By Connor Hart
The Home Depot will buy building-products distributor GMS for about $4.3 billion.
Home Depot said Monday that it will purchase all outstanding shares of GMS's common stock for $110 apiece, reflecting a total equity value of approximately $4.3 billion. Including net debt, the deal implies a total enterprise value of about $5.5 billion.
With the buy, the home-improvement company beat out serial dealmaker Brad Jacobs, whose QXO had previously submitted an unsolicited proposal to buy GMS for about $5 billion, offering $95.20 a share in cash.
The deal is expected to close by the end of fiscal 2025, and it will be completed through Home Depot's specialty trade distribution subsidiary SRS Distribution. The company said the purchase will accelerate SRS's goal of becoming a leading, multi-category building materials distributor, adding a new vertical that is adjacent to its existing business.
Shares of GMS jumped 10%, to $107.50, in premarket trading. Home Depot's stock was flat at $369.07, while shares of QXO ticked 1.2% higher, to $20.97.
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