RE: LSC Bonds
Hi Jeffrey
We own $2.65MM of the LSC Communications 8.75% 2023 bonds. We paid $105.25 back in Jan 2017.
• Bonds trading up 10 points this morning on a takeover. Currently at 107.00.
• I think we sell. If the deal does not close we are back down at 97-98. If it closes there is probably 2-3 points of additional upside.
• We can take the proceeds and find a similar bond that does not have the binary risk to it.
Paul
Paul Barrett
Alpha Group Capital LLC
142 W 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019
again,. i need better info, . what was yield to maturity on purchase. . when do they pay? what bonds would you buy instead. , ? and its yield . . not enough to say we buy another.
Purchased Jan 2017 @ 105.25. Yield at the time was 7.60%.
• Bonds were trading at $97 before this announcement. They have spent the last year in a $97-$104 range. Sold off $4 in October.
• At $97 that was a 9.52% YTW
At $107 it is now a 6.69% YTW
B rated issuer
Being acquired by Quad Graphics. Another B rated issuer whose 2022 bonds are yielding 6.66% YTW
• If we sell at $107 we make $46K from price appreciation for a total return of $463K or 9% annualized.
Deal expected to close in the summer of 2019.
Option 1: Do nothing. It is callable in a year at 106.56. So little price upside from here. Risk of the deal not closing and we trade back down to <100.
- Option 2: Sell at 107. Roll proceeds into Consolidated Communications bonds.
Consolidated Communications 6.5% 2022
$ 93.00
YTW 8.64%; 3.3yr duration.
- Broadband provider in the Northeast/Midwest. Stable business.
4.3x levered; $530MM of EBITDA in 2018.
Only 40MM of term loans maturing before 2022. Bigger term loan maturing behind us in 2023.
JPM idea.
Paul
Paul Barrett
Alpha Group Capital LLC
142 W 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019
ok do it
Well received
Paul Barrett
Alpha Group Capital LLC
142 W 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019