- Dresser-Rand (DRC +12.5%) maintains strong gains following a report overnight that Siemens (OTCPK:SIEGY -1.9%) is preparing an offer to buy out the oilfield equipment maker and has opened up talks following its unsuccessful bid to buy Alstom’s energy assets earlier this year.
- Siemens has “huge” firepower to pursue deals toward expanding its energy assets, CEO Joe Kaeser had said after coming up short on Alstom.
- “Strategically it would be a good fit, it would fill some gaps in the portfolio and improve Siemens's position in North America,” Commerzbank analysts say.
- Shares have held up despite some notes of caution throughout the day; DRC s not viewed as a “motivated” seller now, a J.P. Morgan analyst says, and Raymond James believes a takeover is unlikely.