Cash Flow Neutral Disposal for Narrow-Moat Pearson; Moderate Upside to Our GBX 740 FVE
Narrow-moat Pearson announced today that it will be selling close to half of its stake in book publisher Penguin-Random House, or PRH, to German media company Bertelsmann for just over $1 billion. This transaction is broadly cash flow neutral for us, and as such, we do not expect to make any material changes to our forecasts, nor to our GBX 740 fair value estimate for the stock.Although the timing of this transaction may have caught some investors off-guard, the reduction in the stake was well ...
Pearson is engaged as a learning company. Co. provides content, assessment and digital services to schools, colleges and universities, as well as professional and vocational education to learners to help increase their skills and employability prospects. Co.'s content includes: Bug Club, a school phonics reading programme for children; and enVisionMATH2:0, a maths curriculum. Co.'s assessment includes its U.K. qualifications, which is an awarding body, offering both academic and vocational qualifications. Co.'s services include its online programme management, which partner with colleges and universities to extend the reach of their degree programmes by scaling online.
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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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