FBR & Co.?s William Bird Raises Yahoo to Outperform with a PT of $50
FBR & Co.?s William Bird, who raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Market Perform, and raised his price target $10 to $50, writing that ?Management appears to be going into motion on delivering a tax shield on Asian assets, a significant potential value driver that we think could be worth $13/share.?
Management?s comments were more positive on Yahoo?s ability to shield taxes on future Alibaba stock sales. Yahoo is looking at all options and is optimistic that it can affect a structure that makes sense from a tax and economic perspective. We believe that such structures could include a spin-split, a cash-rich split, and/or raising debt against Asian assets. Under the terms of Yahoo?s Alibaba agreement, Yahoo can take action in advance of the lockup expiration to create a structure that can minimize taxes. Yahoo intends to disclose its plans on or before its next earnings release versus our original expectation of next summer
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