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$INVN ~ 2 PR's showcasing new sensors and we have the CES expo starting tomorrow. Let's get this moving higher and have the shorts chasing to cover.
Another good article :
InvenSense: Enormous Growth Potential In A Growing Number Of Markets http://seekingalpha.com/article/3775266?source=ansh $INVN
Found an interesting article on chip makers and the consolidation and M&A of the sector. Article mentions that any company with under 4 bil market cap is ripe for a merger or buyout. Mentioned the consolidation of Silicon Valley and sensor makers for the internet of things. INVN is doing all the right things and will make us all happy in 2016. I highlighted a couple sections of interest below.
UPDATE: Can the chip sector get even smaller in 2016?
3 hours 49 minutes ago - DJNF
By Therese Poletti, MarketWatch
Opinion: Innovation could be at risk as M&A frenzy continues
The megadeals that roiled the semiconductor industry in 2015 will lead to a seismic shift, and the consolidation of the industry that gives Silicon Valley its name may not be over.
As the number of semiconductor companies falls more quickly than the transistors in chips shrink in size, it will have a big impact on the region where the core underpinnings of electronic devices was conceived. Job cuts, spinouts and an overall revamping of many of the companies are set to remake the $336 billion global semiconductor industry.
The big question, though, is whether innovation will be at risk as companies focus on cost synergies while combining their assets and cleaning house following a series of unprecedented mergers.
"My worry is if the industry is saying 'we are looking for cost synergies,' this is an industry that is focused on innovation," said Bernstein Research analyst Stacy Rasgon. "I find that troubling philosophically. This was driving the industry for 50 years. Is M&A being used as a tool, a defense or as a crutch?"
Nearly $120B in deals in 2015
Chip mergers will hit a record in 2015, as the lower cost of debt, higher manufacturing costs and a maturing industry fueled more than $119 billion worth of deals. That total reflects 23 deals worth more than $100 million, compared with 24 deals in 2014 valued at $24 billion, according to Morgan Stanley.
Industry executives and bankers say the industry needs to consolidate to get stronger. Growth is slowing and the physical limitations in designing thinner and more minute silicon transistors are making it harder to keep pace with Moore's Law, an observation and prediction by Intel Corp (http://web.eng.fiu.edu/npala/eee6397ex/gordon_moore_1965_article.pdf). (INTC) co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 (http://web.eng.fiu.edu/npala/eee6397ex/gordon_moore_1965_article.pdf) that the number of transistors and computing power on a semiconductor would double about every two years.
As companies struggle to innovate and keep pace with Moore's Law, sales of silicon-based semiconductors have followed suit.
"If you look at semiconductor end sales in this century, we have only seen a 5% compounded annual growth rate," said Alex Lidow, chief executive and co-founder of privately held Efficient Power Conversion Corp. "It's clearly showing signs of an end market that is very large and very mature and in the same time, the cost for a new facility or new product has skyrocketed."
"Anything under $4 billion market cap is not going to be here tomorrow," said Lidow, who claimed to be part of dozens of acquisitions in his previous role as CEO of International Rectifier, which was purchased by Infineon Technologies AG (IFX.XE) earlier this year.
As the semiconductor business has matured and growth has slowed, it has become too fragmented, with too many companies competing in a variety of segments, while its customers have consolidated into bigger players. In addition, there has been a gradual changing of the guard, with the retirement of many old-school semiconductor industry founders and CEOs over the last several years.
And those trends don't seem to be changing, which should mean these megadeals will continue.
"The consolidation trend is here to stay," said Sumit Sadana, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at SanDisk Corp. (SNDK), which agreed to a $19 billion merger with Western Digital Corp (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/western-digital-to-buy-sandisk-for-19-billion-2015-10-21-71035750).(WDC) that is expected to close late next year. "The number of companies in the industry will shrink by a significant amount. I would say in the next three to four years, 25% to 30% of the companies will have disappeared."
The sector is already approaching those numbers by some accounting. Seven firms in the 30-company Philadelphia Semiconductor Index at the end of 2013 have agreed to be acquired in the past two years.
Of the other independent companies then in the standard-bearer index for the industry, another half-dozen have been mentioned as potential takeover candidates.
"You will see the companies that deliver value be in a stronger position to command that value," said Mark Edelstone, managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking, who looks at the merger mania as having a positive impact on the aging industry. "This has been hard to do because you had too many competitors going after the same sockets, and that has been counterproductive."
Some areas are ripe for consolidation
Some areas ripe for consolidation include the microcontroller and power management area, analog chips, and sensors for the Internet of Things. For example, Dialog Semiconductor PLC plans to buy Atmel Corp. (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dialog-semiconductor-to-buy-atmel-for-46-billion-2015-09-21)(ATML), which derives about 70% of its revenue from microcontrollers, but last week, Atmel's $4.6 billion bid was trumped (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/atmel-receives-bid-to-challenge-dialog-merger-stock-pops-2015-12-11) by a suitor first reported by Reuters to be Microchip Technology (MCHP).
Other oft-cited potential targets (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/altera-wont-be-the-last-silicon-valley-chip-maker-to-sell-2015-06-02) include Linear Technology Corp.(LLTC) and Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (MXIM), while Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has been named as both a potential acquirer and a target in the analog market.
While deals should continue, there could be a pause as the industry digests the big deals of 2015. Interest rates ticking upward may also have an effect, as debt becomes a bit more expensive.
"We have been at a pace of about 2 deals a month," Edelstone said. "I think things will slow down from that."
Meanwhile, we will start to see the results of the latest consolidation wave. After a deal closes, products may get shut down or spun out on their own, and valued engineers may lose battles with new team members or even their jobs.
"One side thinks of itself as the buyer; they like to think they are the lead," said Sadana of SanDisk. "In the aftermath, people leave....A company without its top talent becomes not as valuable."
"These are some of the things to guard against," he added, while declining to specifically discuss Sandisk's merger with Western Digital beyond saying the companies are creating integration teams and hope to close in the third quarter of 2016.
Investors likely won't mind the decreased costs, but innovation could suffer.
"It's not a problem now, for the near term, for the stocks it's good," Rasgon noted. "But in the long term, if you are putting off the focus on investing for the future, that is a problem."
Edelstone believes that the big companies will be in more solid shape, with more cash to spend on dealing with the physical limitations semiconductors are starting to hit. But as the industry's ability to continue the previous pace of Moore's Law slows, there may not be much innovation happening, especially because there are only a small number of semiconductor startups working on new technologies.
"We are not refilling the pipeline anymore. The number of startups are few and far between," Edelstone noted, while explaining that starting a chip business requires way too much capital. "It's a lot of risk for VCs to go and fund it, that's why innovation is going to slow as well, because historically, a lot of the innovation has come out of the startups."
Innovation fears are unlikely to completely stop the industry's merger mania, as the chip sector is set to keep shrinking even if it comes at a cost.
"Everyone knows marriage is difficult," Sadana said, "but that doesn't stop people from getting married."
-Therese Poletti; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 23, 2015 09:13 ET (14:13 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2015 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
$INVN ~ Looking oversold and looking for a rebound here. Aroon oscillator about to break to upside. RSI looking a bit low as well. Looking for tech breakout soon.
$INVN ~ Apple CEO Tim Cook interviewed on 60 minutes last night. Question was poised about getting into the Auto industry. Cook joked Apple has tighter security than the CIA but sort of alluded to it may be in the works with his grin. INVN signed tier 1 auto maker so perhaps some sort of consortium is in the works?
I bought 4k shares on Tuesday. I am still up a few cents from purchasing price. The deal with the auto company is great news for the company. I intend to max my Roth out with this stock the first of the year.
$INVN ~ Seeking Alpha article. INVN signed tier 1 auto maker. Maybe we hear some news. INVN will be huge in 2016.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3759626-invensense-moves-beyond-mobile-and-apple
$INVN ~ 6 stocks that add wearables to your portfolio...
http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/15/12/6032626/6-stocks-that-add-wearables-to-your-portfolio
$INVN ~ Why you should invest in drones ...
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3726766-why-you-should-invest-in-the-drone-industry
$INVN ~ Chart looking great here. RSI is in the wheelhouse, MACD ready to run again, 50dma curling nicely into 200dma, accumulation is strong. Once we get that 50 heading closer to the 200 we will have a MOMO golden cross run. Nice recovery on Friday with some early pre-market activity this morning. Looking good here. Looking forward to some strong company updates. Gotta love all the INVN components going into big boy equipment. Future is very bright :)
I'm glad I bailed out of this when it was doing well. Dodged a bullet. I still think the company has a competitive edge but I didn't care for the CEO's presentation whenever he spoke. Social skills matter to me.
That's so awesome!!! I bet he has some insane stories. That cool he taught u some strategy. Well keep it up, hopefully I will learn very soon as I have planned
I was very fortunate to have become friends with a former options trader who worked on a NASDAQ floor for many years. I don't know enough to be throwing sage advice around though.
Mm u #35. I'll follow traders that do options.!!
Learning options very soon through Clays class. Very excited about it. R&R style
A short position I would be nervous about. Buy puts instead.
Most def, sat on the bid a couple times unable to get in... I haven't been able to get the right entry point yet but will eventually. I should have been shorting
I am closely watching, I've been able to jump in and out of this stock multiple times in the past few weeks. Happy to be making money while it's trended down.
Watch for a multiple bottom bounce the next couple trading days @ $14
That's what I meant my bad, I have been doing that lately. I will load then too if the candlesticks are screaming buy. Crqzy to see this drop, I should be shorting
Do you mean $14.81? B/c this hasn't been under $10 in over 3 years..
Message me if it does though and I will buy tooo!!
I'll be watching this regardless though
The Apple watch would have been a symbolic win, beating out STM and maintaining their dominating presence over the wearables market. On the flip side the Apple Watch will increase buying of Android wearables that INVN supplies for.
Looking to maybe pick some up at the next support $4.81 with a right stop loss, we will see if it drops. I need a nice candle action for uptrend confirmation. I see this accually like u said a nice long term play though
Being a supplier of the Iwatch will not move this much, we already know its in the Iphone 6. And currently, the Iwatch is dismal. So, if your only reason to hop on the band-wagon is the Iwatch, bad reasoning. Hopefully, we see this expand to many, many other products in the near future.
In any case, probably a good bet for long term holders. May hit mid $20's, once we get some decent earnings report. But it won't be from the Iwatch.
JMO/GLTA
InvenSense Inc. Said to Be Inside the Apple Inc. Watch
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/13/invensense-inc-said-to-be-inside-the-apple-inc-wat.aspx
I own the stock, I am a member of the fool.. I have a long position from $14.00. It hasn't been annouced yet, but everyone thinks invn is on the iwatch.. They are in apple iphone 6 . They are alos looking to get into the 3d printing sector along with several things on the table.
Long term it is a good bet especially when its verified they arre in the iwacth with the gyros.
Do u know much about it or no? I always like watching and figuring out what they r after. I don't follow them big time but a year ago they were very high on another ticker(big board) and has gone over 100%. (Over $100pps)
This is the ticker the fool was talking about.
I am wondering this is the ticker that the Motley Fool is promoting? This could be a trendy pick? I will have my eye on this.
Has that been vetted out, as of yet?
Thanks, I've been reading how buds may be better for the physical measures such as blood pressure promised by watches and other wearables, watching INVN but not convinced yet
Skull Candy stock is doing well. I'm not sure if INVN has anything to do with earbuds, but seems to be a popular segment right now. Hopefully, INVN is a buying opportunity. Discouraged that the price has dropped so much. I guess you can't count on buying something just because it is in iPhone.
Are Invensense sensors in the ear-bud markets?
IMHO these will be very popular amongst the people who only need to wear monitors for workouts not 24 hour monitoring
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$INVN recent news/filings
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Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:11:32 GMT ~ InvenSense® Receives Fourth Prestigious Global Semiconductor Alliance Award In Three Consecutive Years
[at noodls] - SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2014-- InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of intelligent sensor solutions, received its fourth prestigious award at the 2014 Global Semiconductor ...
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Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:02:00 GMT ~ InvenSense® Receives Fourth Prestigious Global Semiconductor Alliance Award In Three Consecutive Years
[Business Wire] - InvenSense, Inc. , the leading provider of intelligent sensor solutions, received its fourth prestigious award at the 2014 Global Semiconductor Alliance Awards Dinner Celebration.
read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/invensense-receives-fourth-prestigious-global-180200817.html
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Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:22:09 GMT ~ Stock Market Video Analysis for Week Ending 12/5/14
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Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:14:00 GMT ~ Wearable Devices To Consumers: You're Putting Me On
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We are the pioneer and a global market leader in intelligent motion processing solutions that enable a motion-based user interface for consumer electronics. Our solutions are comprised of an integrated circuit (IC) that incorporates motion sensors, such as gyroscopes, with associated software and are differentiated by their small form factor, high level of integration, performance, reliability and cost effectiveness. While our solutions have broad applicability, we currently target consumer electronics applications such as console and portable video gaming devices, handset and tablet devices, digital still and video cameras, digital television and set-top box remote controls, 3D mice and portable navigation devices.
Our technology is comprised of four proprietary components: our patented Nasiri-Fabrication process, our advanced MEMS gyroscope design, our mixed-signal circuitry that provides sensor signal processing and enables SensorFusion technology critical to our MotionProcessing platform, and our MotionProcessing library and MotionApplication software solutions. As a result of our modular and scalable platform architecture, our products span increasing levels of integration, from single-axis analog gyroscopes to fully-integrated, intelligent three- and six-axis digital MotionProcessing solutions.
1197 Borregas Ave.
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1F, 9 Prosperity 1st Road
Hsinchu Science Park
30076, Taiwan
+886.3.6686999 Main
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Nisso Building No. 16, 2F
3-8-8 Shin Yokohama
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#601, Jungle Bldg. 206-17
Nonhyun-Dong, Gangnam-Gu,
Seoul 135-833, Korea
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InvenSense Int'l FZE
Office 206, C Wing
Dubai Silicon Oasis
P.O. Box 341166
Dubai, U.A.E.
+971.4.3712790 Main
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Founded in 2003, InvenSense is based in Sunnyvale, California, with test operations in Taiwan and sales and applications support offices in Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Dubai.
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