Smiths Group shares opened almost 3% higher at 2,494p this morning after the engineering group agreed to sell its security screening division, Smiths Detection, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners for £2 billion. The deal values the business at 16.3 times its most recent annual operating profit of £122 million and 12.5 times EBITDA of £160 million for the year to the end of July 2025.
UK's Smiths Group said on Wednesday it will sell its Smiths Detection unit, known for its baggage-screening kit in airports and explosive detectors, for 2 billion pounds ($2.65 billion), including debt, to private equity firm CVC Capital.
Smiths Group plc (OTCPK:SMGZY) Shareholder/Analyst Call November 19, 2025 6:00 AM EST Company Participants Steven Williams Roland Carter - CEO & Director Simon Pryce Matthew Whyte - Company Secretary Presentation Steven Williams Hello. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) shares traded higher on Friday after the industrial tech firm agreed to sell its Smiths Interconnect division to Molex Electronic Technologies, a Koch company, in a deal valuing the business at £1.3 billion. The transaction represents 15.1 times Smiths Interconnect's headline EBITDA of £86.1 million for fiscal 2025 and forms part of Smiths' plan to focus on its core industrial engineering operations.
Smiths Group said the divestment to Koch's Molex Electronic Technologies is part of a restructuring strategy to become a more focused industrial engineering company.
Smiths Group plc (OTCPK:SMGZY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call September 23, 2025 3:00 AM EDT Company Participants Roland Carter - CEO & Director Julian Fagge - CFO & Executive Director Conference Call Participants Lushanthan Mahendrarajah - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Christian Hinderaker - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Mark Jones - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division Margaret Schooley - Rothschild & Co Redburn, Research Division Alexandro da Silva O'Hanlon - Panmure Liberum Limited, Research Division Dylan Jones - Kepler Cheuvreux, Research Division Presentation Roland Carter CEO & Director Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, I'll open with a reminder of our strategic actions that we announced in January and a few highlights of our fiscal year 2025 performance before handing over to Julian to walk through the numbers in more detail.
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Smiths Group plc (OTCPK:SMGZY) H1 2025 Earnings Conference Call March 25, 2025 4:00 AM ET Company Participants Roland Carter – CEO Julian Fagge - CFO Conference Call Participants Lushanthan Mahendrarajah – JPMorgan Christian Hinderaker - Goldman Sachs Martin Wilkie - Citi Mark Jones – Stifel Stephan Klepp - HSBC Andrew Simms - Berenberg Dylan Jones - Kepler Cheuvreux Roland Carter Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. I'll start by providing a few opening remarks before handing over to Julian to walk us through the First Half numbers.