Vista Outdoor Stock Jumps as MNC Capital Raises Takeover Offer Amid Bidding War

Shares of Vista Outdoor (VSTO) are rising in premarket trading Wednesday after MNC Capital said it’s raising its all-cash offer for the full company to $42 per share, about $3.2 billion.

The raised offer from MNC comes just two days after Vista said that the Czechoslovak Group had increased its offer for The Kinetic Group, one of Vista’s subsidiaries, to $2 billion.

Vista Receives Multiple Offers

Vista, a sporting goods and ammunition company that operates a number of brands including CamelBak and Remington, has received and rejected several offers so far this year.

MNC has made a number of offers for the entire company, while CSG has looked to buy just The Kinetic Group, the division that houses a number of firearms and ammunition brands like Remington.

Vista said Monday that it was “fully committed” to the CSG deal and encouraged shareholders to vote in favor of the transaction, but it had previously postponed special meetings to discuss and potentially approve a $1.96 billion CSG offer when another unnamed company offered $2.01 billion for The Kinetic Group.

MNC’s raised offer may also have been spurred by the Tuesday announcement that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) cleared the transaction for the Kinetic Group to be sold to CSG, saying that there were “no unresolved national security concerns.”

Vista shares, which have risen 14% in 2024 to $33.78 through Tuesday’s close, were up a further 10% to $37.26 about 45 minutes before the opening bell Wednesday.