Dollar General (DG) Bullish Stance Reiterated at BofA/Merrill Lynch on FDO Bid; PT Raised to $73
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BofA/Merrill Lynch analyst Denise Chai 'firmly' reiterated a Buy rating and lifted her price target on Dollar General (NYSE: DG) to $73.00 (from $66.00) amid the proposal to acquire Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) for $78.50. The analyst views a deal as 'transformative' and highly accretive to earnings.
The analyst notes that a combined entity would have nearly 20,000 stores and generate sales of over $28 billion. Also the company estimates cost synergies of $550-600mn on an annual run-rate three years post-closing. Importantly, Rick Dreiling has agreed to postpone his previously-announced retirement to remain Chairman and CEO of the combined company until May 2016, the analyst also highlighted.
Chai views a counter bid from Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) as unlikely and as a resulted upgraded shares of DLTR to Buy.
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Shares of Dollar General closed at $57.46 yesterday.
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