In short: Merger-arb (Cintas bid): one of the more interesting spreads — ~8% gross, with the shareholder vote last week and HSR expiring; consensus is the deal closes.
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In short: Named only as Cintas' $5.5bn acquisition target — the #3 player, bringing 300,000 customers and $2.4bn of revenue, with margins materially below Cintas' (which is where the deal's value would come from). "The big question is whether regulators will approve the acquisition." No stance on UniFirst as a standalone investment.
UniFirst appears only as the company Cintas is trying to buy for $5.5 billion — the third-largest player in uniform rental, bringing 300,000 customers and $2.4 billion of revenue. The point Slegers makes about it is uncomplimentary in a useful way: its margins are well below Cintas', which is precisely where the value of the deal would come from, since Cintas would apply its own operating model. Whether regulators allow the number one to buy the number three is, he notes, the open question. No view is offered on UniFirst as an investment in its own right.
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