Buffet said in a statement: “I’ve admired PCC’s operation for a long time”.
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It counts Airbus and Boeing among its clients, which purchase aircraft grade components such as nuts, bolts and fasteners from the company. “I’d keep the $30 billion and wait for the next crisis”.
Buffett in buying Precision is taking a company that has grown increasingly frustrated with public markets out of public hands.
Buffett, 84, has become a legend for the performance of Berkshire, earning him the nickname the “Sage of Omaha” for his investment savvy.
Sources familiar with Ackman’s thinking at the time told CNBC that 3G, through its ownership in Kraft Heinz, would be the most likely buyer should Ackman push Mondelez to pursue an acquisition.
“Those days are gone”, Lawrence Cunningham, a professor at George Washington University and author of the book “Berkshire Beyond Buffett“, said in an interview.
“His selection field is extremely limited”, Morgan said. It owns various businesses, including insurance and railroad companies, utility, clothing, furniture, brick, carpet, jewelry and pilot training firms. It also has major investments in such companies as Coca-Cola, IBM and Wells Fargo & Co.
The deal is reportedly the largest of its kind in Oregon history. The $37 billion price tag includes assumption of Precision Castparts’ debt. We had expected Berkshire to pay as much as a 25% premium to Precision Castparts’ closing stock price Friday of $193.88 per share. Precision Castparts embodies qualities that Buffett seeks, with high barriers to entry by competitors, a business that demands a long-term outlook, and a stock that has underperformed in recent years, said David Rolfe, who manages about $11 billion including Berkshire shares at Wedgewood Partners Inc.
“In terms of price-earnings multiple going in, this is right there at the top”, Buffett said. (NYSE:BRK.A) is in talks to buy Precision Castparts Corp.
Precision Castparts last year received five years’ worth of property tax breaks to offset the $2 million cost of new machinery at the 52,000-square-foot plant on NE Hemlock Avenue, Redmond.
“From the Berkshire perspective, they’re getting a good company on sale”, Shields said.
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Shares in the Portland company, which operates from nondescript headquarters in Johns Landing, were down 20 percent so far this year – primarily because of a decline in business from its customers in the energy industry.
