In the following video, Fool analyst Andrew Tonner talks about Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), and what investors can expect from the telecom stock in 2013.
After struggling for years, Alcatel is up 36.6% over the past month, reversing a bad year in which the stock had previously lost some 60% of its value. So, is Alcatel a buy? Andrew says not quite yet. But it's not a sell, either. With Alcatel in the midst of a cost-restructuring aimed at saving $1.5 billion, the company should see improved margins and other benefits from leaner operations.
But that doesn't change anything in the fundamental Alcatel story, Andrew says. Alcatel will still operate in a very competitive industry, competing not only with established rivals like Nokia (NYSE:NOK), but low-cost Asian providers as well.
So while things may be looking up in terms of operations, Alcatel still faces significant headwinds ahead in 2013. Andrew calls the stock a hold.
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Report this Comment On December 22, 2012, at 11:22 PM, serge9 wrote:
Most likely Alcatel will Sustain Its Rally in 2013 and beyond
Yes there is a fierce competition from well established provider Like Cisco, Nokia, Ericsson and from low cost Asian providers.
But
**AT&T announcement of increasing spending for a few years to come
** Sprint will be using Light Radio
http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/3738081-sprint-to-lever...
** Telephonica will be using the new router
** Verizon is testing the 7950 XRS Router
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-verizon-looks-t...
** Monetizing Alu’s Patents
** Global IP Law Group Estimating Alu's Patents to be worth 5 Billions euro (6.5B$)
Global IP Law Group, L.L.C., is a law firm concentrating in patent monetization, with a particular concentration in patent sales
• Global IP is particularly experienced in the evaluation and monetization of large patent portfolios
See no 3, Global IP Law Group’s Review and Valuations of
Alcatel-Lucent’s Patent Portfolio at http://bit.ly/TgFhEn
1 • Lenders Public Presentation
2 • Lenders Information Memorandum
3 • Global IP report
** Restructuring (fixed cost cutting) will reduce spending by 1.2 Billion/year
Cutting fixed cost by 1.2 billion a years means no more cash burn
** selling non profit units and terminating loosing service contracts
This also means no more cash burn
By the way Telephonica will be using ALU new Core Router 7950 XRS, the Router that Cisco said that it is not a Core router
If Cisco took the time and the effort to comment negatively on the 7950 XRS it may mean that this 7950 XRS is a winner and will take Market Share from Juniper and Cisco
the market start to pay attention and ALu share price may reach its true value
GS Deal has helped to establish ALU True value, but the French Gov. is looking for ways to help ALU get better financing deal with less interest rate and no Guarantees, the French Gov. has till Jan 30th 2013 to come up with a preposition
any way, and any which way, the word has been spoken
ALU has the Technology
ALU is worth much much more than 1.00 a share
and the Market realized it
wait and see, the future is bright
So, do not be surprised if Juniper, Cisco or others attempted to Buy Alu while it is trading below 2$
Alu Future looks brighter
Report this Comment On December 25, 2012, at 10:29 AM, bh482 wrote:
Serge,
What's your price target going into 2013 for this stock?
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