The 10 biggest movers on the ASX.
The best performing companies on the ASX so far today were Ofx Group (OFX, up 15.5%) and Humm Group (HUM, up 10.8%).
Largest gains on the ASX Monday 20 December 2021
The 2 biggest movers on the ASX were due to acquisitions.
Ofx Group (OFX) was the biggest mover on the ASX today.
Shares in the company rose 15.5% to $2.16.
OFX announced to shareholders that it will acquire 100% of Canadian foreign exchange business Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation.
The company said it paid $98 million to acquire Firma, representing 9.0x of last 12 months EBITDA.
OFX Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Skander Malcolm said: “This is our first major acquisition and very much aligned with our strategy of building scale in the Corporate segment and growing the North American region.
“Firma generates strong earnings from a high quality customer base and has an excellent service culture, so there is a lot of alignment with OFX.”
“By bringing our businesses together we become a much bigger Corporate specialist with a strong recurring revenue base and considerable growth opportunities.”
Ofx Group is part of the diversified financials sector.
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The other acquisition announcement is around Humm Group (HUM).
The buy now, pay later provider soared during afternoon trading after the company announced a potential take-over bid.
Humm, which also operates other businesses including credit cards, said its shares are currently undervalued and that it will determine whether the definitive offer is in the best interest of shareholders.
Newly appointed independent chair Christine Christian thanked the out going chair Andrew Abercrombie while highlighting the importance of growing the company in the future.
“Andrew was a founding shareholder of the original FlexiRent business some 20 years ago now and the Board continues to benefit from his insights and corporate knowledge,” Christian said in a statement to the ASX.
“I look forward to working with my fellow directors to assess the proposals put before us and importantly, to support the management team as they implement the company’s strategy to grow the business profitably.”
It is important to highlight that Humm has given no assurances that the take-over bid will occur.
It rose 10.8% to reach $0.82.
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