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Market gives thumbs down to M&As
BS Reporter / Mumbai February 13, 2007
The BSE Sensex plunged 348.2 points on the back of India Inc's acquisitions abroad.
Unimpressed by their victories abroad, the Indian stock market today hammered the stocks of Hindalco and Tata Steel by 14 per cent and 2.10 per cent, respectively, sending the BSE Sensex on a downward spiral of 348.20 points or 2.39 per cent. The broader Nifty-50 lost 129.10 points or 3.08 per cent to close at 4,058.30.
Tata Steel has lost 12.87 per cent since it announced the deal to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus on January 31.
Suzlon, which announced its $1.33 billion bid for Germany’s Repower last week, lost 13.26 per cent to close at Rs 1,080.10.
THE BIGGER THE DEAL, THE GREATER THE FALL
Companies Share price (In Rs)
Difference
Pre-deal
price Share price (12/2)
Hindalco 171.90 149.45 -13.05%
Tata Steel 515.00 448.67 -12.87%
Suzlon* 1245.15 1080.10 -13.26%
RCom* 475.55 455.00 - 4.32%
*In Suzlon, the share fell after it decided to bid for Repower Systems of Germany while RCom fell on the entry of Vodafone in India
Analysts said the prices paid in these deals looked expensive when viewed in terms of near-term earnings impact.
“Indian companies are buying companies that are three to four times their size. The correction was triggered by concerns of whether Indian companies’ balance sheets had the strength to swallow deals of this size,” said Rajesh Baheti of Crosseas Capital Services.
Added Shankar Sharma of First Global, “Big deals are bad for the markets. We need to look at these acquisitions closely and see if there is a case of overvaluation.”
Commenting on the Suzlon bid for RePower, Edelweiss Securities, in a note, said, “On the valuations front, the offer looks expensive as compared to Suzlon’s valuations. Also, Suzlon currently has consolidated debt (including Rs 25 billion of Hansen’s debt) of Rs 32 billion on its books.”
Hindalco had its biggest plunge in at least 16 years on concern the company’s finances may be stretched by the planned acquis
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Supratik Datta