Elbit Techniques Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) has raised $512 million in a share providing on Nasdaq. The Israeli protection electronics firm issued 1.37 million shares at a worth of $375 per share, at a 5% low cost on its closing share worth yesterday.
All of the shares had been bought by Elbit with its underwriters given an possibility to purchase 205,000 shares price $76 million on the providing worth inside 30 days. The providing was led by Financial institution of America Securities, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, and Morgan Stanley. Barak Capital served as a distributor for underwriters in Israel.
Elbit Techniques opened on Wall Avenue at present with the share worth down 2.68%, giving a market cap of $18.2 billion. Elbit is the most important protection firm traded on the Tel Aviv Inventory Trade (TASE). Enterprise has been booming in latest as a result of battle in Israel and better protection spending in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in addition to navy tensions in East Asia.
Elbit ended the primary quarter of 2025 with a document $23.1 billion backlog of orders, up $500 million from the top of 2024. Income within the first quarter was $1.9 billion, up 22% from the corresponding quarter of 2024. GAAP internet revenue was $107 million, up 45% from the corresponding quarter.
Elbit CEO: “We’ll broaden manufacturing infrastructure and purchase firms
Elbit Techniques plans to make use of the funds raised to broaden manufacturing infrastructure, primarily in Europe, which has been seeing a formidable arms race previously 12 months as a part of issues about Russia. Elbit Techniques CEO Bezhalel Machlis says Elbit is contemplating buying firms and complementary actions with the funds raised.
“That is an unimaginable vote of confidence within the firm,” Machlis tells “Globes.” “We acquired requests which are 3 occasions (virtually 6 billion shekels) greater than what we requested to boost. We had superb discussions with buyers, and we acquired their full confidence within the firm. The providing will contribute to Elbit changing into a extra worldwide firm with a broader base of overseas buyers. I additionally estimate that it’s going to enhance the tradability of the corporate’s shares in Israel and on Nasdaq.”
What’s going to you do with the cash?
“The providing is meant for use for capital investments. We have to set up extra manufacturing infrastructure in an effort to flip our future backlog into gross sales, revenue and money. We’ll primarily make investments in Europe, the place we’ll set up extra infrastructure that we want. Secondly is to enhance the corporate’s working capital. The funding will permit us to do that. We wish to make investments extra in R&D. Elbit has areas wherein it’s a world chief. One in all them is the bottom laser area (in October, the corporate received a $200 million contract to produce the Iron Beam system in Israel).”
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Machlis provides that laser programs will develop into a future emphasis for the corporate within the air as nicely. “We’re investing in an aerial laser that can revolutionize the market. In fact, we will even perform mergers and acquisitions in Israel and world wide. The explanation for that is to search out applied sciences that we lack, by way of the acquisition of startups and so forth. One more reason for mergers and acquisitions is to extend our place available in the market. For instance, within the US, by way of acquisitions we made that complemented us technologically and expanded our market share. In fact, we have to discover firms with the best earnings multiples. Backside line, the IPO strengthens our status worldwide.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Could 22, 2025.
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