June 19, 2007

Housing Starts Down From April

Building Materials/Construction, Economic Trends, Free, News, Research & Analytics, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for May 2007:
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Building Permits
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,501,000. This is 3% above the revised April rate of 1,457,000, but is 21.7% below the revised May 2006 estimate of 1,918,000.
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Single-family authorizations in May were at a rate of 1,056,000; this is 1.8% below the April figure of 1,075,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 379,000 in May.
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Housing Starts
Privately-owned housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of …

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Actuant Reports 22% Sales Increase

Free, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Actuant Corporation, Milwaukee, WI, reported sales of $385 million for the third quarter ended May 31, 2007, up 22% over the same period a year ago. Net earnings were $29.6 million, about the same as a year ago.
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The Industrial Segment generated double-digit core sales growth while the Actuation Systems Segment reported a year-over-year sales decline due to prior-year convertible top launches and the North American heavy duty truck pre-buy.
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Sales for the nine months ended May 31, 2007 were $1.069 billion, or 22% higher than the $877 million in the comparable prior-year period. Excluding the impact of foreign currency rate changes and sales from acquired businesses, core sales increased …

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Home Depot to Sell HD Supply for $10.3B (updated)

Companies, Finance, Free, Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Subscriber Only / Lindsay Young

The Home Depot, Atlanta, GA, has agreed to sell HD Supply to a team of private equity firms -Bain Capital LLC, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. -for $10.3 billion, or roughly 10X-12X EBITDA.
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The sale has been expected for weeks now, with a number of private equity firms rumored to have bid for the unit and several to have bowed out due to the down housing market -one of HD Supply’s key customer bases. HD Supply reported a decrease in organic sales in the recent quarter.
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For that reason, the firms likely paid closer to 12X EBITDA, according to Jim Miller, principal and a managing director at investment banking firm Vetus Partners, Cleveland, OH. When they started this process, I believe they were touting approximately $1 billion of EBITDA …

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Eaton Buys Pulizzi Engineering

Companies, Electrical, Finance, Free, Mergers & Acquisitions, News, Subscriber Only, Top Distributor Sectors / MDM Staff

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH, has acquired Pulizzi Engineering, a manufacturer of AC power distribution, AC power sequencing, redundant power and remote-reboot power management systems. Pulizzi Engineering had 2006 sales of $12 million and is in Santa Ana, CA.
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Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2006 sales of $12.4 billion. …

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June 19, 2007

Housing Starts Down From April

Actuant Reports 22% Sales Increase

Home Depot to Sell HD Supply for $10.3B (updated)

Eaton Buys Pulizzi Engineering

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