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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM
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Kraft Heinz Sours in Its Pursuit of Unilever, but Thirst for a Deal Remains to Be Quenched

A few short days after its interest in wide-moat Unilever was made public, narrow-moat Kraft Heinz conceded it was abandoning its bid (which on Feb. 17 amounted to $50 per share, or $156 billion on an enterprise basis, equating to around 17-18 times trailing EBITDA). We had speculated that Kraft Heinz would need to up the ante above the 18% premium to Unilever’s stock price prior to the announcement, but it has also been reported that an additional factor leading to the deal's demise stemmed fro...
Underlying
Unilever NV ADR

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Morningstar
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Philip Gorham, CFA, FRM

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