Danaher Adds A Jewel To Its Crown

It's not too often that you see an M&A transaction that sends the shares of both companies meaningfully higher, but Danaher's (DHR) acquisition of most of General Electric's (GE) Life Sciences business is a good move for both companies. For GE, the deal brings badly-needed cash that will help shore up the business as CEO Larry Culp tries to turn that hamstrung behemoth around. For Danaher, this is a crown jewel acquisition that meaningfully enhances the company's life sciences business (particularly in bioproduction/bioprocessing) and gives it even more exposure to a fast-growing acylical business with strong margins.

Although pricey, the GE Biopharma deal boosts Danaher's long-term growth rate and margins, and I believe management's synergy/accretion expectations are credible if not conservative. It's hard to say that Danaher is cheap, but considering the enhanced exposure to a very attractive market, I understand why the shares trade where they do.

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Investopedia: Pall Always Gets The Benefit Of The Doubt

I'd hate to be short Pall (NYSE:PLL), as large companies in the filtration space often seem as close to bulletproof as you can find in the market. So even though sell-side analysts chronically overestimate Pall's free cash flow, investors remain happy with a company that admittedly enjoys strong share and a very lucrative channel of repeat business. While I think Pall's shares remain overvalued, I don't have any particular reason to believe that the shares will sell off dramatically, as the life sciences business should be stable and the industrial business should start improving next year.

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