On Wednesday, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners announced plans to acquire a container leasing company for significantly more than that company's public valuation.

Investors in Textainer Group (NYSE: TGH), another container leasing specialist, are taking notice, sending shares of Textainer up as much as 12% despite no company-specific news.

Textainer is in the business of buying, selling, and leasing shipping containers including intermodal equipment that can easily be transferred between rail, truck, and ship. These containers play a massive role in the global shipping market, but the leasing companies can sometimes be tough to value because they need to add inventory when times are good and then find a place for it when demand falls.

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