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  • Hedge Fund Blue Mountain Capital Buys up 5.6% of Tech Company

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, HPQ, INTC, LXK, SNE

    Blue Mountain Capital Management, a hedge fund managed by Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow with $5 billion in assets under management, has reported a position of 3.6 million shares in Lexmark (NYSE: LXK), a $1.8 billion market cap company that provides printing equipment and develops enterprise software.

    We at Insider Monkey track quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds such as Blue Mountain as part of our work researching more »

  • Brighten Your Portfolio With LEDs

    By Declan Fallon - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, CREE, VECO

    The headlines are putting stocks into a mini-spin, although stocks will have to fall a long way for bears to claim any real victory. In this environment, it's all too easy to focus on the rally's big winners and watch profit takers nickle-and-dime such stocks lower. Better is to go looking for value in stocks which have avoided attention, but may be falling in sympathy with what's more »

  • Brighten Your Portfolio with LEDs

    By Declan Fallon - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, CREE, VECO

    The headlines are putting stocks into a mini-spin, although stocks will have to fall a long way for bears to claim any real victory. In this environment, it's all too easy to focus on the rally's big winners and watch profit takers nickle-and-dime such stocks lower. Better is to go looking for value in stocks which have avoided attention, but may be falling in sympathy with what's more »

  • Computer Peripherals/Office Electronics: Performance Of The Top Players

    By Naomi Warmate-Igwe - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, LXK, XRX

    With an expected annual growth rate of 8% over the next few years, the global market for computer peripherals is expected to be around $245 billion in 2015. The U.S. market is presently around $20 billion, and the anticipated economic turnaround is likely to help companies operating in this industry. Computer peripherals refers to electronic equipment connected to a computer by cables and includes items like keyboards, mouses, printers more »

  • Strong Growth Prospects Could Power up This Stock

    By Piyush Arora - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, NINOY.PK, SNE

    According to recent economic data, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has slipped to its 5-year low, while disposable income is on the rise. The basic rule of economy says that when personal disposable income rises, sales of lifestyle-related commodities get a boost. This, coupled with increasing display resolutions, has bolstered camera sales of Nikon (NASDAQOTH: NINOY.PK), Canon (NYSE: CAJ) and Sony (NYSE: SNE), and I believe that the more »

  • There Are Better Options Than This Document Equipment Manufacturer

    By Matthew Frankel - March 8, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, HPQ, XRX

    Xerox ) has become synonymous with the copying industry, so much so that office workers will actually refer to a copier manufactured by another company as “the Xerox.”  However, with lower corporate spending and lower margins leading to flat revenue, I believe that this particular company is a bit too pricey, even at the single-digit P/E multiples that it trades for.

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    Xerox is one of the leaders in document more »

  • Sony's Diversification is a Blessing and a Curse

    By Leo Sun - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, NTDOY.PK, PCRFY, SNE

    It’s been a trying five years for Japanese conglomerate Sony (NYSE: SNE), which has lost 70% of its market value since the onset of the global recession. A stagnant Japanese economy, a strong yen, natural disasters and the rise of Samsung have all led many analysts and investors to proclaim that the age of Sony - which revolutionized consumer electronics with the Walkman and the Playstation - had come to an more »

  • Five Global Patent Kings to Consider

    By Delian Naydenov - January 30, 2013 | Tickers: BBRY, CAJ, IBM, SI, ERIC

    There are many ways investors rank companies – growth vs. value, cyclical vs. non-cyclical, large cap vs. small cap, developed markets vs. emerging markets, socially responsible vs. not socially responsible, and dividend paying vs. non-dividend paying. A straightforward way to select investments is to take the top companies that have issued patents in the U.S. during the year, according to IFI Claims Patent Services. This article will discuss the top more »

  • Panasonic’s 4K Gamble Slightly Ahead of the Competition

    By Peter Pham - January 27, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CAJ, MSFT, PCRFY, SNE

    To say that Japan’s leading consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic (NASDAQOTH: PCRFY) has been struggling in the past couple of years would be an understatement.  Having completely misread the market on consumer electronics trends it now finds itself in very dangerous territory. The rise of Apple and the South Korean duo Samsung and LG Electronics has brought with it the fall of several Japanese electronics giants such as Sharp, Canon more »

  • Lexmark: What's Next for Printers?

    By Matthew Frankel - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, HPQ, LXK

    Lexmark (NYSE: LXK) has been one of the premier manufacturers of laser and inkjet printers since 1997, when it introduced the first sub-$100 color inkjet printer.  Since then, however, demand for printers has become an ongoing concern, and it has forced Lexmark and its competitors to rethink their business models.  With the company set to report earnings next Tuesday, investors will be looking for concrete plans from the company more »

  • 4 Reasons Dell Will Be Acquired

    By Michael Meyer - January 14, 2013 | Tickers: CAJ, DELL, BX

    Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) saw a huge move today on speculation that it has had several discussions with firms about a potential buyout.  The stock increased by 12.96% and is up an additional 3.5% in after-hours trading.  While most are still trying to wrap their heads around the possibility of a Dell takeout, I will list 4 reasons this makes sense for Dell.

    Reason #1 - Cheap Valuation

    Even after more »

  • MPS: A Tipping Point for 2013?

    By Shweta Dubey - December 26, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, HPQ, XRX

    Managed Print Services (MPS) has emerged as a new and effective approach for improving the productivity and reducing printing costs for organizations. I was reading this report, from Photozio Group, which gives an interesting depiction (figure below) on how the market share of Managed Printing Services is going to rise in the coming years.

    With the continuous adoption of growing technologies in MPS, the big names in the printers and more »

  • Concerns About this Business Send Shares Sliding

    By Naomi Warmate-Igwe - December 19, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, LXK, XRX

    A few days ago, shares of Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK), a known printer manufacturer with its shares currently trading at $23.18, slid by over 6%. This decline was as a result of the downgrade by Deutsche Bank analysts, with an $18 price target set on the stock. The major reason behind this is that the analysts from Deutsche Bank believe that the inkjet printers market is growing weaker by more »

  • This Turnaround Will Make Investors Rich

    By Ted Cooper - December 17, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, LXK, XRX

    With seemingly everything going online these days, anything related to hard-copy printing has been left for dead by investors. Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) is no exception. The company has had a terrible decade featuring rapidly declining sales in the wake of weak macroeconomic fundamentals. It also faces stiff competition from Xerox (NYSE: XRX) and Canon (NYSE: CAJ), among others. However, the market has overreacted to Lexmark's declining sales, which more »

  • Are Japanese Equities Being Unfairly Discounted?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 14, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, HMC, MTU, SNE, TM

    At the 2012 Invest for Kids conference David Herro of Harris Associates gave his thoughts on why investors should be looking at equities right now, and specifically those equities in Japan. Herro states that it is “not always the best idea to judge particular stocks based on the country they are located in.” Herro’s firm, Harris Associates, is a Chicago-based investment company managing some $70 billion of assets. Herro more »

  • “Lex” marks the spot…

    By Evan Buck - September 5, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, DELL, HPQ, LXK, XRX

    Lexmark, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) has just announced their exit from the inkjet printer industry.  The company is now focusing on developing its more profitable software, managed-print services, and laser-printing operations.  Lexmark is seeking to curtail expenses by laying off about 13% of its workforce and close down facilities in the Philippines.  Lexmark wants to get out of an already sticky situation that is unfolding in the printer industry.

  • 5 Companies Involved in "Blood Phone" Conflicts

    By Erin McBride - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, HPQ, INTC, IBM, SNE

    In the popular book and film, “The Hunger Games,” the Capitol is portrayed as a region filled with superficial, frivolous sluggards who believe that the lower working class regions of the world are lucky to have the opportunity to serve and work for the Capitol's false aristocracy. The allusion and allegory to our modern society was veiled but obvious. We, the fortunate benefactors of “first world living,” often excuse more »

  • Stocks for the 21st Year of Japan's "Lost Decade"

    By Jonathan Yates - August 14, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, HMC, NTT, SNE, TM

    As Japan moves well into the 21st year of its "Lost Decade," there are publicly traded companies on the island nation that are very appealing investments.  While Japan is nowhere near recovering from the "Lost Decade" that began in the early 1990s and has demographics working against it with a rapidly aging populace, it does have many firms that are among the tops in the sector of each.  Japan is more »

  • "Research in Motion" is Canadian for "Eastman Kodak"

    By Jonathan Yates - August 10, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BBRY, CAJ, EK, JEF, MSFT, SSNLF

    Like Eastman Kodak, Research in Motion (NASDAQ: BBRY) is following a predictable path that ended up in bankruptcy for a high tech firm that at one time was the sector leader.

    Research-in-Motion, headquartered in the city of Waterloo in Canada, introduced the smartphone to the world.  Eastman Kodak, based in Rochester in Upstate New York, invented the digital camera.  Both made mistakes along the way that ceded primacy to rivals more »

  • The Race to the Bottom

    By BA McKenna - July 18, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, CAJ, SNE | Editor's Choice

    It seems to me that most consumer electronics companies – Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) being a notable exception – would do well to borrow one from Bill Clinton strategist’s playbook and post “It’s The Commoditization, Stupid!” sign in their boardrooms.

    Surely, the devil can be in the details, but most of these companies seem to get lost in the details and forget the big picture. Speaking of big pictures, they could more »

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