DIEBOLD INC. $34 - New York symbol DBD

DIEBOLD INC. $34 (New York symbol DBD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.0 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.diebold.com) is buying German ATM maker Wincor Nixdorf AG for $1.8 billion (80% in cash and 20% in stock).

The combined firm will be the world’s largest maker of ATMs, with 35% of the market and $5.2 billion in annual revenue. Diebold aims to close the deal in mid-2016.

The company plans to borrow $2.8 billion to pay for Wincor, which will increase its total debt to around $3.5 billion. However, it should save $160 million a year by eliminating overlapping operations, which will help it pay down this debt. It will also cut its dividend rate by 67%, from $1.15 to $0.38, which would yield 1.1%.

Diebold is still a buy

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