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David Fingold
Koninklijke Philips Electronics
PHG-N
DON'T BUY
Apr 10, 2018
$39.590
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misc consumer products
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No, it's not a European version of GE. Rather, PHG has done well, but their sleep apnea machine has gone into recall and attracted lawsuits. This is weighing on the stock, though long-term this is a good investment. Still happy to own it. But who knows how this or any lawsuit will end, and the overhang will continue over this stock.
misc consumer products
They make the big iron of medical practice, such as MRI machines and CT machines. This is not where the big growth has been, or will be. This company has a tremendous bureaucracy and its unions are very powerful. In emerging markets, it’s likely in lower end machines which will not help growth. Philips also talks a lot about consumer products, like toothbrushes. He thinks these are great products, with great returns, but he suspects that their main business is supplying old technology equipment to hospitals.