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Tellabs Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know

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October 25, 2011 | Comments (2)

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What: Shares of networking gear specialist Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB  ) plunged as far as 11.5% overnight on average trading volumes.

So what: Tellabs reported third-quarter earnings last night, beating bottom-line expectations with a $0.01 net loss per share but missing revenue targets by a country mile. Management blamed slow North American sales but remained enthusiastic about prospects abroad.

Now what: Tellabs counts AT&T (NYSE: T  ) , Verizon (NYSE: VZ  ) , and Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR  ) as its three largest customers, quarter in and quarter out, and the Americans just aren't building network infrastructure like they used to. The quicker these important clients get back to nuts-and-bolts investments instead of squabbling over merger deals or waiting for the economic headwinds to subside, the better for Tellabs. For now, this stock is lagging the Dow Jones (INDEX: ^DJI) index by a very wide margin in 2011 after losing 36% of its New Year's value. It's cheap -- but for good reason.

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  • Report this Comment On October 25, 2011, at 5:08 PM, SimchaStein wrote:

    Anders,

    I'm confused, by your last comment, "It's cheap -- but for good reason". It the stock overly discounted? Or is it appropriately discounted for risk? Do you think they will recover sales soon? Is it a short term problem - their customers being distracted?

  • Report this Comment On October 26, 2011, at 11:47 AM, TMFZahrim wrote:

    Fair enough, @SimchaStein. I meant that Tellabs has run into real, tangible customer issues here, and it's not unreasonable to get bearish on the stock today. Is it long or short term? Hard to tell. Even if it's technically a short-term halt in network buildouts, who's to say that ALU or ERIC or Huawei won't stand ready to steal contracts from Tellabs when we get rolling again?

    Only time will tell if this is truly a fundamental business issue or not. That's why the watchlist is so important; keep an eye on this stock for more clues.

    Anders

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