Comment / Supply chain radar: Panalpina's Q1 surgery is all DSV needs – the patient is on the operating table

By Alessandro Pasetti

17/04/2019

The patient is on the operating table.

After talking billions of dollars for almost three endless months following the whopping ~Sfr4.9bn takeover offer that Panalpina accepted from DSV, a tiny little Sfr0.155 is all that matters when it comes to the trading update of the former released today.

Several insiders labelled its earnings growth performance as a sign that Panalpina is on the right track.

Others were not so bullish.

To both sides, I preliminarily countered that if the Swiss 3PL had actually delivered a ...

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