Goal
To find Small Cap Technology companies that are undervalued using those companies with a significantly lower Total Enterprise value/EDITDA multiple when compared to the industry average (TEV/EBITDA ratio for the Industry is 7).
Screening Criteria
Industry: Technology including Information technology and Telecommunication services
Exchanges: NYSE, NASDAQ, OCTBB, TSX, TSXV
Market capitalization between $100M and $3000M
Total Enterprise value greater than 100M
EBITDA greater than 10M
Companies with TEV/EBITDA multiple less than 5 X
| Company Name |
Exchange:Ticker |
Close Price ($USD) |
Trading Volume on Oct 20, 2011 (mm) |
Market Capitalization ($USDmm) |
EBITDA [LTM] ($USDmm) |
Total Enterprise Value ($USDmm) |
TEV/LTM EBITDA(x) |
| Lexmark International Inc. |
NYSE:LXK |
28.71 |
1.46 |
2,275.3 |
674.3 |
1,584.3 |
4.07 |
| EchoStar Corp. |
NasdaqGS:SATS |
24.85 |
0.304 |
2,149.1 |
369.2 |
3,556.3 |
4.9 |
| Telephone & Data Systems Inc. |
NYSE:TDS |
21.55 |
0.774 |
2,108.5 |
1,093.3 |
3,416.8 |
4.87 |
| Celestica Inc. |
TSX:CLS |
7.73 |
1.09 |
1,666.5 |
259.1 |
1,187.6 |
4.92 |
| AOL, Inc. |
NYSE:AOL |
14.27 |
2.06 |
1,526.5 |
463.0 |
1,187.7 |
2.43 |
| Vishay Intertechnology Inc. |
NYSE:VSH |
9.48 |
2.68 |
1,362.4 |
672.2 |
783.4 |
3.98 |
| Amkor Technology, Inc. |
NasdaqGS:AMKR |
4.72 |
2.2 |
934.2 |
650.2 |
1,789.4 |
4.16 |
| EarthLink Inc. |
NasdaqGS:ELNK |
6.54 |
0.9 |
704.9 |
251.1 |
1,122.4 |
4.72 |
| United Online, Inc. |
NasdaqGS:UNTD |
5.65 |
0.331 |
501.1 |
158.0 |
651.9 |
4.77 |
| MOSAID Technologies Inc. |
TSX:MSD |
41.62 |
0.24 |
496.0 |
44.0 |
375.8 |
4.9 |
| IDT Corporation |
NYSE:IDT |
19.16 |
0.17 |
434.6 |
33.0 |
203.2 |
4.22 |
| Photronics Inc. |
NasdaqGS:PLAB |
6.13 |
0.759 |
366.8 |
154.8 |
381.4 |
4.06 |
| TeleNav, Inc. |
NasdaqGS:TNAV |
8.73 |
0.093 |
359.5 |
74.3 |
156.2 |
3.51 |
| USA Mobility, Inc. |
NasdaqGS:USMO |
14.75 |
0.15 |
326.0 |
88.0 |
334.3 |
2.32 |
| MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. |
NYSE:MX |
6.01 |
0.048 |
236.5 |
162.9 |
277.5 |
3.18 |
| Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. |
NasdaqGS:AOSL |
7.62 |
0.037 |
186.0 |
54.9 |
99.7 |
4.1 |
| Softchoice Corp. |
TSX:SO |
8.22 |
0.007 |
163.0 |
47.1 |
132.5 |
4.89 |
| Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. |
NYSE:PTGI |
11.03 |
0.001 |
151.2 |
71.9 |
340.5 |
4.76 |
Source: Capital IQ
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