European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: November‘24 Report

Lowball Non-Binding Indication from Brookfield

Brookfield/Grifols: Update & Recap, Spread, Discount

Brookfield Explores Sovereign Funds for Grifols Takeover Bid

Brookfield/Grifols: Recap and Analysis of Latest Developments

Event-Driven

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<li>Brookfield’s acquisition bid for Grifols has been delayed for a second time due to funding issues, raising investor concerns.</li>
<li>Grifols trades at an 8.7x forward EBITDA, significantly undervalued compared to competitor CSL's 18.2x multiple. Long term the stock looks cheap, provided it fixes its leverage problem.</li>
<li>The delay has increased skepticism about the bid's success (pricing a 49.8% of deal success at a possible offer of €11/share), affecting Grifols' stock, which recently fell to €10/share.</li>
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Brookfield’s acquisition bid for Grifols has been delayed for a second time due to funding issues, raising investor concerns.
Grifols trades at an 8.7x forward EBITDA, significantly undervalued compared to competitor CSL's 18.2x multiple. Long term the stock looks cheap, provided it fixes its leverage problem.
The delay has increased skepticism about the bid's success (pricing a 49.8% of deal success at a possible offer of €11/share), affecting Grifols' stock, which recently fell to €10/share.


Brookfield Delays Its Takeover Bid for Grifols for a Second Time

Grifols SA

Brookfield Delays Its Takeover Bid for Grifols for a Second Time