Most Widely Traded 48 Hour Clock: Lucent Drags Alcatel
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To no one's surprise, Lucent's proft problems pulled down the shares of merger partner Alcatel, dropping the value of the French company by as much as 5%.
Most of the Lucent issues were in its North American wireless operations and China. Part of the reason Alcatel finds the US company attractive is it footprint in North American.
Lucent revenue for the fiscal third quarter ending June 3o actually dropped by 13% to just above $2 billion.
Except for cost cuts, which can be done once, the philosphy behind the merger looks more dubious. As telco companies and wireless firms merge, the pricing pressures on their equipment suppliers is likely to increase. Alcatel may have done nearly as well competing with Lucent as with owning it.
In contrast to the poor news at Lucent, Alcatel said its sales for calender Q2 would rise 7.5%, making one wonder whether the company would like to reset the parameters of the merger.
Lucent's stock was at $3.20 on April 6, and at $3.43 on October 4, 2005. The shares now trade at $2.34 and are bound to drop today. Alcatel's shares hit $16.40 on April 6 and now trade at about $12.
There has to be some concern at Alcatel headquarter. The question is whether it will go any further than that.
Douglas A. McIntyre can be reached at douglasamcintyre@gmail.com. He does not own securities in companies he writes about.
Stocks: (ALA)(LU)
To no one's surprise, Lucent's proft problems pulled down the shares of merger partner Alcatel, dropping the value of the French company by as much as 5%.
Most of the Lucent issues were in its North American wireless operations and China. Part of the reason Alcatel finds the US company attractive is it footprint in North American.
Lucent revenue for the fiscal third quarter ending June 3o actually dropped by 13% to just above $2 billion.
Except for cost cuts, which can be done once, the philosphy behind the merger looks more dubious. As telco companies and wireless firms merge, the pricing pressures on their equipment suppliers is likely to increase. Alcatel may have done nearly as well competing with Lucent as with owning it.
In contrast to the poor news at Lucent, Alcatel said its sales for calender Q2 would rise 7.5%, making one wonder whether the company would like to reset the parameters of the merger.
Lucent's stock was at $3.20 on April 6, and at $3.43 on October 4, 2005. The shares now trade at $2.34 and are bound to drop today. Alcatel's shares hit $16.40 on April 6 and now trade at about $12.
There has to be some concern at Alcatel headquarter. The question is whether it will go any further than that.
Douglas A. McIntyre can be reached at douglasamcintyre@gmail.com. He does not own securities in companies he writes about.
posted by douglas mcintyre at 5:59 AM
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