TravelClick Acquisition Would Improve Amadeus' Hospitality Position; Shares Overvalued
We view narrow-moat Amadeus' proposed acquisition of hospitality IT firm TravelClick as positive, as it would expand the company's enterprise offering into the midscale independent market, allowing it to more effectively compete with narrow-moat peer Sabre. We expect the deal to get approval and to close around the end of 2018 and plan to lift our EUR 50 fair value estimate by about EUR 2 after incorporating the acquisition into our model. Still, we see shares as overvalued, trading around 25 ti...Amadeus is a transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. Co. provides transaction processing power and technology solutions to both travel providers (including full service carriers and low-cost airlines, hotels, rail operators, cruise and ferry operators, car rental companies and tour operators) and travel agencies (both online and offline). Co. acts both as a worldwide network connecting travel providers and travel agencies through a processing platform for the distribution of travel products and services (through the Distribution business), and as a provider of a portfolio of IT solutions which automate certain business processes (through the IT solutions business).
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Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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