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BlackBerryBB.TOWAITJan 18, 2013Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 12, 2026. Market Open.
The guidance was weak, and BB faces numerous challenges. But the company is still undergoing a strategic review, following overtures for a takeover. This remains a possibility, but it is hard to endorse on that alone. Fundamentals remain weak and much worse than expected. The balance sheet is OK but its large cash cushion is gone. Cash flow has been negative the past two years. Speculative as a possible takeover, but not really endorseable as a long term holding right now.
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BB is now trading at 4.4x times' Price/Sales. In 4Q-2023, the company’s revenue declined by -18.4% to $151M, in line with the estimates and EPS is -$0.02, beating estimates of -$0.07. The balance sheet is okay, with net debt of $17M. However, the trailing twelve-month cash flow is concerning, as the company generated -$263M.
The company announced a strategic reveiw which has given shares some support but we wouldn't view it as coming from a posiiton of strength and are not sure we see a whole lot of reason to be excited here.
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January 31 before the new phone BB10 comes out. We need to know that there is a phone and it will actually be issued. Secondly we don’t know how the phone is going to go over but he suspects that there will be huge latent demand from Blackberry enterprise users. Stock has moved very close to his target of $18 but now he wants to sit back and wait and see.