Report
Brian Han
EUR 100.00 For Business Accounts Only

Despite the Cat Among the Pigeons, Nine-Fairfax Merger Inches Towards Completion

We lift our fair value estimate on Fairfax Media by 6% to AUD 0.75 per share. It reflects the implied value based on our new AUD 2.00 intrinsic assessment for the merged Nine-Fairfax entity, as per the merger terms of 0.3627 Nine shares plus AUD 0.025 cash dividend for each Fairfax share. This follows Fairfax shareholders' approval of the merger at the Nov. 19, 2018 Scheme Meeting, clearing the last hurdle before the merger is consummated on Dec. 7, 2018.
The value uplift for the enlarged Nine-F...
Underlying
Fairfax Media Limited

Fairfax Media is engaged in the publishing of news, information and entertainment, advertising sales in print and digital formats, and radio broadcasting. Co.'s segments include: Domain Group, which is engaged in real estate media and services business; Metropolitan Media, which is engaged in metropolitan news, sport, lifestyle and business media; Australian Community Media, which is engaged in newspaper publishing and online for all Australian regional, community and agricultural media; New Zealand Media, which is engaged in newspaper, magazine and general publishing and online for all New Zealand media; and Radio, which is engaged in metropolitan radio networks in Australia.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

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.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Brian Han

Other Reports on these Companies
Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch