Durig Capital Reaffirms Its Strong Buy on Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM).
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The following release was issued today by Randy Durig of Durig Capital, LLC:
Durig Capital, LLC, a branch office of Financial West Group, Inc., believe Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) is one of the best-positioned companies long term. Please see our article published July 18, 2001 at durig.com\page13.html .(see below)
Qualcomm just released their 3rd Quarter report and they hit expectations. They forecast that 4th quarter revenues will increase 10% over third quarter.
Over the last year, Qualcomm has been planting seeds. We believe several companies will spend over $10 billion dollars on new and upgraded base stations . . . a lot of seeds. Korea was the first to upgrade and is now online and working. Plus the advanced handset with global positioning or, e911, is starting to show fruit. The e911 looks to be higher margined.
I thought that the fourth quarter ending September could be the company's week spot, but the company forecasted both a bottom to the industry and a very strong quarter. Then during the Christmas holiday, which is Qualcomm's 1st quarter, we should really see the beginning of a big year. The start of new product cycles from Japan's KKDI, Verizon and Sprint, coupled with the traditionally big Christmas season for wireless, should make for a stronger 1st quarter.
Next year the additional crops should be from:
China
Nextel
South America
India
Because over $10 billion dollars was invested in a year when money was tight, those industries believe they will get ROI (return on investment) or they would not have planted the seeds. This gives Qualcomm a very strong looking cycle.
We believe the best returns will come from companies that own key building block solutions and revolutions. We believe CDMA could be a key building block in a wireless revolution.
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Durig Capital, LLC Recommends buying Qualcomm (QCOM)
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., July ___/PRNewswire/ - Durig Capital, LLC, a branch office of Financial West Group, Inc., believe in owning companies with outstanding advantages, and they further believe that Qualcomm, Inc. could possibly be one of America’s great companies. Please see Robert Goldfield’s article on Durig Capital at www.durig.com.
The question is: Can the growth of Qualcomm achieve a tornado like the past? We believe the answer is “Yes”.
Last week Qualcomm signed an agreement with Nokia, wherein Nokia agreed to pay royalties on all versions of CDMA. Nokia is, by far, the wireless phone leader. The Nokia global handset market is above 30% and more than double the #2 competitor, Motorola, at 15%. Nokia strength has been in GSM @ TDMA markets.
PAST
Durig Capital believes this news announcement of Nokia paying licensing for all forms of Qualcomm’s CDMA is similar in magnitude to when IBM, then the world’s largest computer company, agreed to work with Microsoft’s windows product. IBM’s announcement has been credited as the “Microsoft ultimate win”. Since beating IBM, Microsoft has been said to have no competition.
Windows used a graphic interface that was one of the single biggest improvements to the PC. This helped to accelerate new markets while having an outstanding upgrade cycle. Point and click was vastly better than writing instruction in computer code or DOS. The combination of massive new cycle and dominant market share allowed Microsoft to, within years, become the world’s most valued company.
Durig Capital believes that developing high-speed data for the wireless industry could be the single biggest improvement for the wireless industry. This improvement could be of a magnitude or even bigger than DOS to Windows. As the third generation of wireless or G3 is launched, it will allow people on a wireless solution all the advantages of the high speed Internet plus high mobility, not to mention voice. Because most countries have a much lower PC penetration, than that of the U.S., getting Internet in other countries could be a big issue. Japan, with a low PC penetration rate, launched the I-Mode, a wireless Internet voice data solution and has demonstrated tremendous success.
PRESENT
Qualcomm has increased its profits 10-fold since we originally began investing in it. The real driver for Qualcomm was its royalty stream. Qualcomm gets royalties from companies that manufacture CDMA products. Some people have quoted that Qualcomm retains about 4-5% royalties on every CDMA phone sold. Qualcomm would not disclose this information.
Qualcomm receives royalties on approximately 14% of the global handset market, which currently use CDMA.
Today the other standards are GSM @ TDMA, which have approximately 85% of the global market. GSM @ TDMA high-speed Internet plans are to move to W-CDMA, which is being recommended by Nokia. Since Nokia was the last of the majors to sign using Qualcomm’s license, it appears Qualcomm will receive royalties on all products built on both G3 standards. This means that Qualcomm has a chance of receiving payments on up to 90% of the global handset market. Simply, it could mean a 6-fold increase in market share.
FUTURE
Because the Internet is becoming a dominant tool and many believe the world’s fastest growing technology, we believe the world markets are hungry for its uses.
The wireless industry has been, by far, the dominant platform and the highest penetration rates of all global technologies. Currently about 400 million handsets are sold yearly. Wireless has not had a major improvement in years.
In the next few years, we are going to see the combination of the world’s fastest growing technology (the Internet), merging with the world’s largest technology platform (Wireless). This merger could possibly be one of the greatest upgrade cycles of our day. High speed wireless voice @ data solutions.
With the new Nokia relationship, it appears that Qualcomm owns the key building blocks for this marriage to occur. Quacomm, in the next generation, could achieve a Microsoft like 85% market share of all 3rd generation products. The internet wireless could produce both one of the largest increases in new markets, plus one of the biggest upgrade cycles, all on a CDMA royalty stream, giving Qualcomm a chance to grow profits 10-fold for a second time. This is why I believe Qualcomm could be one of America’s great companies.
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