Elliott wants changes at Citrix

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CITRIX SYSTEMS INC. $99 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol CTXS; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 124.2 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.citrix.com) sells products and services to corporations to let their employees remotely access all the software, apps and data they rely on to do their jobs. Citrix’s stock hit all-time highs in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the employees of many businesses to work from home. It also paid $2.25 billion for Wrike, a collaborative work management software company. That purchase should pay off as businesses increasingly rely on remote workers. However, the stock has drifted down since then and is now trading below pre-pandemic levels. Activist investor Elliott Management had reportedly taken a 10% ownership stake in Citrix worth approximately $1.3 billion. It aims to push Citrix to boost its share price. That could include selling the company to a bigger technology firm, or launching a share buyback plan. Citrix Systems is a hold,…