These spinoffs are off to stellar start

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On April 3, 2020, aerospace products maker United Technologies spun off its Otis (elevators) and Carrier (heating and air conditioning equipment) businesses as separate firms. For each share held, investors received 0.5 of a share in Otis and 1 share in Carrier. Note—United Technologies then merged with defence contractor Raytheon Co. to form Raytheon Technologies Corp. (New York symbol RTX). Otis is now up 39% since the spinoff, while Carrier has soared 101%. We feel both can go higher still, particularly as their corporate clients re-organize their workplaces to minimize the spread of COVID-19. OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP. $63 is a spinoff buy. The company (New York symbol OTIS; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 433.1 million; Market cap: $27.3 billion; Dividend yield 1.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.otis.com) is the world’s largest and most-respected maker of elevators and escalators. COVID-19 forced many businesses to shutdown, which hurt Otis’s ability to install new equipment and service existing systems. As a result, its revenue in the second quarter of 2020…