Sources told Undercurrent that the upcoming sale of Portobello Capital’s stake in Spanish fishing group Ibercosa (Iberconsa) will attract strong trade and private‑equity interest, with some suggesting a combination with Grupo Nueva Pescanova could be ideal, though Ibercosa’s management reportedly prefers private‑equity backing
Birgir Brynjolfsson said Mitsui’s minority investment in toothfish supplier Mark Foods shows global seafood groups realise that acquiring established U.S. distributors is the fastest way to gain market access; such partnerships link market and resource, and are being driven by abundant capital, tax reforms and expectations of rising interest rates
US seafood companies may have a window.
President Trump’s increasingly tough stance on trade is worrying many US seafood industry players, as it does not necessarily consider that some 85-90 percent of the seafood we consume in this country is imported. Increasing barriers to imports many result in higher raw material costs, lower profitability, a slowdown in revenue growth and, consequently, a potential general decrease in Enterprise Values (EV) for those companies exposed to these possible regulatory challenges.
Source: IntraFish
Son negocios en expansión con generación constante de caja, de ahí que sean atractivos para este tipo de sociedades.
La comercialización de productos del mar está al alza en Europa (por la recuperación del consumo tras la crisis), Estados Unidos (con nuevos formatos) y Asia (por una creciente clase media en China). En Galicia es una industria muy atomizada pese a que las Rías Baixas concentran la mayor capacidad productiva de la eurozona. Aún así, solo Nueva Pescanova figuraba entre las top 100 del mundo, un ránking al que ha entrado Ibérica de Congelados (Iberconsa) tras la compra por esta última de la argentina pesquera Santa Cruz. Ninguna de ellas está en manos de industriales de la pesca; la primera es propiedad de la banca acreedora, que ya ha iniciado contactos para desinvertir, y la segunda está en manos (en un 55%) del fondo Portobello Capital.