[size=12px]esearch In Motion Limited ([color=rgb(0, 0, 153)]NASDAQ: RIMM[/color]) is perhaps going to be the most widely followed earnings report for this week out of the known companies due to report. The troubled smartphone maker is set to report on Thursday after the close of trading and it is safe to say that the old “value stock at just 4-times earnings†no longer applies. Not by a long shot.[/size]
[size=12px]We argued for months and months that the cash balance, the number of subscribers still in the base, and the positive earnings at the time were not relevant because the long-term trends were all that mattered. The competition from Apple Inc. ([/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 153)]NASDAQ: AAPL[/color]) and Google Inc. ([/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 153)]NASDAQ: GOOG[/color]) have just overwhelmed the company’s market share in smartphones. The company has also faced massive internal pressures after so many mistakes have been made. Now RIM does not even operate profitably.[/size]
[size=12px]What makes this week’s report so critical is that RIM shares hit a 52-week low (also a multi-year low) of $6.22 on Monday. Its short interest as of the end of August remained very high at 87.479 million shares. While that is not a record in the nominal short interest, this was a record on the days to cover ratio of almost 7.3 days.[/size][size=12px][/size]
[size=12px]We argued for months and months that the cash balance, the number of subscribers still in the base, and the positive earnings at the time were not relevant because the long-term trends were all that mattered. The competition from Apple Inc. ([/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 153)]NASDAQ: AAPL[/color]) and Google Inc. ([/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 153)]NASDAQ: GOOG[/color]) have just overwhelmed the company’s market share in smartphones. The company has also faced massive internal pressures after so many mistakes have been made. Now RIM does not even operate profitably.[/size]
[size=12px]What makes this week’s report so critical is that RIM shares hit a 52-week low (also a multi-year low) of $6.22 on Monday. Its short interest as of the end of August remained very high at 87.479 million shares. While that is not a record in the nominal short interest, this was a record on the days to cover ratio of almost 7.3 days.[/size][size=12px][/size]
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