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Re: INFN: Jefferies mantains
buy rating but lowers PT to $18
Agree with your assessment that INFN is now a show me
company. I plan to hold it, even though I think it will take
at least two quarters to regain some altitude, and that assumes
there are no more roaches in the house, which we both agree may be
too optimistic.
So why would I hold it? I believe the company will
get its ducks in a row and execute on the TM product. Clearly
Fallon and company have fallen short in regards to selling the TM
product. I would expect that fixing this issue would be priority
one for Fallon. Management may have had a lapse with regards to the
lost customer account, but I believe that the company's overall
portfolio makes the story still very relevant and any blemishes are
fixable.
Even with this fiasco, the
management team is quite capable; they have successfully become the
leading Optical Equipment outfit and competed effectively against
entrenched and much bigger players. The stock has fallen this
much mainly because the level of Institutional ownership had
reached 75%, so it is not surprising that it has fallen this
hard.
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