Laura WallaceNortel ASNTEL.TODON'T BUYMay 23, 2007
Still has some challenges. Trading at 17 X earnings, which is aggressive, as they have not delivered on earnings for the last 6-7 years. Also some question about maintaining their competitive edge in research.
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.