Securitas Acquires Stanley Security For $3.2 Billion
Securitas has made what it claims to be a "transformative" acquisition that "will be at the center of [its] strategy for years to come" in acquiring Stanley's Electronic Security business for $3.2 billion USD.
Inside this report, we examine the Investor's Deck and detailed commentary from the hour-plus investor's call to see what problems Securitas is trying to solve and how this impacts the broader security integration market.
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** ******* ****** *** *****?
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****** * ********** ******** **** *** their ***** ******* ******** ******** **** a **** ** ********* **** *** service. **** ***** ***** *********** *** integrators **** *** ********* ** ***** accounts ** **** *** **********. **** will ****.
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*** *** **** *** *** ***** too **** ****** * ******* *** size ** ******* **** * **** track ****** ** ********** *****.
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***** **** ** **** **** ** SI *********** *** *** *********** ***** is **** ** ******** ******* ****** as *** ***** ***** ********* ** sink ****** ****. **** **** ***** be ******* ******** ****** ******, *** the ***** ***** ** ***** ***** to ** * *********** ******.
** ***** ********* ********* ***** / respect ***** ***** *********
**** ***'*. **'* ********* ** ********* trust **** *** ******** ** ** high.
*** ******* ************* **** ***** ******** is ***** ****'** ***** ** ***** your ********, **** ********* **** ** protect ********** **** ***** ***** (********, time, ***.), ******* **********.
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*** * ******** * *** ** colleagues ** *** ******** ***** **** it ** *********.
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** *** *********** **** *** ****** to ******* *** ******* ********* **** Stanley ********** (****** **********, ****** **********, Inventory **********, ***** ****, ****, ***.).
*** ****** *******?
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* **** *** ***** **** *** purchased. * ****** *** ********* **** have * ***** ******* **** ** Hikvision ** ***** *** ***** ******* a *******. * ***** ***** **** it ***** **** ***** *********.
************ ** ***** *** ********* ********** to **** *** *********:
************ ** *** **** ** ********* had **** ********* ******** *** *** settlement ********* ** ***** **** ********* insurers *** ****** *** *** **********.
** *** ***'* *********, ***** ** have *** **** *** ****** ******* of *********' ******** ** **** ****, I ** ********* **** *** ******** would **** **** * **************. ***** *** ******** **** ******* was *** *** ********** **** **** would **** **** ** * ****, I ** ********* **** * **** would **** ********* ** ***** ** a ******* ***** ** *** ******* of * ********. * **** **** on *** **** **** **** *** settled ** ******* ***** ******* *** organizations ******** **** ******** ********* ***** even * *** ***** ******** **** the ******* ***** **** *** ******.
***. ** ********** **** **** ********* was **** ****.
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*'* *** **** *** **** ******** anything *** ****** ****.