Usually the act of spinning off a division to shareholders boosts both the parent and spinco stock prices.
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The spinco is usually undervalued at the time of the spinoff when-issued price, and the parent emerges as a more focused concern that is less distracted by unrelated operations.
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Will SpinCo get to use the HP brand?
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