Lenovo: Leading PC Manufacturer - Growth Potential Ahead
Discover why the market underestimates Lenovo's potential, focusing on their acquisitions, global presence, and competitive edge in the PC, smartphone, and server markets. Learn about key executives, recent acquisitions, and future growth prospects.
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The market is overly pessimistic on Lenovos ability to integrate and profit from their recent acquisitions, Motorola and IBM s x86 server business, which we believe will prove to be long-term drivers of growth and shield the company from declining PC sales.
Lenovo is the worlds leading personal computer manufacturer, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Products: Think-branded commercial PCs, Idea branded consumer PCs, servers, workstations, smartphones, tablets Three geographic segments: China, emerging markets (excluding China), and mature markets Competitors: Apple, Dell, HP, Acer, and Asus in the PC market; Apple, Samsung, HTC, Blackberry, and Nokia in the smartphone market; and HP, Dell, Fujitsu, and Cisco in the server market. Ticker (ADR): LNVGY Current Price: $20.34 Market Cap: $10.54B 52-week range: 16.55-27.99 Dividend Yield: 2.54%
CEO (2009) & Chairman of Board (2011): CTO & Head of R&D: o IBM (17 years) - VP for Products and Offerings Executive VP, Enterprise and Americas : o Ex-GM of notebook development at Dell o Currently oversees x86, backbone of the Enterprise Unit. Executive VP, Mobile Group: o Currently oversees smartphones, smart TVs, slabs. o Prior leadership in business group, products group, global supply chain. CEO (2009) & Chairman of Board (2011): Yuanqing Yang CTO & Head of R&D: Dr. Peter Hortensius Executive VP, Enterprise and Americas : Gerry P. Smith Executive VP, Mobile Group: Jun LIU
1/23/14: Acquired IBMs x86 server business for $2.3B to become 3rd largest server producer 1/29/14: Acquired Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.9B to become 3rd largest smartphone manufacturer 2/3/14: Announced tentative plans to buy Sony s Vaio PC business 2/14/14: Reported Q3 earnings; massive growth but slowing smartphone sales in China and warning of short-term troubles due to acquisitions
Recently bought IBMs x86 server business Low end servers for use by government institutions and 95% of US corporations (as opposed to research/supercomputing) Purchase price was $2.3B, down from $4.5B a year ago o Acquiring the business for cheap Deal involves heavy cooperation between IBM and Lenovo IBM will continue to distribute x86 under its own brand in the US for near future and support new and existing users of the technology Lenovo will actively push IBM server technology in China o o o
Acquisition makes Lenovo 3rd largest server producer in the world Lenovo should be able to cut costs by moving production to China Lenovo s position within China should be able to drive sales growth Deal should be approved since Lenovo is well-trusted by now and the deal increases competition Further develops relationship between IBM and Lenovo, which has proven to be highly profitable for both companies in the past
Lenovo currently producing smartphones and tablets in its MIDH (Mobile Internet and Digital Home) division Fastest growing segment at Lenovo Currently 2nd largest smartphone producer in China after Samsung and among the fastest growing Recently bought Motorola from Google for $2.9B
Worlds largest smartphone market, and Lenovos current home base China Mobile currently rolling out its 4G LTE networks, should be complete by end of 2014 Currently, only 330 million smartphones in China for population of 1.3 billion 25% adoption rate vs. 75% for US Growing middle class, ample liquidity should boost demand o
Instantly makes Lenovo the 3rd largest smartphone producer in the world after Apple and Samsung Google never really focused on running Motorola and was more interested in the patents than the hardware business MASSIVE synergies Motorola brand awareness gives Lenovo a stronger foothold outside China Barclays analyst Kirk Yang estimates that integration could cut 70% of Motorola s expenses o o
In 2004, Lenovo bought IBMs loss-making PC business for $1.75B General consensus was Lenovo Who? Lenovo was still trying to expand outside China Concerns about cultural differences between Lenovo and IBM People thought PC market was too competitive, HP-Compaq would destroy the young company a la Apple or Samsung
Time horizon: 12-18 months Price target: $26.00 Sell if: No margin improvements for x86 and Motorola by year s end
