David Einhorn Comments on Xerox
- By Holly LaFon
Xerox (NYSE:XRX) spun out its business process outsourcing segment as Conduent (CNDT) at the end of 2016. CNDT provides transaction and back-office processing for a variety of government and commercial clients. We believe CNDT is burdened with underearning contracts it can renegotiate or exit. Some business units that have been run as loss leaders can evolve to be profit centers, and management is in the process of running off other unprofitable business units. Management has also initiated a $700 million cost savings plan to further improve margins. Despite the current revenue headwinds as the business is restructured, management has committed to growing revenue by the end of 2018 and beyond, and they are incentivized to improve earnings. We purchased CNDT at an average entry price of $14.76 per share, which represents 11x our conservative case estimate for 2019 earnings. The stock ended the quarter at $16.78.
From Einhorn's first-quarter 2017 shareholder commentary.
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