Calavo Growers, the Nasdaq-listed contemporary produce enterprise, has obtained a takeover method from an unidentified suitor.
The Santa Paula, California-based provider of avocados, tomatoes, papayas and guacamole, mentioned the “non-binding, indicative proposal” has been placed on the desk at $32 a share.
Calavo Growers added in an announcement yesterday (11 June) the takeover supply consists of shares within the occasion and a money portion. The proposal is topic to due diligence and financing, the corporate mentioned.
“This non-binding proposal might or might not result in a transaction and the corporate doesn’t intend to remark or replace additional until warranted,” it famous. Nonetheless, the board of Calavo Growers is “reviewing” the takeover proposal in consultations with its authorized and monetary advisors.
Calavo Growers’ shares closed up 1.7% at $23.58 on the Nasdaq change yesterday, trimming a decline this 12 months to 7.5%.
Based in 1924, the enterprise markets its contemporary fruit vary beneath the Calavo model and in addition provides retailers with non-public label. Different prospects embrace membership shops, wholesalers and the foodservice channel.
In addition to guacamole, it additionally affords valued-added merchandise equivalent to salsas and dips.
Led by president and CEO Lee Cole, the enterprise sources avocados from USDA-certified growers in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and the Dominican Republic, based on Calavo Growers’ 2024 annual report. It operates a facility in Uruapan, Mexico, in addition to the location in California.
Earlier this week, the corporate issued its second-quarter outcomes.
Gross sales climbed 3.3% to $190.5m and had been up 10.6% for the 12 months to date at $344.9m.
For the quarter to 30 April, adjusted EBITDA dropped 17.3% to $11.4m however elevated 22.4% over the six months to $20.7m.
Internet revenue rose 13% to $6.9m for the quarter and turned to a year-to-date revenue of $11.3m in comparison with a $0.2m loss a 12 months earlier.
Diluted EPS got here in at $0.38 versus $0.36, and $0.63 towards $0.22, for the quarter and 12 months to date, respectively.
Calavo Growers, the Nasdaq-listed contemporary produce enterprise, has obtained a takeover method from an unidentified suitor.
The Santa Paula, California-based provider of avocados, tomatoes, papayas and guacamole, mentioned the “non-binding, indicative proposal” has been placed on the desk at $32 a share.
Calavo Growers added in an announcement yesterday (11 June) the takeover supply consists of shares within the occasion and a money portion. The proposal is topic to due diligence and financing, the corporate mentioned.
“This non-binding proposal might or might not result in a transaction and the corporate doesn’t intend to remark or replace additional until warranted,” it famous. Nonetheless, the board of Calavo Growers is “reviewing” the takeover proposal in consultations with its authorized and monetary advisors.
Calavo Growers’ shares closed up 1.7% at $23.58 on the Nasdaq change yesterday, trimming a decline this 12 months to 7.5%.
Based in 1924, the enterprise markets its contemporary fruit vary beneath the Calavo model and in addition provides retailers with non-public label. Different prospects embrace membership shops, wholesalers and the foodservice channel.
In addition to guacamole, it additionally affords valued-added merchandise equivalent to salsas and dips.
Led by president and CEO Lee Cole, the enterprise sources avocados from USDA-certified growers in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and the Dominican Republic, based on Calavo Growers’ 2024 annual report. It operates a facility in Uruapan, Mexico, in addition to the location in California.
Earlier this week, the corporate issued its second-quarter outcomes.
Gross sales climbed 3.3% to $190.5m and had been up 10.6% for the 12 months to date at $344.9m.
For the quarter to 30 April, adjusted EBITDA dropped 17.3% to $11.4m however elevated 22.4% over the six months to $20.7m.
Internet revenue rose 13% to $6.9m for the quarter and turned to a year-to-date revenue of $11.3m in comparison with a $0.2m loss a 12 months earlier.
Diluted EPS got here in at $0.38 versus $0.36, and $0.63 towards $0.22, for the quarter and 12 months to date, respectively.
