
In today’s briefing:
- Emerson Electric’s Bold Power Play: Tapping Into a New Energy Supercycle!
- Primer: Fanuc Corp (6954 JP) – Dec 2025
- Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. (CDNL): Infrastructure Play Sets Terms for IPO
- Watts Water Technologies: Inside the Haws Deal- What Will This Power Acquisition Unlock?
- Singtel Tops Buybacks; Soon Hock & Engro Chairs Boost Stakes; Sanli Eyes Growth with Placement
- Sell Millrose Properties
- MTT Shipping and Logistics Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Emerson Electric’s Bold Power Play: Tapping Into a New Energy Supercycle!
- Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company concluded its fiscal year 2025 with a mixed performance, marked by both achievements and challenges.
- Financially, Emerson reported $1.62 in adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter, aligning with its expectations.
- For the full year, adjusted earnings per share increased by 9% to $6, while free cash flow rose 12% year-over-year, reaching $3.24 billion.
Primer: Fanuc Corp (6954 JP) – Dec 2025
- Dominant Market Leader with a Wide Moat: Fanuc is a global leader in factory automation, holding significant market share in CNC systems (estimated at 65%) and industrial robots. Its competitive advantages are rooted in technological prowess, a reputation for reliability, high switching costs for customers, and an extensive global service network.
- Poised to Capitalize on Secular Growth in Automation: The company is well-positioned to benefit from long-term structural tailwinds, including rising labor costs, skilled labor shortages, reshoring of manufacturing, and increased demand for automation in emerging sectors like electric vehicle (EV) production and electronics.
- Cyclical Headwinds and Competitive Intensity Present Risks: Fanuc’s financial performance is closely tied to global capital expenditure cycles, making it susceptible to economic downturns. The factory automation market is also highly competitive, with major players like ABB, Yaskawa, and Siemens vying for market share, which can pressure pricing and margins.
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Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. (CDNL): Infrastructure Play Sets Terms for IPO
- Cardinal Infrastructure sets terms for its IPO and could raise up to $253 million if priced at the high end of the range.
- Cardinal Infrastructure offers full-service, in-house wet utility and site work solutions in fast-growing Southeastern markets, benefiting from strong demand, population growth, and reduced outsourcing needs.
- A proven acquisition-led expansion strategy, deep customer relationships, and high repeat revenue underpin robust growth, a strong backlog, and successful market penetration in new geographies.
Watts Water Technologies: Inside the Haws Deal- What Will This Power Acquisition Unlock?
- Watts Water Technologies reported strong results for the third quarter of 2025, surpassing expectations with reported sales reaching a record $612 million.
- This performance was supported by a notable 9% increase in organic sales, driven largely by favorable pricing, robust demand in the Americas, and strategic acquisitions like I-CON and EasyWater.
- These acquisitions, along with advantageous foreign exchange movements, compensated for a decline in Europe and stagnant performance in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) regions.
Singtel Tops Buybacks; Soon Hock & Engro Chairs Boost Stakes; Sanli Eyes Growth with Placement
- Institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks from Nov 21 to Nov 27, with a S$552 million outflow.
- Engro Corporation Chairman Tan Cheng Gay increased his interest to 25.01% by acquiring 11,870,000 shares at S$0.725 each.
- Sanli Environmental proposed a placement of up to 38,492,404 shares at S$0.260 each, raising up to S$10,008,025.
Sell Millrose Properties
- I’m closing out my LEN/MRP odd lot trade recommendation and will be selling my MRP shares.
- The total return if you took advantage of the odd lot provision was +1.9% / + $235 less than the expected return of +6.4% / $772.
- The driver of the underperformance? MRP sold off in mi- November given market weakness and hasn’t fully recovered.
MTT Shipping and Logistics Pre-IPO Tearsheet
- MTT Shipping and Logistics (1994098D MK) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Malaysia IPO. The deal will be run by CIMB and CLSA.
- MTT Shipping and Logistics (MTT) is a Malaysian company engaged in the provision of container liner shipping, vessel chartering, container depot operations, and related logistics services.
- Through its subsidiaries, the Group operates an integrated shipping and logistics ecosystem that connects Peninsular Malaysia, East Malaysia, Brunei, and selected regional markets including China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.