LONDON -- There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I'm going to tell you about three things to loathe about U.S. tech titan�Apple� (NASDAQ: AAPL ) .
I'll also be asking whether these negative factors make Apple a poor investment today.
DNA
"Innovation is in the company's DNA." Apple is the company to which this cliche is most frequently applied. It's a comforting idea for fans of Apple to believe that innovation is hard-wired into the business and that it will always continue to innovate, as if that's its biological destiny.
The idea is rubbish, of course: Nurture, not nature is responsible for innovation. And the environment within a business that nurtures innovation can easily change for the worse.
In its heyday, ICI was a top-three global company and one of the greatest innovators around, creating polythene, perspex, and Paludrine (the first really effective synthetic treatment against malaria), among a host of game-changing products. Innovation was in ICI's DNA -- except one day it wasn't, and the business went into decline.
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Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. operates as a lifestyle content company in the United States and internationally. It engages in the operation of television networks, including Home and Garden Television, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network, Cooking Channel, and Great American Country. The company also operates Websites, including FoodNetwork.com, Food.com, CookingChannelTV.com, HGTV.com, DIYnetwork.com, and Travelchannel.com that are associated with its television networks and other Internet-based businesses serving food, home, and travel related categories. Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Tim Beyers]
You probably don't know Ken Lowe. Why should you? He's the CEO of Scripps Network Interactive (NYSE: SNI ) , a five-year-old entertainment holding company that tends to keep clear of controversy. Or at least it used to.
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UTi Worldwide Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a supply chain services and solutions company worldwide. Its supply chain planning and optimization services help its clients in designing and implementing solutions for their supply chains. The company operates in two segments, Freight Forwarding, and Contract Logistics and Distribution. The Freight Forwarding segment offers air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and other related services. This segment operates as an indirect carrier for its clients or as an authorized agent for airlines and ocean carriers by providing pick-up and delivery service between the carrier and the location of the shipper or recipient. Its customs brokerage services include preparing and filing formal documentation required for clearance through customs agencies, obtaining customs bonds, facilitating payment of import duties on behalf of the importer, arranging for payment of collect freight charges, assisting with determin ing and obtaining the commodity classifications for shipments, and performing other related services. The Contract Logistics and Distribution segment offers various services, which comprise receiving, deconsolidation and decontainerization, sorting, put away, consolidation, assembly, cargo loading and unloading, assembly of freight and protective packaging, warehousing, order management, and customized distribution and inventory management services, as well as outsourced services, such as inspection services, quality centers, and manufacturing support. This segment also provides various distribution, consultation, outsourced management services, planning and optimization services, coordination of purchase orders, and customized management services. The company serves various industries, such as pharmaceutical, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive, high technology, and electronics industries. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Road Town, the British Virg in Islands.
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Sahara Energy Ltd., a junior resource exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of petroleum and natural gas reserves in western Canada. It focuses on the exploration and evaluation of various oil and gas properties in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. On March 23, 2010, Sahara Energy, Ltd. filed for bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).
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Endologix, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices for the treatment of aortic disorders. It offers the ELG System, a stent graft and delivery system for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms through minimally-invasive endovascular repair. The company also provides aortic extensions and limb extensions, which attach to the main body of ELG Device, enabling physicians to customize it to fit the patient?s anatomy. In addition, it offers accessories, such as guidewires, snares, and catheter introducer sheaths that facilitate the optimal delivery of its ELG Device. Endologix, Inc. sells its products through direct sales force and independent distributors in the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and Mexico. The company was formerly known as Radiance Medical Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Endologix, Inc. in May 2002. Endologix, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Endologix (Nasdaq: ELGX ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
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