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David Burrows
Jabil Circuit
JBL-N
DON'T BUY
Nov 22, 2016
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He just bought it. It's cheap at 10x forward earnings. They're in a hot business--a in logistics and supply chains. A very cheap stock. They've gotten into new markets. It's low-risk given the low multiple. They will guide to an earnings number of $10/share. Earnings will be released on Wednesday. This is a long-term hold.
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They provide outsource manufacturing for all sorts of businesses, from healthcare to autos and data centres. They just reported a blowout quarter and raised their forecast. But the stock sold off 7% in one day. Their revenue guidance was conservative, so it sold, but he suspects there was profit-taking.
The problem he is having with this is the same problem he is having with many of the others in the contract manufacturing space. The margins are so thin. Their pre-tax margin is about 3%, so if they make a mistake, it costs them a lot and there is not a lot of opportunity to make up profit.