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January 10, 2020
Casper Sleep files for IPO
Well-known private mattress maker Casper Sleep has filed for its initial public offering.
It’s pointing to a “global sleep economy” of $432B as the opportunity, with $79B of that in the U.S. and a global compound annual growth rate of 6.3%. It’s filed for a placeholder sum of $100M.
The company’s not profitable yet, but growing rapidly. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, it logged revenue of $312M (up 20% Y/Y) and an operating loss of $65.1M (roughly flat). With most expenses tied up in sales/marketing and G&A, net loss was $67.4M for that period vs. a prior-year loss of $64.2M.
It’s seeking to list on NYSE under the symbol CSPR.
The company was valued post-money at $1.1B last year, after investments from companies including Target (TGT +1.1%).
As competitors, it faces mostly legacy mattress makers (including Tempur Sealy (TPX +0.3%), Serta Simmons and Sleep Number (SNBR +1.4%)) along with more recent direct-to-consumer entrants like Purple and Leesa.
The filing comes via Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, BofA Securities, UBS Investment Group, Citigroup, Piper Sandler and Guggenheim.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3531059-casper-sleep-files-for-ipo?utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha#email_link
See the IPO filing with the SEC here:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598674/000104746920000166/a2240404zs-1.htm
January 10, 2020
Casper Sleep files for IPO
Well-known private mattress maker Casper Sleep has filed for its initial public offering.
It’s pointing to a “global sleep economy” of $432B as the opportunity, with $79B of that in the U.S. and a global compound annual growth rate of 6.3%. It’s filed for a placeholder sum of $100M.
The company’s not profitable yet, but growing rapidly. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, it logged revenue of $312M (up 20% Y/Y) and an operating loss of $65.1M (roughly flat). With most expenses tied up in sales/marketing and G&A, net loss was $67.4M for that period vs. a prior-year loss of $64.2M.
It’s seeking to list on NYSE under the symbol CSPR.
The company was valued post-money at $1.1B last year, after investments from companies including Target (TGT +1.1%).
As competitors, it faces mostly legacy mattress makers (including Tempur Sealy (TPX +0.3%), Serta Simmons and Sleep Number (SNBR +1.4%)) along with more recent direct-to-consumer entrants like Purple and Leesa.
The filing comes via Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, BofA Securities, UBS Investment Group, Citigroup, Piper Sandler and Guggenheim.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3531059-casper-sleep-files-for-ipo?utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha#email_link
See the IPO filing with the SEC here:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598674/000104746920000166/a2240404zs-1.htm
January 10, 2020
Chemical Deal Results
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Key Polymer | Dalfort Capital | specialty adhesives and chemical compounds | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Univar | AEA Investors | pest management – $195v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
BASF | Lone Star Funds | construction chemicals – $2,600s/3,500v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Chemours | Belle Chemical (Cornerstone) | methylamines | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Hitachi Ltd. and other shareholders | Showa Denko | Hitachi Chemical (information and communications, mobility, energy and life sciences) – $6,300s/$8,800v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ecolab (62%)/Apergy (38%) | Apergy/Ecolab | merger of ChampionX (Ecolab’s upstream energy business) with Apergy (energy services) – $3,500s combined | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Clariant | PolyOne | masterbatches – $1,200s/$1,560v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Desalitech | DuPont | closed-circuit reverse osmosis water treatment systems | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Icynene-Lapolla | Huntsman | spray polyurethane insulation foam – $230s/$350v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Green Fiber International | Indorama | recycled PET | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Ferro | Pigments Spain (Lonestar Funds) | Tile Coatings – $510s/$460v+ $32 potential earnout | 4th Quarter 2019 |
DuPont (55.4%)/IFF (44.6%) | IFF/DuPont | merger of DuPont’s nutrition and bioscience business with IFF – $11,000s combined/$26,200v of DuPont business | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Zumbo River Brand | Balchem | agglomerated and extruded products for the food and beverage industry | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arsenal Capital | Jordan Co. | Polymer Solutions Group Polymer Additives division (formerly Flow Polymers) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
3M | Johnson Matthey | silicon alloy-based materials intellectual property | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Olaplex | Advent International | hair-protection chemistry | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Hi-Tech Coatings | ICP Group (Audax) | hi-performance coatings for the packaging and commercial printing industries | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Aldo Products | Inland Coatings | roof coatings | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Lanxess | PMC Group | organotin catalysts and specialties | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ungerer | Givaudan | essential oils | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Camco Manufacturing | Highline Aftermarket (The Sterling Group) | liquids division (windshield wash, recreational vehicle antifreeze and diesel exhaust fluid) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ares Management | Henkel | Deva Holdings (cleansers, conditioners, styling products and treatments for curly hair) – $100s | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Kraton | Daelim | Cariflex (rubber latex) – $181s/$530v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arkema | SK Global | functional polyolefins – €250s/€335v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Innophos | One Rock Capital | acquisition of whole company (phosphates) – $800s/$932v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Deltech | Gabriel Performance Products | alkyd resins | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Textured Coatings of America | Tnemec | water-based coatings for commercial, residential and DOT projects | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arsenal Capital | Nautic Partners | Spartech (acrylics and extruded plastics) – $1,200s | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Evoqua Water Technologies | DuPont | ultrafiltration and membrane biofiltration | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Isobionics | BASF | aroma chemicals | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
TKO Miller | Asphalt Industries | H.G. Meigs (specialty chemical, material and additives for the asphalt and emulsion industry) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Nissan Chemical | Corteva Agriscience | quinoxyfen fungicide product line | 4th Quarter 2019 |
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation | Mitsubishi Chemical | medical grade polymers for long and short term applications | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Nachurs Alpine Solutions | Wilbur-Ellis | specialty liquid chemicals serving the precision agriculture, transportation, energy, and diversified industrial sectors | 4th Quarter 2019 |
http://www.chemicaldeals.com/Results.aspx?searchtext=&quarter=4th%20Quarter%202019
January 10, 2020
Chemical Deal Results
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Key Polymer | Dalfort Capital | specialty adhesives and chemical compounds | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Univar | AEA Investors | pest management – $195v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
BASF | Lone Star Funds | construction chemicals – $2,600s/3,500v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Chemours | Belle Chemical (Cornerstone) | methylamines | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Hitachi Ltd. and other shareholders | Showa Denko | Hitachi Chemical (information and communications, mobility, energy and life sciences) – $6,300s/$8,800v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ecolab (62%)/Apergy (38%) | Apergy/Ecolab | merger of ChampionX (Ecolab’s upstream energy business) with Apergy (energy services) – $3,500s combined | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Clariant | PolyOne | masterbatches – $1,200s/$1,560v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Desalitech | DuPont | closed-circuit reverse osmosis water treatment systems | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Icynene-Lapolla | Huntsman | spray polyurethane insulation foam – $230s/$350v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Green Fiber International | Indorama | recycled PET | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Ferro | Pigments Spain (Lonestar Funds) | Tile Coatings – $510s/$460v+ $32 potential earnout | 4th Quarter 2019 |
DuPont (55.4%)/IFF (44.6%) | IFF/DuPont | merger of DuPont’s nutrition and bioscience business with IFF – $11,000s combined/$26,200v of DuPont business | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Zumbo River Brand | Balchem | agglomerated and extruded products for the food and beverage industry | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arsenal Capital | Jordan Co. | Polymer Solutions Group Polymer Additives division (formerly Flow Polymers) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
3M | Johnson Matthey | silicon alloy-based materials intellectual property | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Olaplex | Advent International | hair-protection chemistry | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Hi-Tech Coatings | ICP Group (Audax) | hi-performance coatings for the packaging and commercial printing industries | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Aldo Products | Inland Coatings | roof coatings | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Lanxess | PMC Group | organotin catalysts and specialties | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ungerer | Givaudan | essential oils | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Camco Manufacturing | Highline Aftermarket (The Sterling Group) | liquids division (windshield wash, recreational vehicle antifreeze and diesel exhaust fluid) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Ares Management | Henkel | Deva Holdings (cleansers, conditioners, styling products and treatments for curly hair) – $100s | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Kraton | Daelim | Cariflex (rubber latex) – $181s/$530v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arkema | SK Global | functional polyolefins – €250s/€335v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Innophos | One Rock Capital | acquisition of whole company (phosphates) – $800s/$932v | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Deltech | Gabriel Performance Products | alkyd resins | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Textured Coatings of America | Tnemec | water-based coatings for commercial, residential and DOT projects | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Arsenal Capital | Nautic Partners | Spartech (acrylics and extruded plastics) – $1,200s | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Evoqua Water Technologies | DuPont | ultrafiltration and membrane biofiltration | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Isobionics | BASF | aroma chemicals | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Seller | Buyer | Business | Date |
---|---|---|---|
TKO Miller | Asphalt Industries | H.G. Meigs (specialty chemical, material and additives for the asphalt and emulsion industry) | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Nissan Chemical | Corteva Agriscience | quinoxyfen fungicide product line | 4th Quarter 2019 |
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation | Mitsubishi Chemical | medical grade polymers for long and short term applications | 4th Quarter 2019 |
Nachurs Alpine Solutions | Wilbur-Ellis | specialty liquid chemicals serving the precision agriculture, transportation, energy, and diversified industrial sectors | 4th Quarter 2019 |
http://www.chemicaldeals.com/Results.aspx?searchtext=&quarter=4th%20Quarter%202019
January 9, 2020
A shortage of workers in Vietnam – a huge beneficiary of the U.S. trade war with China – is getting severe enough that some furniture makers are now scouting Cambodia and Bangladesh for factories, according to one industry chief executive. Labor rates in Vietnam are rising and workers are getting increasingly scarce, said Clarence Smith, CEO of Haverty Furniture Cos., which uses Asian factories to make its company-branded products. And even though Asian suppliers continue to source much of the timber they use from the Appalachian region of the U.S., the manufacturing of wood furniture “is not coming back to the United States,” Smith said in an interview. Bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. was one of the Trump administration’s stated goals in imposing tariffs on Chinese-made goods. The Atlanta-based furniture retailer wrestled with supply chain disruptions last year as the manufacturers it buys from fled China and set up operations in Vietnam. Some suppliers stopped making Haverty’s top-selling merchandise, forcing it to find new sources in Vietnam on the fly and causing shortages of some items at its roughly 120 U.S. showrooms. For now, most of the disruptions are behind them even if the first phase of the U.S.-China trade deal will keep the 25% tariffs on Chinese-made furniture in place, Smith said. Haverty still imports leather and upholstered pieces from China, although it no longer gets any wood furniture from the country. The factory relocations aren’t going to end, he said: “They’re already building plants in Cambodia. It’s moving just like it’s always moved.” Smith compared the shift from China to Vietnam and into other developing Asian countries to U.S. furniture industry’s shift to North Carolina from Michigan a century ago. The upholstered furniture industry has seen a recent resurgence in North Carolina, but Smith said it’s far cheaper for Asian factories to make wood furniture from logs harvested in the Carolinas than for companies to manufacture the same products in the U.S. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/U-S-Furniture-Industry-Eyes-Cambodia-as-14959057.phpU.S. Furniture Industry Eyes Cambodia as Vietnam’s Wages Rise