AK Steel (AKS) to be acquired by Cleveland Cliffs (CLF) for $3.36/share

 

 

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Cleveland Cliffs (CLF) to acquire AKS: fixed exchange ratio implies a consideration of $3.36/share of AK Steel

• Under the terms of the merger agreement, AK Steel shareholders will receive 0.40 shares of Cliffs common stock for each outstanding share of AK Steel common stock they own. Upon completion of the transaction, Cliffs shareholders will own approximately 68% and AK Steel shareholders will own approximately 32% of the combined company, respectively, on a fully diluted basis.
• The fixed exchange ratio implies a consideration of $3.36 per share of AK Steel common stock and represents a premium of 16% based on the closing share prices of Cliffs and AK Steel common shares, respectively, as of December 2, 2019, and a premium of 27% based on the 30-day volume weighted average price of AK Steel common shares. The transaction implies an aggregate consideration to AK Steel shareholders of approximately $1.1 billion on a fully diluted basis, a total enterprise value of approximately $3.0 billion for AK Steel and an acquisition multiple of 5.6x LTM Adjusted EBITDA.
• The transaction offers significant potential for operational synergies, which will contribute to long-term value creation for investors. The combination is expected to generate approximately $120 million of annual cost synergies to be fully realized within the first 12 months after closing, primarily from consolidating corporate functions, reducing duplicative overhead costs, and procurement and energy cost savings, as well as operational and supply chain efficiencies.

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-=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Mon 29 July 2019 (a/h)

AK Steel beats by $0.15, misses on revs; guides FY19 EPS above consensus

Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.21 per share, $0.15 better thanthe S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.06; revenues fell 3.8% year/year to $1.68 bln vs the $1.73 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidancefor FY19, sees EPS of $0.37-0.44, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.33 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Earnings this week : July 29 - Aug 2, 19 (wk 31)

Monday (July 29)

• Morning: CTB ONDK SNY TSEM
• Afternoon: ACGL AKS AMH AMKR APPF APTS ARE AROC BRX BYND CGNX CHGG CVCO DISH EHC ELVT FRAC HLIT HTLF ILMN INST JBT JJSF LEG MDR MEDP NBIX NBR NGHC NOV NPO NTR NXPI OFC OGS OMF PCH PI PKI QTS RE RGA RIG RMBS RNG SANM SBAC SCI SSB SSD SSNC TACO TBI TEX TREX TRTX TXRH VNO VRNS WCN 

Tuesday (July 30)

• Morning:  AER AGCO AME AOS ARCC BEN BERY CEQP CIGI CMCO CMI CNX CNXM COP CVLT DHI DORM DSX ECL EME EQM ETN EXLS FDP FMS GEO GLT GLW GPN GRUB GTX HCA HUBB HUD HUN I INCY IPGP IR IRWD IT LDOS LGND LLY LPT MA MCRN MGLN MLM MMC MMYT MO MRK MYE NEO NRZ PAG PEG PG R RL SF SHOO SIRI SLCA SNE SQNS SR ST SXC TRS TX UAA VIVO VSH WAB WAT WCG WDR WYND XRX ZBRA
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Wednesday (July 31)

• Morning: ACCO ADP AMCX AMRN AMT APO APTV ARES ASC BDC BG BHGE BLMN BTU CBZ CDW CG CHD CIM CLH CME CRL CRTO D DAN DIN EAF ECA EPD ETR EXTR FCAU FOE FSS GE GIB GLDD GRMN HEP HES HPP HSC HUM ICL JCI JHG KFRC LFUS LHX LIVN MCO MDC MGPI MTOR NI NLSN NYCB ORBC RDWR SAIA SBH SITE SMG SO SPG SPOT SPR SSYS STNG STRA TAP TGI TKR TMHC TNC TPB UTHR WLTW WNC
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Thursday (Aug 1)

• Morning: AAON AAWW ABC ABMD ACOR ADM AGIO AKRX ALE AMCR ARW ASIX AVP BCE BCPC BLD BLL BPL BPMC BR BSIG CBRE CI CIR CLVS CLX CNHI CNQ CNSL CRAI CROX CRS CWT DD DEA DLPH DNKN EEX EIGI EXC GIL GLOG GM GNRC GPOR HBI HFC HGV HII HRI ICE IDA IDCC IDXX IGT INGR INSM IRM ITGR K KEM MAC MD MIXT MMP MPC MPLX MPW MSCI MT NMRK NNN NTCT NTLA NVT OSK PBF PBFX PBH PENN PGTI PH PRFT PWR RDS.A RFP RGEN ROLL RPD SABR SFM SHOP SNDR SPAR SPGI SRCL STAR STFC STOR SUM TFX TGP THS TNK TRI TRP TWI UFS VZ W WCC WEX WING WLH WMS WRK XEL XHR XYL YETI YUM ZEUS
• Afternoon: ANET APHA BZH WIFI CC CBPX DLB EBS EOG ETSY FSLR FLR FTNT GDDY GLUU GPRO TUSK PINS QRVO RDFN SQ SVMK OLED ZIXI

Friday (Aug 2) 

• Morning: ARNC XRAY CVX XOM RACE HRC NWL MGI QSR STX  

Notable earnings reports:

• NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND ) on July 29;
• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Merck (NYSE:MRK), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Altria (NYSE:MO), Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), MasterCard (NYSE:MA), Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ), AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), FireEye (NASDAQ:FEYE ), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and Under Armour (UA, UAA) on July 30;
• General Electric (NYSE:GE ), Humana (NYSE:HUM), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), Spotify (NYSE:SPOT), Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) and Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS ) on July 31;
• General Motors (NYSE:GM), U.S. Steel (NYSE:X), Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC), Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), Wayfair (NYSE:W), Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM), Square (NYSE:SQ), GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) and Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) on August 1; 
• Chevron (NYSE:CVX), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL) and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) on August 2.

-=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Thur 25 Oct 2018 (a/h)

AK Steel misses by $0.02, misses on revs

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.21 per share, $0.02 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.23; revenues rose 16.1% year/year to $1.74 bln vs the $1.83 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co expects market conditions to remain positive, which should be reflected in selling prices and support continued strong performance in Q4 and 2019.

-=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Mon 30 July 2018 (a/h)

AK Steel beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; expects Q3 margin improvement 

• Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.22 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.21; revenues rose 12.2% year/year to $1.75 bln vs the $1.75 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• "We expect that the continued strong business environment will result in improved performance in the second half of 2018 compared to the first half and position us well for resetting a majority of our annual contracts later this year."
• The company anticipates that market conditions will remain strong in the third quarter. Accordingly, the company expects:
  • An increase in flat-rolled shipments in the third quarter of approximately 5% compared to the second quarter of 2018.
  • An average selling price per flat-rolled ton of $1,105.
  • Margins to improve by about 50 basis points from the second quarter of 2018.

Earnings this week : July 30 - Aug 3, 18 (wk 31)

The earnings onslaught continues this week. More than 140 S&P 500 companies, including Apple Inc (AAPL), will report earnings:

Monday (July 30)

• Morning: USFD  SOGO CRCM  CAT SPG FDC STX L CNA ON AER
• Afternoon: RRC AKS  ILMN AVB SBAC KLAC VNO ARE UDR LOGI SCI ATHN RIG ALSN CHGG NTRI   APPF

Tuesday (July 31)

• Morning: LL SNE HMC PFE PG SNY CHTR AMT ECL SHPG FIS ETN JCI ADM APTV CMI WEC HRS SHOP FTS AME VMC INCY ERJ IPGP XYL MAS WCG RL ARNC SERV HUN
• Afternoon: AAPL BIDU JHG  BGFV CLS APC FISV OKE DVN IQ   SEND  TCS VRSK FE AKAM FANG CHRW ACGL EXR HOLX DOX NBIX H ULTI QGEN WGP WES TRQ CACC TX PAYC MOH DEI ZEN P MB COHR PZZA   ES BXP VRSK FE AKAM CHRW ACGL  HOLX DOX NBIX H ULTI WGP QGEN WES CACC TRQ TX DEI MOH PAYC ZEN NFX MDU ENLK ASH OLN WLL SMG COHR QLYS MDR TEX AMED NUVA ENLC RPAI STAG CAKE REXR CPS RRR GNW ROG SKT NBR MRCY SIMO P APAM MB EVTC LADR MATX MGRC QUOT MTSI HCLP QSII ARCB WNC YRD QUAD HY WIRE CRAY HURN NANO HBM LDL GLUU UIS BAND ENPH MOBL CAI HVT ZAGG FTR LNDC SOI  ZIXI AMSC

Wednesday (Aug 1)

• Morning: DBD  EPD ADP D HUM EXC PEG RACE ICL S IDXX QSR ETR TAP IT GRMN SPR BG NI CDK HBI CZR CRTO SODA   GLPI ARCC NNN GIB LFUS LIVN UTHR HPP AN CHK NSP UNVR ENR CIM SITE AVA GNRC HEP FUN CLH VG UFS MDCO SUM BDC BPMC CG  TMHC AMC DM FLOW SAIA RDC KLIC WD NSIT MTOR BCOR PBI MDC SSTK STRA DIN EGL CPLA RDWR SSYS KFRC ARII CSWI THR NVMI AMRN GPRE KEYW GLDD EMES  

• Afternoon: TSLA TMUS MET ESRX NTR ALL SQ WMB TS MRO WYNN APA AWK ESS LNC YUMC DVA NLY XPO FMC FTNT MAA CF QRVO EXAS X TDOC ZNGA FEYE CRUS PS   PRU PSA ALL CXO SQ WMB TS    O  LNC YUMC XPO NLY DVA  AFG UGI FRT TRMB PKI VOYA DXCM MAC HLF TRIP WPX EXAS PRAH WTR AR X PK EXEL VVC CONE THG MASI GMED HUBS ARRS STMP RYN CMPR LSI PPC VVV AGO SGMS  APU MTDR CHDN PGRE AMGP SIGI CNO TTEK HGV  HI SM KW FEYE WTS LHCG  MUSA CLVS TROX KLIC TTMI IRTC CLI AXGN INOV NPO HUBG INN APTI PS FIT KRG LPSN

Thursday (Aug 2)

• Morning: BABA DWDP BDX AET CNQ DUK CTSH ICE CI ZTS REGN KDP YUM K TEVA RCL PH GGP GPN ABC MGM CLX CBRE MMP MSCI WRK DISH W

 ICE EXC BCE  WLTW ABC GPN  WLK CHD BLL HFC CDW TFX HCP HII NRG W ALNY WEX ENBL PF TDY INGR APO SEE EPAM ARW UBNT MZOR SCG PWR SHLX MIXT SYNH AGIO IDA INXN SNDR FND MD ALE SR GIL PAH CNX ROLL AMCX MFA VAC GEO SFM ICPT THS XHR CRS CCOI LCII ITGR RGEN ARES CBM EXLS HSC SBH AAON PNK PBH GOLF AROC IBP AAWW PCRX DNOW CJ BSIG GOV EEX MGPI GLOG CNXM CBZ ACOR CEIX NEWM NCI PRFT

• Afternoon: EOG ATVI AIG ED CBS ANET CERN MSI FLT CA BMRN TTWO SSNC SYMC GDDY ATUS DATA POST WING ACIA   CC 

 ACLS AGS AIG AIV ALEX AMH AMN ANET APPN ATH ATUS ATVI BFAM BGS BL BMRN BNFT BOJA BRKR BRS CARB CATM CBPX    CCS CERN CERS CNXN COHU CPSI CPT CRC CTRL CWST DATA DRH EBS ECOL ED EEP ELY ENSG EOG ERI ERII ESL EVC FCE.A FLR FLT FTAI GHDX GHL GKOS GPRO GSBD GTE HAYN HR HTA HTGC ICFI IMMR KTOS LNT LOCO MAIN MDCA MDRX MED MSI MTX MTZ NE NFG NUS NVRO OEC OR OTEX PACB PBA PDFS PMT PODD POST RARE REG RMAX RMD RP RTEC RYAM SEDG SEM SEP SHAK SPXC SRCL SRG SSNC SSTI STAR STRL SWIR SWN TDC TRUP TSE TSRO TTOO TTWO TVTY TWOU USX VICI VREX WAIR WEB WING WU XLRN Y

Friday (Aug 3)

• Morning: ABR AEE ASIX ATRO AXL BCPC BERY BPL CNP DISH EAF  ENB ESNT GTT HMSY HUD ITT  KHC LYB MGI  NBL   CBOE PNW RLGY  SSP  TDS  TRTN TWI  VER WPC   VRAY  GRPN USM 

       

-=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Mon 30 Apr 2018 (b/o)

AK Steel beats by $0.06, beats on revs 

• Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.09 per share, $0.06 better thanthe Capital IQ Consensus of $0.03; revenues rose 8.2% year/year to $1.66 bln vs the $1.58 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Outlook: Co expects market conditions will strengthen in Q2 vs Q1. Shipments of carbon and stainless steels, as well as tubular and stamping products, are expected to benefit from continued strength in the automotive market. In addition, the company anticipates increased shipments into both the distributor and converter, and the infrastructure and manufacturing markets.

-=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Tue 30 January 2018 (b/o)

AK Steel beats by $0.07, beats on revs; expects solid demand in 2018 in many of its key markets

• Reports Q4 (Dec) loss of $(0.06) per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.07 better thanthe Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.13); revenues rose 5.4% year/year to $1.50 bln vs the $1.46 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co says its Q4 results were consistent with expectations and reflected the impact of the major planned maintenance outages, which were completed on time and on budget.
• Co says it's enthusiastic about 2018 as it anticipates solid demand in many of its key end-use markets, and it continues to unlock the opportunities being developed through its recent acquisition of Precision Partners. 

=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Tue 31 Oct 2017 (b/o)

AK Steel misses by $0.06, misses on revs 

• Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.02 per share, $0.06 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.04; revenues rose 2.8% year/year to $1.49 bln vs the $1.53 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• 3Q17 flat-rolled steel shipments declined 2% to 1,368,600 tons from 1,397,900 tons in the third quarter a year ago, primarily as a result of softer automotive market demand.
• Average selling price per flat-rolled steel ton increased 2% to $1,021 from $1,001 in the same quarter a year ago, primarily as a result of a higher average selling price on both contract and spot market sales and higher surcharges on specialty steels 

=AK Steel (AKS) reported earnings on Tue 25 Oct 2016 (b/o)

AK Steel beats by $0.08, misses on revs :

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.21 per share, $0.08 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.13; revenues fell 15.0% year/year to $1.45 bln vs the $1.48 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• The decrease in net sales was primarily a result of the co's decision to reduce sales of commodity products.
• Shipments of 1,425,900 tons for the third quarter of 2016 were 24% less than the 1,871,200 tons from the third quarter a year ago. As a result of a better product mix and a more favorable selling environment, selling price per ton increased 11% to $1,016 from $912 for the same quarter a year ago.
• The co ended the third quarter of 2016 with total liquidity of $1,079 mln, consisting of cash and cash equivalents and $1,034 mln of availability under the company's revolving credit facility.
• "We continue to see benefits from our decision to focus on higher-value products, optimize our footprint and reduce our exposure to commodity products," said Roger K. Newport, Chief Executive Officer of AK Steel. "De-emphasizing commodity products and introducing new products, such as our recently announced NEXMET line of next-generation advanced high strength steels, are examples of our ongoing work to differentiate ourselves in the market today and for the future, and to drive long-term shareholder value."

AK Steel (AKS) reported 4Q earnings on Tue 26 Jan 2016 (b/o)

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AK Steel beats by $0.24, beats on revs; co reduced its exposure to the spot markets :

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.30 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.24 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.06; revenues fell 22.8% year/year to $1.54 bln vs the $1.50 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• "We achieved solid operational improvements during [Q4] as a direct result of focusing on the things that we can control...We intentionally reduced our exposure to the spot markets as part of our margin enhancement initiatives. These initiatives include investing resources where value is realized, reflecting our margin enhancement focus."
• Shipments were 1.656 mln tons, down from 2.01 mln tons last year. The decline was primarily a result of the co's decision to focus on sales of higher margin, value-added products and reduce sales to the carbon steel spot market.
• Average selling price for Q4 was $929 per ton, or 2% higher than Q3, primarily attributable to a greater proportion of higher value steels sold to the automotive market and improved selling prices for electrical steels.