Topic: How To Invest

Q: Diversey looks like a decent new IPO. What do you and your team think? Thank you.

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A: Diversey Holdings Ltd., $16.10, symbol DSEY on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 301.2 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; www.diversey.com), is a provider of cleaning, sanitation and hygiene products for food and beverage plants, as well as healthcare, floor care, laundry, and other end-user markets. Private equity firm Bain Capital acquired Diversey from Sealed Air Corp. (symbol SEE on New York) for $3.2 billion in March 2017. On March 24, 2021, Diversey launched its IPO and began trading on the Nasdaq exchange when it sold 46.2 million shares to the public. It originally proposed selling its shares at between $18 and $21 before the IPO; it ended up pricing them at $15. Following the IPO, Bain holds 76.0% of Diversey’s shares. In the year ended December 31, 2020, Diversey’s revenues rose 0.2%, to $2.63 billion from $2.62 billion a year earlier. The company’s institutional segment had higher sales in 2020, offset by lower sales for its food & beverage segment. Excluding one-time items, Diversey earned…