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Air Liquide In Talks To Buy Airgas; Tip Says 'Binding Offer' Is On The Table
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 2:38pm | 450Shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) spiked higher by more than 7 percent after Bloomberg reported the company is an acquisition target for Air Liquide SA (ADR) (OTCMKTS: AIQUY). Details of the potential acquisition were leaked earlier this morning. Immediately before market open, an anonymous...
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Jefferies Reiterates ARG Buy Rating
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 8:25am | 75Jefferies has issued a report maintaining Airgas' (NYSE: ARG) Buy Rating. According to Jefferies, "Overall, demand trends appear positive. The strongest end markets appear to be manufacturing, energy and chemicals, with metal fab demand accelerating sharply in the past 6 weeks. Demand remains more...
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ARG A "Key Industrial Holding," Piper Jaffray Reports
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 7:33am | 125Piper Jaffray continues to view Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) as a “key industrial holding following our recent NDR with CEO Peter McCausland this week.” “We see earnings leverage emerging from the company's 875+ locations as domestic industrial and construction end markets continue to recover, and the...
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Air Products Withdraws Bid On Airgas, Oppenheimer Expects APD To Rise And ARG To Decline
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 10:20am | 114Oppenheimer has published a research report on Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) after Air Products (NYSE: APD) withdraws its bid on the company. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "Air Products withdrew its $70/share all-cash hostile offer for Airgas after the Delaware Chancery Court upheld its Stockholder...
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Jefferies Reiterates Hold Rating On ARG
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:39am | 83“Jefferies believes that Airgas (NYSE: ARG) remains well-positioned to benefit from secular trends that favor both faster-than-GDP growth and strong FCF generation,” Jefferies writes. “With Air Products' (NYSE: APD) bid driving the share price, we reiterate our Hold rating. “Excluding $0.15 in net...
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Jefferies Raises PT On Airgas
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 8:55am | 27Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) from $65.50 to $70 and maintains its Hold rating.
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Piper Jaffray Raises PT On Airgas
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 7:49am | 27Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) from $75 to $76 and maintains its Overweight rating.