Hi everyone, I am preparing for an IB interview Summer Analyst position and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of 2 good companies that should merge and why?
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Here are a few classics:
Super-Regional Banks, a bank from the southeast (SunTrust, Regions, BB&T) merges with a midwestern bank (5/3, Key). Things to keep in mind you want minimal branch overlap and to stay under the $500BN limit. Also some banks are unable to play due to CRA ratings or AML consent orders.
Another classic is a big pharmaceutical company gobbling up a smaller biotech. Find a big company with a gaping hole in a hot area (heme/onc especially CART or other immunoncology or gene therapy) and have them go out and buy someone with a good pipeline and some late stage product.
For the summer analyst role don't focus so much on the companies but focus on the actual reason for the merger. You don't have to be correct but you should have a logical and thought out reason for a merger of two companies.
Look at the news today, Snapple/Dr Pepper and Green Mountain are merging.
Kodak and SNAP
haven't thought these through, just firing off the top of my head...
apple and netflix
canopy growth & phillip morris/altria
insys & the sinaloa cartel
united healthcare & brookdale senior living
amazon and target or TJX
prudential & fit bit
tesla and AZO/AAP/ORLY (real estate play for charging & service space)
Aer Lingus and Ryanair. Blocked multiple times by the EU for 'anti-competition' matters but reality is they hate a low cost buying out a flag carrier even if Aer Lingus carries less than 30 million passengers per year and Ryanair is hitting 100+ million.
The downside people worry about is that Ryanair would turn Aer Lingus into a low cost and mess it all up
Amazon and FedEx or UPs
The Goldman Sachs Group & John Pierpont Morgan Chase Manhattan
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