PSA On The Death-Bed: Worth More Dead, Or Cut Up In Parts?

Imagine (sorry) you are on your death-bed, surrounded by  your friends and families, who are divided in two camps. One group bets big on how soon you will die. The other group calculates how much your body-parts will bring after you are cut up. Now you know how PSA poor Peugeot Citroen must feel. According to Reuters, the battered PSA stock jumped 8 percent yesterday after Goldman Sachs said the company is worth more than the €6.7 a share, if one would "focus on a SOTP (sum of the parts) valuation." Usually, the whole is supposed more than the sum of the parts, but in the perverted world of financial double-speak, SOTP valuation means the parts could be worth more than the sum. That seems to be the case here. The market is betting that Peugeot is being broken up and sold by the piece. Until yesterday, the market was betting big that PSA would croak.  Says Reuters: "Hedge funds have been betting on falls in Peugeot's shares, making it one of the biggest short-selling targets in Europe in the past year. According to data from Markit, 10.2 percent of Peugeot shares outstanding are out on loan." So what would you be saying if you overhear the discussions of the two camps by your sickbed? I know what I would say: "Nurse, crank up the Morphine." from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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