Going back to my RIM analogy...remember how much cash they had? Now look at how fast they're burning through that cash. Not saying that Corning will be making crazy losses, but a solid balance sheet does not a good company make.
Not to forget that one of RIMM's major segments were enterprise users, so it is indeed a business to business company. The thing with these companies I find, is that on the way down, the company is always going to appear cheap. RIMM, Nokia, etc...
Good points are raised. Not adding the SCP net cash position is an oversight on my part. I don't disagree with you in that it may take quite a few years for the OLED to overtake LCD as the most popular technology, but I guess the classic example of how this could play out is the RIMM analogy back in 2007. Also, I want to point out that Corning's net income has been cut in half in q1 from an yoy basis.
Well, my thought process is that the application for willow glass is rather uncertain since it has nothing of the sort has been introduced before. However, OLED is objectively better than LCD and will definitely be the next step (like upgrading to the new iPhone). Although it is possible that there are caveats with OLEDs that I am not aware of.
Thanks for the comment, I always enjoy rebuttals to my thesis so I can continue to improve my understanding. I agree with most of the stuff you're saying, but here's some other thoughts.
Fiber-Optics: Again, this accounts for a small portion of net income. Also, infrastructure upgrades tend to be more one-time - after the fiber has been laid, that's that. However, you do bring up a good point since countries like China and India could be laying more fiber going forward.
Life-sciences: I'm pretty neutral about the acquisition, appears only slightly accretive.
OLED: At the moment, they do have that JV with Samsung, and OLEDs do use the same amount of glass at the moment. Going forward though, with pressure on creating ever thinner screens, the glass will likely be replaced by some sort of membrane.
This stock could very will do very well, but I would like a much larger margin of safety for taking these risks.
As my article states, the Gorilla Glass segment is a miniscule part of their net income. Unless of course they can improve their margins on Gorilla Glass by cutting costs (since we know that bargaining with Apple on pricing is next to impossible).
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Good comment about Canadian banks, but I don't like them right now. Personally I think Canada is going to go through a huge real estate correction, and at least in the short term, I don't think these banks will do very well.
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Fiber-Optics: Again, this accounts for a small portion of net income. Also, infrastructure upgrades tend to be more one-time - after the fiber has been laid, that's that. However, you do bring up a good point since countries like China and India could be laying more fiber going forward.
Life-sciences: I'm pretty neutral about the acquisition, appears only slightly accretive.
OLED: At the moment, they do have that JV with Samsung, and OLEDs do use the same amount of glass at the moment. Going forward though, with pressure on creating ever thinner screens, the glass will likely be replaced by some sort of membrane.
This stock could very will do very well, but I would like a much larger margin of safety for taking these risks.
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