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David Silver
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Praxair 4Q Results Highlight Broad-Based Demand Pick-up. Linde Merger on Track. Raising our FVE.

We plan to raise our fair value estimate for wide-moat industrial gas supplier Praxair to roughly $150 per share from $140 after above-forecast fourth-quarter results, growing evidence of a broader industrial upturn, lower future income tax rates, and steady progress on the proposed Praxair-Linde merger.
Regarding the merger, management cited good progress on all regulatory and shareholder filing requirements and anticipates the merger closing during the third quarter of 2018. The company hopes ...
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Praxair Inc.

Praxair is an industrial gas company in North and South America. The company's operations consist of two main product lines: industrial gases and surface technologies. The industrial gases product line centers on the manufacturing and distribution of atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The company's surface technologies segment supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. The company's subsidiary, Praxair Surface Technologies, supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders.

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David Silver

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