presentation by MGI Research at Bloomberg TMT event in NYC. Perspective on tech growth and valuation trends, likely buyers, likely sellers, and fallen heroes and unlikely deals.

1. TECH M&A
Prepared for Bloomberg, L.P.
MARCH 2012
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2. Historical Valuation and Growth in Tech
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3. Tech Valuations on a Relative Basis
EPS
EPS
Sales
growth
growth
growth
Performance
P/Free
Dividend
past
5
next
5
past
5
Performance
(Year
To
Analyst
Name
Market
Cap
P/E
PEG
P/S
P/Cash
Cash
Flow
Yield
years
years
years
(Year)
Date)
Recom
Stocks
$
Basic
Materials
5,745,395
11.33
1.00
1.00
15.79
49.26
2.61%
6.85%
11.34%
13.53%
-­‐6.60%
9.73%
2.25
597
$
Conglomerates
227,323
14.04
0.82
1.29
7.76
20.18
1.73%
5.38%
17.15%
5.56%
-­‐1.14%
11.06%
1.92
20
$
Consumer
Goods
3,001,555
18.09
1.51
1.08
10.06
44.44
2.38%
10.64%
12.01%
7.64%
9.44%
8.46%
2.22
413
$
Financial
4,233,702
12.16
1.11
1.49
1.67
7.28
2.57%
-­‐3.46%
10.91%
5.18%
-­‐11.69%
13.86%
2.31
1,044
$
Healthcare
2,245,531
16.64
1.80
1.80
8.11
20.25
2.49%
12.58%
9.26%
13.36%
9.44%
5.68%
2.19
556
$
Industrial
Goods
1,303,965
16.46
1.16
1.02
6.30
25.23
2.12%
4.13%
14.20%
4.56%
-­‐1.59%
11.19%
2.19
351
$
Services
3,263,588
18.17
1.25
0.82
12.17
22.92
1.51%
13.21%
14.52%
10.53%
9.79%
10.13%
2.21
906
$
Technology
5,278,141
15.98
1.27
1.73
6.68
17.98
2.14%
17.61%
12.58%
15.91%
1.08%
10.62%
2.22
907
$
UJliJes
753,724
15.68
2.89
1.23
17.23
83.99
4.03%
4.99%
5.42%
3.91%
8.94%
0.57%
2.51
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4. Valuation (EV/Sales) vs. Growth (Avg.PYQ)
Filter Settings
- Normalized Quarter: (201112)
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5. TECH M&A OUTLOOK
• BUYERS
– High
Cash,
Low-­‐Med
Debt,
High
ValuaJon.
Low-­‐Med
Growth
– Looking
for
topline
growth,
regardless
of
profitability
or
valuaJon
– Filling
Out
a
FuncJonal
or
Geographic
“Hole”
in
Cloud
CompuJng,
Cloud
Management/Security,
SaaS,
Storage,
Big
Data,
Mobile
App
Tools
– E.G.
IBM,
Oracle,
SAP,
DELL,
EMC,
GOOG,
Infor,
CA
– HP
likely
to
stay
away
from
large
deals,
needs
to
absorb
EDS
and
AUTN
– CRM
to
target
companies
within
its
ecosystem
• POTENTIAL
SELLERS
– Small-­‐Med
SaaS
firms,
e.g.
CNQR,
KNXA,
CTCT,
CSOD,
ULTI,
SPSC,
SQI,
TRAK
– Prior
generaJon
sobware/Internet
firms:
ARBA,
MANH,
JDAS,
BMC
– Cloud
Tech:
CTXS,
RHT,
FFIV,
RVBD,
AKAM
– Healthcare
IT,
Government/EducaJon
Sobware
and
Services,
Big
Data,
Mobile
Apps
Tools
Cos.
• FALLEN
HEROS
&
UNLIKELY
DEALS
– NOK,
RIMM,
YHOO,
SYMC,
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