Noise Cancelling with Neil Woodford
Jul 10, 2026 · 33 min · 12 segments
UK stocks are being taken private at a record pace: this year, takeover bids for London-listed companies have run at roughly £60bn against under £600m raised in new IPOs, and Neil Woodford argues that…
For most of Neil's 35 years running money, buying control of a public company costs you about a 25% premium over the share price.
This year, buyers are paying around 75% over the odds for British companies in cash and walking away convinced that they've got a bargain.
The three places the discount is hiding and why Neil says you should never buy a single one of them, takeover.
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