Monday, January 16, 2012

Investopedia: OM Group - Just Another Cheap Commodity Play, Or Something More?


At first glance, it probably seems fair that OM Group (NYSE:OMG) is trading at a low valuation. The company's cobalt business has seen significant price erosion in cobalt, the battery business is heavily weighted towards defense and aerospace, the electronics/chip business is terrible and the company doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.

Despite all of this, the company has good positions in growth markets, a well-respected new CFO and a relatively clean balance sheet. It is by no means the safest stock in the market today, but if OM Group can exercise on its apparent vision of becoming a leading player in multiple specialty chemical markets, the stock is too cheap today. (For more, see Earning Forecasts: A Primer.)



Read the full piece here:
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/OM-Group---Just-Another-Cheap-Commodity-Play-Or-Something-More-OMG-DOW-SOA-GB0116.aspx

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