To: Fuzzy who wrote (5685 ) 8/14/2023 10:42:45 AM From: richardred 2 RecommendationsRecommended By E_K_S Glenn Petersen
Respond to of 7242 CLF wants to scale its operations in a big way. Cash and stock offer for X US Steel. PS Cleveland-Cliffs to Buy AK Steel in $1.1 Billion Stock Swap >CLF AKS 6:15 am ET December 3, 2019 (Dow Jones) Print By Colin Kellaher Cleveland-Cliffs Inc . (CLF) Tuesday said it agreed to buy AK Steel Holding Corp . (AKS) in a stock swap valued at about $1.1 billion. Cleveland-Cliffs said it will issue 0.4 shares, worth about $3.36 based on Monday's closing price of $8.41, for each AK Steel share. The deal represents a roughly 16.3% premium to Monday's closing price of $2.89 for AK Steel, a West Chester, Ohio, steelmaker. Cleveland-Cliffs said its shareholders will own about 68% of the combined company, while AK Steel shareholders will own about 32%. The Cleveland iron-ore mining company said the transaction, which it expects to complete in the first half of 2020, implies a total enterprise value of about $3 billion for AK Steel.To: Fuzzy who wrote (5685 ) 12/3/2019 1:35:21 PM From: E_K_S Read Replies (1) of 6708 I was surprised at the small market cap of each company. CLF $2.3 Bln vs AKS $0.9Bln and then compare that to LULU at $29Bln or even TSLA at $60Bln. Even MOS which mines & processes Potash around the world w/ $7Bln market cap. I wonder if US sees more consolidation in these old US manufacturers if/when we see the emergence of more manufacturing in the US. My thesis is in the next generation AI/Robot manufacturing, many of the old manufactures that come back to the US will reinvent themselves, consolidate/merge and run/operate this next generation manufacturing process. The other huge innovation will be smart logistics/warehouse systems tied to the new smart manufacturing plant. Already seeing this in NWL (w/ their 18 month restructure). The next result will be lots more mergers and consolidations and US manufactures reinvent their companies. CLF & AKS a straight forward merger. Others may not appear to be so obvious; NIKE & Footlocker and some other retailers along w/ super efficient make to order online distributed through Amazon. All made in the US by AI/Robots. It took almost 20 years to move old school manufactures into China and I guess 10 years to see much of that come back reinvented to the US. EKS
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