Would You Buy Arecont?
The company, not the products.
As we reported recently, FLIR seriously considered purchasing Arecont but bought ISD.
Arecont raised $80 million in debt a few years ago to pay their founders / execs but still is open to being acquired (of course, at the right price).
The company does have its strengths (its still one of the leaders in multi-imagers) but also its historical quality and reputation challenges.
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Would You Buy Arecont?
At the right price, no. :)
"At the right price, no. :)"
Even as a joke it does not sound right
I think he's implying that there is some reasonable price a purely financial valuation would put on Arecont (i.e., just looking at its past 3 year's income statements, balance sheet, etc.) and, at that valuation, it does not make sense to buy Arecont. Assuming that is the case, I agree with 1.
The problems with buying Arecont is (1) an unusable brand and (2) a declining market position, which makes a purely financial valuation overvalue Arecont.
It didn't start out as a joke. Here was my thought process:
Tell me it's coincidence that their new product pipeline went down the tubes right after they got their bailout?
V.P. Sales: Congratulations sirs, on your successful cash raise! Related, I wanted to put forth my strategy to counter the China threat; which shows how a re-invigorated Arecont can aggressively target the marketplace with a generous R&D budget and associated marketing, that will yield advanced, groundbreaking technology, which in turn will provide us a substantial revenue stream; and a clear path forward for the firm.
Head Honchos: That's interesting, but... what we're thinking is, China is unstoppable, the industry is shot; therefore instead of foolishly giving back our earnings by a plan such as yours, we will just shutdown everything except production and "milk it" for everything it's worth for a couple more years, or until somebody figures out how to slap 3 sensors in a single dome.
06/21/16 06:22pm
the only thing they got going for them is "made in USA" so yeah I think itd be worth it, but definetely needs some restructuring from their customer service experience and perspective
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