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David Silver
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Praxair: Improved 1Q Results Overshadowed by Merger Prospects with Linde AG. Raise our FVE to $123.

We raise our fair value estimate to $123 per share from $118 for wide-moat Praxair, following in line first-quarter results and initial 2017 financial guidance. We came away with greater optimism regarding the potential for a Praxair-Linde merger, likely to be the largest driver for Praxair’s stock price in 2017.
Linde Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle noted at Linde’s annual shareholders meeting on May 9 he expects the companies to reach a definitive merger agreement in “weeks, not months.” Notwithstan...
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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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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.

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David Silver

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