This has turned into a nice little cash producer for us. Originally bought at $8.86 we are now getting a 16% annual cash return on our invested capital (today’s buyers still get 7.8%) which is just fantastic. This goes along with unrealized gains of 112% on the common stock appreciation (excluding distributions). Better still is they are laying the groundwork for an IPO of their FOX Factory subsidiary which has been a real winner the past three years (S-1 to be filed soon). This will bring a large amount of liquidity to the company and that opens up all kinds of interesting scenarios from huge one time dividend, share repurchase or a large acquisition or some form of all three.
Management has done a great job with shareholder capital (they all also have decent stakes in the company) the past three years so having this much cash coming in has to get one excited.
WESTPORT, Conn., July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.36 per share. The distribution for the three months ended June 30, 2013 is payable on July 30, 2013 to all holders of record as of July 23, 2013.
Alan Offenberg, CEO of Compass Diversified Holdings, stated, “We are pleased to declare our second quarter distribution of $0.36 per share. We have now declared a distribution each quarter since our IPO in May of 2006 and, including this quarter, will have cumulatively distributed $9.5952 per share to our shareholders.”
About Compass Diversified Holdings (“CODI”)
CODI owns and manages a diverse family of established North American middle market businesses. Each of its eight current subsidiaries is a leader in their niche market.CODI maintains controlling ownership interests in each of its subsidiaries in order to maximize its ability to impact long term cash flow generation and value. The Company provides both debt and equity capital for its subsidiaries, contributing to their financial and operating flexibility. CODI utilizes the cash flows generated by its subsidiaries to invest in the long-term growth of the Company and to make cash distributions to its owners.
Our subsidiaries are engaged in the following lines of business:
- The manufacture of quick-turn, prototype and production rigid printed circuit boards (Advanced Circuits, www.advancedcircuits.com);
- The design and manufacture of promotionally priced upholstered furniture (American Furniture Manufacturing, www.americanfurn.net);
- The design and manufacture of medical therapeutic support surfaces and other wound treatment devices (Anodyne Medical Device, also doing business and known as Tridien Medical, www.tridien.com);
- The manufacture of engineered magnetic solutions for a wide range of specialty applications and end-markets (Arnold Magnetic Technologies, www.arnoldmagnetics.com);
- The design and manufacture of personal hydration products for outdoor, recreation and military use (CamelBak Products,www.camelbak.com);
- The design and marketing of wearable baby carriers, strollers and related products (ERGObaby, www.ergobaby.com);
- The design, manufacture and marketing of premium suspension products for mountain bikes and powered off-road vehicles (FOX,www.ridefox.com);
- The design and manufacture of premium home and gun safes (Liberty Safe, www.libertysafe.com).