Stock price when the opinion was issued
A well-run company in a tough industry (telecom equipment) with a lot of pricing pressure. An interesting thing that happened recently is their large acquisition of Astra Technology. The combination of these 2 companies should generate a lot of synergies. This is where scale matters and cutting some costs and fat from the business will be good for shareholders and lead to significant free cash flow over the next number of years. Has been thinking about adding this to his portfolios, but share price has run up in the last few months and a slightly lower price would be interesting.
Merging with Aastra Technologies (AAH-T). This combination will be accretive. This is an astute management. Thinks it will work longer-term but because it is a small company in the space they work in, it is going to be rocky.