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Fly News Breaks for September 6, 2018
FLT, WEX, TVPT
Sep 6, 2018 | 08:00 EDT
eNett could be valued at $1B and Travelport (TVPT) could use the proceeds from a divestiture for an accelerated share repurchase or potentially lower the equity required to take the company private, Deutsche Bank analyst Ashish Sabadra tells investors in a research note. The analyst believes Travelport is not being valued on a sum-of-the-parts basis and that it is not given credit for the accelerated growth in eNett. Given the "rich valuation for high-growth payment assets," Travelport should sell eNett in the near future, Sabadra contends. The analyst believes an acquisition of eNett could potentially complement Wex's (WEX) Travel and Corporate payments offering and could also be synergistic with Fleetcor's (FLT) corporate payment business. Sabadra has a Buy rating on Travelport with a $25 price target.