One would hope that the punishment is over. However, there are many issues that still hang over our heads that need resolution.
The current pending litigation related matters need to be resolved.
The unlicensed companies need to be signed to license agreements.
Future revenues need to increase in order to command a higher PE multiple
The Board needs to implement some actions that will show that they are concerned with and are addressing shareholder values (plural on the word values) such as a COMBINATION OF
1. Share repurchases already committed to,
2. Dividend increase to add to personal wealth of shareholders (including insiders who hold on to their shares),
3. Additional personal wealth of shareholders via some type of ANNUAL sharing of undistributed profits of the company (similar to the incentive plans for insiders, except this would be directed to the shareholders.
Outside factors that would benefit the company and its shareholders would include:
A. Proposed tax cuts of the Trump administration
B. Partnerships for out solutions (IoT, M2M, Sensors, etc.) that would demonstrate IDCC's ability to play in the major league with the powerhouses in technology.
Let us just hope that outside negative factors do not arise that cause a disruption to an already tension-filled atmosphere throughout the world that can cause a swift downturn in the economy and our share price, like
A. North Korea
B. Continued terrorist attacks throughout the world
C. A downturn in the economic future of the country.