thyssenkrupp AG(TKAMY) has completed the spinoff of its naval shipbuilding division, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, now trading independently as TKMS. Shares began trading today, October 20, 2025, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker TKMS, marking the latest chapter in thyssenkrupp’s multi-year effort to simplify its structure and surface value through targeted spinoffs. This is, we believe, the… Read More »
thyssenkrupp Spinoffs: Much ado about nothing thyssenkrupp AG (TKAMY) is not a stranger to these pages. In the past, we wrote about both a stainless steel spinoff(all the way back in 2011), which didn’t spinoff as the division was instead sold to Finnish competitor Outokumpu , and the elevators spinoff which was also cancelled in favor of a… Read More »
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 »
Let’s kick off the week with another edition of the always eclectic Spinoff Odds and Ends: 1) Thyssenkrupp Update We provided an update on thyssenkrupp’s (TKAMY) new ‘strategic direction’ last week. The JV with Tata Steel is out and the elevator business spinoff was scrapped for an IPO instead. Just a few days later though, the story seems… Read More »
We discussed one scrapped spinoff earlier this week – Brunswick’s Life Fitness – but, alas, it wasn’t an isolated incident. In this edition of Odds & Ends we catch you up on the latest in abandoned spin plans: 1. Thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Spinoff thyssenkrupp (TKAMY) shocked the markets with a stunning strategic about face ‘reset’ last week. Seven months… Read More »
Time for a little housecleaning as we catch up on some old news regarding a few potential spins which ended up as sales instead. Can’t win them all. Loral Space & Communications (LORL) had long talked about spinning off its Space Systems/Loral (SSL) unit to shareholders, but instead sold the division to MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates (TSX:MDA) for $875m. The… Read More »
Not enough interest in silverware these days? Sure seems that way as German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG (TYEKF – US Pink Sheets) announced plans to spin off its stainless steel operations. The move comes just a few months after ArcelorMittal (MT) did the same exact thing with its stainless division, Aperam (APEMY). [See our earlier posts on Aperam here… Read More »