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Research Report ►(comments)
Alcatel-Lucent provides various solutions for help service public and private service providers to deliver telecommunication services to end-users worldwide.
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France Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) France (EUR) has a capitalist economy with significant government intervention. Currency: France is part of the Euro economic zone, whose currency has the potential to decrease in value on a global scale per the purchase price parity. Investor Survey: France’s the economic environment is moderate for long term economic growth due to high scores on government transparency, but low scores on economic diversity. Trade: Finland, Belgium, the UK, Germany, and Italy are the top export partners, while a significant import is uranium. Commodity: Uranium powers France’s nuclear energy industry. SWOT Analysis: The leading French strength is their nuclear energy experience, while the main weakness is a declining birth rate. Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency, moderate investment flow potential and moderate business environment lead to a slightly negative outlook for French investments.
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Telecom Industry Analysis ► (edit / improve)
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Warren Buffett Quote: "When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." No matter the quality of your business, industry economics is an important factor in any value investing decision.
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Description: The telecom industry includes companies who help transmit information for the purposes of communication. Read More.
Profit Analysis: The best way to profit from telecom stock investments is to find the most undervalued investments (Wall Street and Main Street buy ratings) during economic recessions. Those investments should be undervalued (see Wall Street on left side), and have high Main Street Common Sense investment ratings (see Main Street on right side). When an economic recovery occurs, telecom stocks tend to outperform the general stock market, because consumers and businesses quickly resume spending on items they wanted, but resisted buying during tougher economic times. Eventually those investments become overvalued, because profits and stock prices increase past their fair values. During the last stages of an economic business cycle, just before a recession, it is best to sell telecom stocks, because they are likely to decrease in price quickly. Telecom makes the lives of consumers and businesses easier, but during tough economic times, people tend to choose alternative means to communicate, which offsets the benefits of telecom investments temporarily. Expensive (overvalued) stocks with low Main Street Common Sense ratings should be sold at any time to invest in better stocks. Two buys ratings are the best and two sell ratings are the worst possible stock investments.
Trading Strategy: During economic recessions, consumers and businesses tend to cut back on telecom expenses to save money during tough economic times. Less spending decreases business revenue and eventually decreases stock prices. During economic recoveries, consumers have more income and business investment needs, so spending quickly increases. Higher spending increases business revenue and eventually increases stock prices. During a longer economic expansion, discretionary income and business demand increases, but at a slower pace than during the recovery stage.
| Telecom Financial Statistics | Stat | Notes |
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| Stock Research Rating | Hold | … |
| Potential (safety margin) | -15% | High ~ Good for investors |
| WACC Discount Rate | 10% | Low ~ Good for investors |
| Comparative Multiples | Stat | Notes |
| Revenue EV Multiple | 3.3x | High ~ Bad for investors |
| EBITDA EV Multiple | 12.1x | … |
| EBIT EV Multiple | 13.9x | … |
| Cash Flow EV Multiple | 14.4x | … |
| Book Value EV Multiple | 0.9x | Low ~ Good for investors |
| Discounted Cash Flow | Stat | Notes |
| Revenue Growth | 20% | High ~ Good for investors |
| EBITDA Margin | 28% | … |
| EBIT Margin | 23% | High ~ Good for investors |
| Cash Flow Margin | 15% | High ~ Good for investors |
| Taxes Rate | 27% | … |
| Debt-Equity Ratio | 6% | Low ~ Good for investors |
| ROIC | 8% | … |
| Reinvestment Rate | 5% | … |
| WACC Discount Rate | Stat | Notes |
| Risk Free Rate | 4% | Low ~ Good for Investors |
| Cost of Debt | 7% | Low ~ Good for Investors |
| Equity Risk Premium | 5% | … |
| Debt Required Return of Debt | 5% | Low ~ Good for Investors |
| Required Return of Equity | 9% | Low ~ Good for Investors |
1 WikiWealth only uses the largest 30 companies in each industry for the basis of these financial measures. Each statistic is the market weighted average of the 30 companies.
2 Investment potential (margin of safety) is a weighted average of the discounted cash flow (DCF), the enterprise value (EV) market multiple, and the Warren Buffett investment methods.
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WACC Discount Rate Analysis - Alcatel ► Experiment with ALU's Analysis ►
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