It has been a rough road for Harsco (HSC)
over the last two years. While the stock has rebounded some already (up
about one-third from its mid-November 2012 lows) on hopes that better
days are ahead, the company's sluggish-to-poor revenue, margin, and free
cash flow performance since 2009 reflect the challenges in both the
global steel market and infrastructure/construction markets.
I do
think better days could be on the way. Steel mill utilization in Europe
seems to be past its trough and Harsco has been actively turning its
focus toward emerging markets. At the same time, management found a good
home for the Infrastructure business and has the opportunity to
leverage its Industrial and Rail businesses into larger contributors. I
have some concerns that the market has been too quick to assume that
Harsco's turnaround plans will work (we've heard it before from this
company), but I can't argue that a recovery could ultimately take these
shares into the $40s down the line.
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Harsco Already Getting Some Benefit Of The Doubt
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