Andrew McCreathNortel ASNTEL.TODON'T BUYOct 20, 2003
Expecting third quarter will show $0.01 profit. They are pretty much firing on all cylinders with the exception of the optical business. Too expensive.
If you own the stock, you are playing that there is some value in the assets they own. The company is not a going concern. Have a huge deficit hole in their pension plan. Individual parts of the company may be better being sold off.
Has about $4 per share in cash. They are thinking of selling an asset that would raise about another $1 billion, which would add another $2 per share in cash. However, the overall quality of the balance sheet is as bad as he has ever seen it. Speculative.