Rackspace Technology: Too Much Risk, Too Little Reward

Summary

• Rackspace Technology faces significant financial challenges, including high debt levels and declining revenues, making it a risky investment despite its partnerships and AI innovations.
• The company's debt burden severely restricts its ability to invest in growth, with over half of its operational cash flow going towards debt servicing.
• RXT's competitive position is weak due to intense competition in the cloud services market and a shrinking target market for cloud transitions.
• Despite some potential for growth in the overall cloud market, RXT's current financial instability and lack of profitability make it an unattractive investment.

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Introduction

Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT) provides hosting, cloud, and platform management services for a variety of client types and sizes - over 95,000 in 120 countries. In addition to primary cloud services, the firm also provides security and data analytics solutions backed by AI. RXT’s

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