Topic: Growth Stocks

MITEL NETWORKS $10.83 – Toronto symbol MNW

MITEL NETWORKS $10.83 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 99.4 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) has reported its second quarter of results that include Aastra Technologies, a Stock Pickers Digest recommendation Mitel acquired in a friendly takeover on January 31, 2014. Aastra shareholders received cash and Mitel shares.

During the quarter, Mitel’s revenue rose 96.9%, to $288.7 million from $146.6 million a year ago (all figures except share price in U.S. dollars). Most of the increase came from Aastra.

Without one-time items, earnings jumped 124.2%, to $22.2 million from $9.9 million. However, earnings per share rose just 16.7%, to $0.21 from $0.18, as the company issued new shares to pay for Aastra Technologies.

Former Aastra shareholders now own 43% of the combined firm, which has over $1 billion in annual sales. The new company is a strong competitor in global business communications: it has the largest share of the Western European market and is No. 3 in North America, behind Cisco and Avaya.

Mitel is a buy.

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