David CockfieldNortel ASNTEL.TODON'T BUYMay 19, 2005
Getting to the point were, from an operational standpoint, it looks like it's going to survive. Not good value here, but at least it's not totally throwing your money away. Can't see much upside.
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.