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Opening Segment #3: |
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'CEO
Interview'
'Power
Forward'
Raymond
Milchovich,
CEO |
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Monday,
December 1, 2008 |
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Jim's
rating on
this stock |
STOCK
SYMBOL |
Closing
price that
day |
Full Company Name |
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FWLT* |
20.35 |
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Jim:
Foster Wheeler (FWLT*)...
down almost 10%
today, to $20.35.
It's long been one
of my favorite
infrastructure
companies. I like it
so much I own it for
my charitable trust,
ActionAlertsPlus.com...
but its stock has
been ravaged by the
commodity collapse
and I think, more
importantly, forced
selling by hedge
funds gone wild with
redemptions...
The last time we had
Ray Milchovich,
FWLT's great CEO, on
the show, back on
September 12th, the
stock had been
nearly cut in half,
from its peak of
$80.81, to $42.31.
FWLT has been cut in
half again... |
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See comments continued below...
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Monday,
December 1, 2008
(Cont'd from
above)...
Jim (cont'd):
Brutal. If you
own it like I do
for
my charitable
trust,
believe me, I
feel your
pain... But, at
these levels,
I've got to
start believing
that
Foster Wheeler (FWLT*)...
I know nothing's
a bargain, but
how about
"cheap?"
Now, FWLT beat
earnings by a
penny when it
reported last
quarter. It
wasn't like it
had some big
shortfall. It
noted some
delays and
schedule
slippage in its
energy and
chemical
business, but
the company has
always been up
front. The whole
big run up to
$80, it always
mentioned things
that were going
wrong, and never
talked about the
things that were
going right,
because this is
a company that
doesn't hype
itself...
It told us that
2009 will be a
challenging
environment for
its power
segment... No
kidding...
because
customers are
likely to be
hesitant to
commit large
amounts of
capital...
But there's good
news here... Ray
Milchovich, the
company's CEO,
who we thought
was retiring...
Remember, we
were very
concerned with
that... we
didn't want
that...
announced that
he'll stay for
another three
years.
Now, get this...
$1.3 billion in
cash... $9 a
share... A $20
stock?...
Absurd?...
How about
this?...
If earnings
estimates for
2009 are cut in
half, it's still
cheap!
Foster Wheeler (FWLT*)
has also
indicated that
it could win
eight
megaprojects in
its energy and
chemicals
business...
I think we have
to believe in
Ray Milchovich's
leadership, now
that he's
staying on...
but we've got to
acknowledge... a
tough
environment for
Foster
Wheeler... a
tough
environment for
the stock
market... maybe
too tough... or,
at least, it
reflects too
tough...
Don't take it
from me... Let's
hear from the
Chairman and CEO
of the company,
Ray Milchovich
himself... live
and in person...
Mr. Milchovich,
welcome back to
Mad Money...
Jim's comments
AFTER the
interview:
Look, you want
to wait until it
sells at $8,
through the $9
cash (value per
share)?... Fine.
Anything can
happen, but I
will tell you,
this market is
nuts!
[verbatim recap]
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