Foster’s turns down $2b bid
Foster’s has rejected a $2 billion private equity bid for its wine business, saying it “significantly undervalues” the Treasury Wine Estates. Roger Montgomery observed “It’s a very tough business with low barriers to entry, very low barriers to imitation and there’s a huge amount of choice… They will use a large portion of debt to make the acquisition so they only need very small improvements in earnings before interest and tax in order to generate very large returns on the equity that’s actually invested and that’s because of the leverage they use. Read transcript.
Roger Montgomery is the Founder and Chairman of Montgomery Investment Management. Roger has over three decades of experience in funds management and related activities, including equities analysis, equity and derivatives strategy, trading and stockbroking. Prior to establishing Montgomery, Roger held positions at Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming, BT (Australia) Limited and Merrill Lynch.
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