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Spin-offs/Illumina, Inc.GRAIL, Inc.

GRAIL, Inc.GRAL

Spin-off from Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) · Jun 24, 2024 · Nasdaq

Announced
Dec 17, 2023
Form 10 filed
May 6, 2024
Record date
Distributed
Jun 24, 2024
Ratio
1 : 6
Debt loaded
Cash to parent
Latest filing
Jun 3, 2024

one share of GRAIL for every six shares of Illumina; at least 85.5% of Illumina's GRAIL shares distributed

Documents

Both companies today

The new company
GRAIL, Inc.GRAL
Market cap
$2.95B
Moat
None
Quality
20
Price
$80.34
Fair value
Price / FV
The parent
Illumina, Inc.ILMN
Market cap
$33.8B
Moat
Narrow
Quality
59
Price
$218.22
Fair value
$156.05
Price / FV
1.36×

Moat ratings, quality scores and fair value estimates are MoatScope research opinions and refresh with the data pipeline. Price / FV below 1.00× means the shares trade under our base-case estimate.

What is being separated

GRAIL is a commercial-stage healthcare company focused on early cancer detection; its Galleri blood test screens for many types of cancer with a single test.

Stated rationaleIllumina divested GRAIL after regulators required it to unwind the 2021 acquisition; the spin-off returned GRAIL to independence, funded by Illumina.

The four questions

The four-question write-up for GRAIL, Inc. is pending. Terms, documents and both companies’ numbers above are live; the checklist is added once the information statement has been worked through.

Not investment advice. Terms are as stated in the latest filing; spin-off shares are often thinly covered and volatile in their first months.