Worthington Acquires Majority Stake In Samuel Steel Pickling
Zacks Investment Research | Jan 07, 2020 07:58AM ET
Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) announced yesterday that it acquired the majority stake in its joint venture with Samuel, Son & Co., known as Samuel Steel Pickling Company. The company has 63% interest in the joint venture, while the rest is with Samuel, Son & Co.
The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Samuel Steel Pickling specializes in providing pickling services — including side trimming, pickling, in-line roller leveling and in-line slitting. Also, the company provides narrower packaging capabilities and slit products. Prime end markets served include appliance, automotive and fabrication.
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Worthington will integrate its Cleveland-based pickling and slitting facility to the aforementioned joint venture. The move will enhance the joint venture’s pickling capabilities and will help Worthington offer better services to customers.
Notably, Worthington acquired the Cleveland-based pickling and slitting facility from Heidtman Steel in October 2019. The 278,000-square-feet facility employees 100 people and serves customers in the heavy equipment, heavy truck, automotive and agriculture markets.
The resultant joint venture after the integration of Cleveland pickling and slitting facility will be known as Worthington Samuel Coil Processing, LLC. The new joint venture will employ 170 people and will have one facility based in Twinsburg and two in Cleveland.
Worthington Samuel Coil Processing’s results will be consolidated with Worthington’s Steel Processing segment.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2020 (ended Nov 30, 2019), the Steel Processing segment accounted for 62.5% of Worthington’s revenues. On a year-over-year basis, the segment’s revenues represented a decline of 18.6% from the year-ago quarter.
Worthington’s Inorganic Initiatives
We believe that the above-mentioned transaction is consistent with the company’s policy of strengthening portfolio through inorganic moves, including divestments and acquisitions.
In addition to the acquisition of Heidtman Steel’s Cleveland-based pickling and slitting facility in October 2019, Worthington divested its Turkey-based manufacturer of cryogenic pressure vessels in July 2019. The company received net cash proceeds of $8.3 million from the divestment.
Zacks Rank, Share Price Performance and Estimate Trend
With a market capitalization of nearly $2.3 billion, Worthington currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). In the past three months, the company’s share price has increased 18.8% compared with the Zacks Investment Research
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