a $3.5 billion stake in Procter & Gamble(PG). Peltz steps into the shoes of Bill Ackman, who several years ago took an activist position in P&G, only… Read More »

Summer Of Spin: Day 2 Roundup Featuring Baxalta And Friends

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The ‘Summer of Spin’ rolls on and yesterday witnessed the completion of three more spin offs: Masco (MAS) separated its installations and services into TopBuild (BLD) TriMas (TRS) spun off its former Cequent units as Horizon Global (HZN) Babcock & Wilcox (BWC) changed its name to BWX Technologies (BWXT) and spun off its power generation unit as Babcock &… Read More »

All’s Well That Edgewell

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Energizer Holdings(ENR) will be completing its spinoff of Energizer Holdings tomorrow, July 1, 2015, and renaming itself Edgewell Personal Care(EPC). Shareholders as of June 12 will receive one share of New Energizer for each share held. An explanation for the Edgewell name and its power, strength and beauty can be found here. Though Edgewell management is bullish on… Read More »

Get Ready- The Summer Of Spin Kicks Off With Ten Spinoffs Coming Your Way This Week

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Calling all spinoff lovers – it’s time to get your hard hats on because the end of this month is going to be crazy. Just call it the ‘Summer of Spin’. In the somewhat improbable five plus years we have been running this site (and I am willing to bet over the course of history), there has never… Read More »

Buffett Swoops In, Taking Procter & Gamble’s Duracell Spinoff Off The Table

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Late last month, Procter & Gamble(PG) announced that it would be divesting its Duracell business.  At the time, its preferred outcome was to spin off the division to shareholders. The second step is the exit of the Duracell business. Although no decision has been made on the form of the exit, P&G’s current preference is a split-off of… Read More »