Yesterday, NII Holdings (NIHD) announced better than expected 4Q07 subscriber growth, completion of a large buyback, initiation of another buyback, and an impressive new CEO. The shares were up 9.5%. I added NIHD to a new account, the only one I have that didn’t already own a full position, just after the open yesterday and […]
NII Holdings, (NIHD) had a rough day yesterday. Following its 3Q earnings report and conference call before the open, the shares fell 20%. The loss was on top of a decline of 15% already this month. Heading into the report the shares had been under pressure due to worries about growth in Mexico, the company’s […]
Yesterday NII Holdings (NIHD), one of Northlake’s long positions, fell by more than 5% on huge volume. At one point in the morning the shares were off over 10%. NIHD operates Nextel service in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. I heard of several reasons for the sharp sell-off. Most of the concern centers on […]
NII Holdings (NIHD) shares rose over 3% yesterday following an announcement that the company would be issuing $1 billion in new convertible notes and buying back $500 million shares. Four million shares will be purchased contemporaneously with the closing of the convertible offering. Full use of the authority will retire about 3% of the outstanding […]
NII Holdings (NIHD) 1Q07 numbers were virtually on top of my estimates across the board. Every financial and subscriber number on a corporate and country-by-country basis was right on target. Since my expectations were at the high end of the street estimates, this sets the stage for upside to current estimates later in the year. […]
NII Holdings (NIHD) reported very good 4Q06 results that were inline to slightly ahead of analyst estimates and guidance. Headline numbers, country level results, and subscriber metrics were remarkably close to estimates across the board. This is a consistent pattern for NIHD which I think is a significant positive in the investment story given the […]
One of the comparables I used in my thus far successful purchase of NII Holdings (NIHD) was Millicom International (MICC). NIHD offers wireless telephone service in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile using Nextel’s iDEN technology. MICC uses traditional GSM technology in markets it serves in Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. What […]
NII Holdings (NIHD) rebounded nicely yesterday (and even more today) but I want to expand on some of the reasons the stock sold off since its December peak providing the buying opportunity I had been waiting for since the big move up following the company’s presentation at the UBS Conference. Lehman Brothers was out with […]
One of my favorite presentations at December’s UBS Media & Communications Conference was from NII Holdings (NIHD). NIHD offers wireless telephone service using Nextel’s iDEN standard in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru. NIHD has approximately 3.2 million subscribers, primarily serving the business market. I was interested in buying NIHD as soon as I returned from […]
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