Spinoff spotlight

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IAC INC. $42 is a spinoff buy. The company, (Nasdaq symbol IAC; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 86.3 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.iac.com) owns several online businesses, including U.S. news website The Daily Beast, family care information provider Care.com, and financial investing information site Investopedia. It also owns Dotdash Meredith, which publishes several popular magazines, including People, Better Homes & Gardens, Food & Wine, Allrecipes, Southern Living, InStyle and Real Simple. IAC has a long history of buying smaller businesses and spinning them off once they reach a certain size. For example, in May 2017, it combined its HomeAdvisor business with Angie’s List, Inc. to create a new publicly traded firm called Angi Inc. (Nasdaq symbol ANGI). This company helps connect homeowners with 178,000 professionals offering a variety of home improvement services. Angi makes its money from membership fees and advertising on its websites. IAC now plans to hand its 85.3% stake in Angi to its own shareholders in a..