Saputo - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Saputo M&A Summary

Saputo has acquired 17 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

Saputo’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired Dairy Crest Group for $1.5B. Saputo has acquired in 5 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include food (100%).

Saputo Business Overview

Where is Saputo headquartered?

Saputo is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

What is Saputo’s revenue?

Saputo disclosed revenue of 17,843M CAD for 2023 and 15,035M CAD for 2022.

How many employees does Saputo have?

Saputo has 19,200 employees.

What sector is Saputo in?

Saputo is a food company.

When was Saputo founded?

Saputo was founded in 1954.

M&A Summary

M&A Total Activity17
- M&A Buy Activity17
Total Sectors Invested 1
Total Countries Invested 4
M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
M&A Advisors 6

Saputo

Saputo, Inc.

1000 de la Gauchetiere Street West, Suite 2900,
Montreal, Quebec H3B 4W5
Canada,
(514) 328-6662
www.saputo.com

Saputo is a producer, marketer and distributor of a wide array of products including cheese, fluid milk, yogurt, dairy ingredients and snack-cakes. Saputo was incorporated in 1954 and is based in Montreal, Canada.

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year		≤ '19	'20	'21	'22	'23	'24	T
Buy (0.0/yr)	#	17	-	-	-	-	-	17
Buy (0.0/yr)	vol	$4.0B						$4.0B
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
								17

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
Dairy Crest Group plc	2019-02-22	1.5B GBP	Add-on Acquisition
Esher, United Kingdom · www.dairycrest.co.uk
F&A Dairy Products, Inc.	2018-10-26	85M USD	Add-on Acquisition
Las Cruces, New Mexico · www.fadairy.com
Betin, Inc.	2017-11-01	-	Add-on Acquisition
Rolling Hills Estates, California · www.montchevre.com
Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Ltd.	2017-10-26	980M CAD	Add-on Acquisition
Southbank, Australia · www.mgc.com.au
Southeast Milk, Inc. - Extended Shelf-Life Business	2017-08-31	-	Divestiture
Plant City, Florida
Woolwich Dairy	2015-10-05	80M USD	Add-on Acquisition
Orangeville, Ontario · www.woolwichdairy.com
Saputo Dairy Australia Pty Ltd.	2014-01-17	-	Add-on Acquisition
Allansford, Australia · www.saputodairyaustralia.com.au
Fairmount Food Group LLC	2011-03-25	271M USD	Add-on Acquisition
Deerfield, Illinois · www.fairmountfood.com
Cheese and Protein International LLC	2007-04-12	-	Divestiture
Tulare, California
Schneider Cheese, Inc.	2005-05-27	24M USD	Add-on Acquisition
Waldo, Wisconsin · www.schneidercheese.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector		Buy #	Value	Sell #	Value
Food		17 (100%)	4.0B (100%)	-	-
Total		17	$4.0B	-	-

By Geo

State/Country		Buy	Value	Sell	Value
Canada		7	685M	-	-
	Quebec	3	295M	-	-
	Ontario	2	80M	-	-
	British Columbia	1	-	-	-
	Alberta	1	309M	-	-
United States		7	785M	-	-
	Illinois	2	676M	-	-
	California	2	-	-	-
	Wisconsin	1	24M	-	-
	New Mexico	1	85M	-	-
	Florida	1	-	-	-
Australia		2	980M	-	-
United Kingdom		1	1.5B	-	-
Domestic		7 (41%)	685M (17%)	-	-
Cross-border		10 (59%)	3.3B (83%)	-	-
Total		17	$4.0B	-	-

Top M&A Advisors

Financial	Deals
Moelis & Co.	1
Lazard Ltd.	1

Legal	Deals
Stikeman Elliott	1
Clayton Utz	1
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	1

Deal Values

buy	#	Total
> $1B	1	$1.5B
$100M to $1B	5	$2.2B
< $100M	4	$205M
TOTAL		$4.0B
Largest	Dairy Crest Group plc $1.5B (2019-02-22)

M&A Connections

		Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)	6%	1 (6%)
Strategic(s)	24%	4 (24%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Food

Revenue

17,843 19%	2023
15,035 6%	2022
14,294 5%	2021
14,944 11%	2020
13,502 17%	2019
11,543 4%	2018
11,163 2%	2017
10,992 4%	2016
10,658	2015
(millions of CAD)	Show More Show Less

Employees

19,200

Established

1954

Public

Toronto (TSX): SAP

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