We highlight this morning’s profit warnings from IQE (no coverage) and Nanoco (no coverage) as further support of: (1) our Year Ahead 2019 thesis to avoid hardware exposure as the most likely source of downgrades, and gain exposure to high-visibility recurring revenues and stronger balance sheets; and (2) the apparent end of the smartphone supercycle. We reiterate our Buy ratings on CloudCall* (CALL LN, PT 270p), Vianet (VNET LN, PT 142p) and Kape (KAPE LN, PT 120p) as our preferred nam
21 Jun 2019
Hardware warnings; Buy sales visibility (CALL, KAPE, VNET)
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Hardware warnings; Buy sales visibility (CALL, KAPE, VNET)
We highlight this morning’s profit warnings from IQE (no coverage) and Nanoco (no coverage) as further support of: (1) our Year Ahead 2019 thesis to avoid hardware exposure as the most likely source of downgrades, and gain exposure to high-visibility recurring revenues and stronger balance sheets; and (2) the apparent end of the smartphone supercycle. We reiterate our Buy ratings on CloudCall* (CALL LN, PT 270p), Vianet (VNET LN, PT 142p) and Kape (KAPE LN, PT 120p) as our preferred nam