At least 5 major private equity players are vying for medical device company Carestream Health, including Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co., according to Reuters.
Onex Corp. is hoping to unload Carestream, formed in the 2007 spinout of Eastman Kodak Co.’s healthcare business, for up to $3.5 billion, the news service reported.
The other LBO players said to be in the hunt by "people familiar with the matter" include Thomas H. Lee Partners and Hellman & Friedman, Reuters reported.
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The bidding is past the 1st round, according to the anonymous sources, 1 of whom said Canadian private equity shop Onex bought Carestream from Kodak for $2.35 billion. Bidders’ valuations range from $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion, according to the news service.
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Analysts’ ups and downs
- Abbott (NYSE:ABT): TheStreet reaffirms “hold” rating.
- Baxter (NYSE:BAX): Morgan Stanley raises price target from $71 to $84, maintains “overweight” rating.
- Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX): Jefferies & Co. raises price target from $96 to $107, reiterates “buy” rating.
- Covidien (NYSE:COV): Jeffries raises price target from $66 to $75, maintains “buy” rating.
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- Insulet (NSDQ:PODD): Leerink Swann raises price target from $25 to $30, reaffirms “outperform” rating.
- Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG): Canaccord Genuity upgrades from "hold" to "buy" rating, lowers price target to $527 from $590; TheStreet reaffirms "buy" rating.
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