Down -40%, Deep Value European Special Situations & Spinoff Stocks

LONDON & NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

"With investors hungry for returns, some of Europe's top companies hold the deepest value and will need to break-up in order to generate major shareholder wealth. We've now analyzed and captured which stocks will", claims UK based, leading global special situations and spinoff research advisor, The Spinoff Report (TSR)®.

Take the S&P 500, after losing a third of its current valuation, the US's most benchmarked index of top 500 firms is now back up +5% vs. its value in Dec 2007. Now consider Europe, e.g. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, etc.; the Top 50 stock index (STOXX 50) is still down -40% over the last 5 years (Dec 3, 2007 to Mar 28, 2013).

Shocked?
TSR  highlights there is potentially significant hidden value to be tapped in renowned asset rich stocks. Examples being: $28bn Vivendi (VIV FP) down -47% over the above 5 year period;  $62bn Telefonica SA (TEF SQ) -53%;  $27bn RWE (RWE GY) -68%,  $48bn Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE GY) -45%;  $19bn Carrefour SA (CA FP) -54%,  $26bn France Telecom SA (FTE FP) -70%;  $114bn Total SA (FP FP) -32%;  $27bn Vinci SA (DG FP) -36%; to name a few.

Positives?
Investors will be looking to replicate and capture the profit recovery from European stocks like: $89bn Volkswagen AG (VOW3 GY) +52%;  $158bn Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ABI BB) +106%;  $95bn SAP AG (SAP GY) +78% and $87bn LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (MC FP) +63%.

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TSR has a unique history of finding which companies will (and potentially could) break-up / Spinoff their dual or multi-division businesses to generate greater shareholder returns.

Ryan Mendy, COO of The Spinoff Report (TSR)® and Distressed Report (TDR)™ comments: "With the S&P now back at top value, deep value Global & US Hedge Fundssubscribe   to us to get our analysis of the fundamental sum-of-the-parts valuations in Europe of our concentrated stocks, discovering the best special situations and long-term investments to hold."

Outlook?
The European Spinoff Calendars of listed companies includes: $3bn Autogrill SpA (AGL); $2bn Cargotec Oyj (CGCBV); $28bn PPR SA (PP), $3bn YIT Oyj (YTY1V); $95bn Siemens (SIE), $6bn Metso Oyj (MEO1V)...

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