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  • Mixed Results from this Big Data Play

    By Lee Samaha - June 11, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, NICE, VRNT

    You can either pay sky high evaluations for big data plays or buy a backdoor entry into the sector with a company like Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT). Companies that already use Verint's customer interaction capture hardware will increasingly want to buy its data analytics software and services in order to analyze the captured data. I’m sympathetic to the argument, and hold its rival and potential partner NICE Systems more »

  • Another NICE Set of Results For This Growth Stock

    By Lee Samaha - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: NICE, TIBX, VRNT

    It’s been a disappointing earnings season for technology stocks. A marked reluctance among telcos and enterprises to sign off on big deals has caused company after company to miss earnings and lower guidance. In this environment any company that merely hits guidance is a 'winner.' With these thoughts in mind the market liked the recent results from NICE Systems(NASDAQ: NICE). In fact I got the impression from the more »

  • The Key Earnings For The Week

    By Lee Samaha - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: BECN, NICE, PCP, RAX, THS

    Earnings season is starting to wind down this week and most of the really big names have already reported. Nevertheless there are still plenty of interesting companies giving results this week and there is no excuse for not trying to unearth value when you see an opportunity.

    Tuesday

    There is a health care theme to today’s results as surgical knife company Accuray gave results. Medical distributor McKesson also reported more »

  • Why This Security and Big Data Play Is Doing Well

    By Lee Samaha - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: CHKP, HPQ, NICE, VRNT

    Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT) is one of those stocks that you buy because you think it’s good value and then get bored with as the market ignores it for ages. Then one day you look again and realize that suddenly somebody noticed it and it's up sharply. The buzzwords of big data, cyber security, customer relationship management (CRM) and data analytics all seem to trigger market interest, and more »

  • The Market Is Wrong, These Results Were Nice

    By Lee Samaha - February 18, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, NICE, VRNT

    It’s worth taking the time to look closely at Nice Systems' (NASDAQ: NICE) latest results because I think the market made an erroneous knee jerk reaction in marking the stock down. The results were pretty good, and the business is doing well with compliance regulation driving sales growth. Meanwhile, its data analytics of customer interactions and cloud based solutions offers good long term growth prospects. In summary, I think more »

  • Would A Deal Make Sense For These Companies?

    By Lee Samaha - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, NICE, VRNT

    According to a Reuters article, Israeli data and security company Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is in talks to buy its smaller rival and compatriot Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT). As ever with these sorts of situations, Nice declined to comment on the initial speculation. However, the market seems convinced and suitably marked both stocks up in sympathy. So where next for the two stocks, and would a combined entity be a more »

  • Their Gain, Your Loss

    By Shmulik Karpf - December 31, 2012 | Tickers: MLNX, NICE

    Rewarding employees by giving them stock warrants is a common practice in corporate America.

    In theory, it makes a lot of sense. By attaching an employee's paycheck to the performance of the company, you align the interest of this employee with the interest of the company. It is a win-win game.

    In practice, though, things are much less rosy than in theory. I will mention two arguments against this more »

  • The Big Data Play That You Haven't Heard Of

    By Lee Samaha - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: IBM, NICE, ORCL, SAP, VRNT

    Sometimes all a stock has to do is confirm its own guidance and it will go higher because the market didn’t really believe in the numbers in the first place. I think this was the case with Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) recent set of results.  Yes the company beat on EPS and raised guidance accordingly, but this was partly due to lower taxes. Margins improved too, but it’s more »

  • The Next Big Big Data Play?

    By Lee Samaha - September 14, 2012 | Tickers: GOOG, INFA, IBM, NICE, VRNT

    Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT) followed its rival Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) and lowered full year guidance. I don’t think Verint did quite the same kind of ‘sandbagging’ job that Nice appeared to do but nonetheless the stock declined. Both stocks are interesting, not least because they offer a back door way into ‘big data’ analytics demand, but without the hefty valuations and expectations that the usual big data plays more »

  • Not Such a Nice Tech Warning, But is it a Buying Opportunity?

    By Lee Samaha - August 3, 2012 | Tickers: INFA, NICE, TIBX, VRNT

    Another day and another technology company lowers guidance. This time the market seems to have been caught unaware by Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) lowering full year revenue and EPS guidance below its previous guidance and notably lower than the market consensus. In a sense, I’m surprised that the market was surprised. Despite Nice and its rival Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT) reporting upbeat results and guidance in the last quarter more »

  • This Data and Security Play Just Beat Estimates

    By Lee Samaha - June 8, 2012 | Tickers: CSCO, FFIV, NTAP, NICE, VRNT

    Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT) gave results recently and demonstrated that tech is not quite dead yet!

    The sector has been horribly beaten down by fears over Europe and whilst those fears are real, they haven’t shown up yet in companies like Verint. Everybody knew that this year was going to be tough in Europe, but so far, most companies haven’t reported a significant slowdown. All of which leads more »

  • Two Overlooked Stocks in the Security and Data Sectors

    By Lee Samaha - April 5, 2012 | Tickers: NICE, VRNT

    Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) and its competitor, Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT), are stocks that benefit from increasing security and regulatory compliance within financial services. They make the kind of surveillance and monitoring systems that banks like UBS would have needed to make sure that rogue trader Kewku Adoboli might have been picked up early on in his activities. As such, their primary profit drivers are increasing regulation and, the growth more »