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Auriga Upgrades Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) to Buy
November 30, 2010 6:54 AM EST
Auriga upgraded Integrated Silicon Solution (NASDAQ: ISSI) to Buy from Hold in assumed coverage. The firm set a $9 price target.
The firm states, "Given the recent multiple expansion across the semiconductor space, we are somewhat surprised that ISSI is still viewed relatively unfavorably, trading at 0.4x EV/TTM sales and 1.2x book value. All is not rosy, and a likely inventory correction set against a backdrop of weak end demand leads us to conclude that consensus EPS estimates are too optimistic for FY11. However, ISSI has reduced its commodity memory exposure and is focused on driving differentiation through providing specialty products to thousands of customers. This should reduce exposure to memory cycles and dampen revenue cyclicality. Our model suggests that even in an inventory correction, ISSI should remain profitable and generate $75mln free cash flow over the next two years."
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Shares of Integrated Silicon Solution closed at $7.57 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $3.51-$13.93.
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News from last week...
ISSI to Supply RLDRAM(R) 3 Memory Enables Stable, Long-Term Supply of High-Bandwidth, Reduced-Latency Networking Memory
PE of 5...$91 million in cash...Board recently authorized another $20 million in stock buybacks...$208 million market cap...Crazy valuation here...JMO DYODD
Happy Valley
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$8.24...Just cracked 50 day MA...
Happy Valley
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$8.36 HOD...Time to fill that Oct. gap down...jmo dyodd
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UPDATE 1-ISSI Q1 profit beats; forecasts strong Q2 Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:18pm EST
* Q1 adj. EPS $0.30 vs. est $0.28
* Revenue up 31 percent
* Sees Q2 EPS $0.22-$0.29/shr
* Stock up 3 percent after market
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Integrated Silicon Solution Inc (ISSI.O) posted a quarterly profit above market estimates, and forecast second-quarter earnings largely above analysts' estimates, sending its shares up 3 percent in after-market trade.
The chipmaker, which counts Cisco (CSCO.O), Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics (066570.KS) as its customers, said it expects to earn 22-29 cents a share, excluding items, in the second quarter.
Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 22 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Net income for October-December was $7.2 million, or 26 cents a share, compared with $7.2 million, or 28 cents a share, a year ago.
Excluding items, it earned 30 cents a share on revenue of $66.1 million.
Analysts were expecting earnings of 28 cents a share, before items, on revenue of $66.2 million.
Earlier this week, ISSI signed an agreement to acquire Si En, a privately held fabless provider of high performance analog and mixed signal integrated circuits based in Xiamen, China, for about $20 million in cash.
Shares of the San Jose, California-based company were up 3 percent at $10.20 in extended trade on Wednesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Isheeta Sanghi in Bangalore; Editing by Vyas Mohan)