Editor's note: An earlier version of this article suggested that Prestige Brand Holdings agreed to the buyout offer. The Fool regrets the error.
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What: Shares of consumer goods and over-the-counter medicine company Prestige Brand Holdings
So what: Sometimes the math of a big pop like this is very simple. In Prestige's case, Mexico's Genomma Lab Internacional offered to buy the company for $16.60 in cash. The price would give Prestige shareholders a 23% premium over the closing price on Friday.
Now what: Prestige is the owner of well-known brands including Chloraseptic, Comet, Tagamet, and New-Skin, so as a company it's definitely a worthwhile asset to own. But with Genomma's offer valuing the company at more than 19 times trailing earnings, investors may not want to bet on a bidding war erupting. At the time of writing, the stock was trading less than 1% away from the proposed takeout price, so Prestige investors may want to start thinking about where they'd like to redeploy their capital.
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