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Why Needham & Company Would Buy Yahoo! (YHOO) Today

June 9, 2016 7:39 AM EDT
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Price: $52.58 --0%

Rating Summary:
    18 Buy, 21 Hold, 5 Sell

Rating Trend: = Flat

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 11 | New: 11
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Needham & Company analyst, Laura Martin, notes that Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) share price has been volatile around press reports of a sale price between $3-7B for the core business. However, she would be a buyers of YHOO because the difference between fully taxed and a zero tax per asset is $11.29/YHOO share for BABA, $3.61/YHOO share for Yahoo Japan, and $2-4/YHOO share for the core business (depending on sale price).

This supports her investment conclusion that the primary value of selling YHOO’s core business is:

1) it’s the quickest way to have BABA and Yahoo Japan start trading on a tax-free basis, which would add $14/share (40% upside) to YHOO’s valuation

2) it nets YHOO shareholders some extra cash versus the spin-off alternative

No change to Buy rating or $40 PT.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Yahoo! click here. For more ratings news on Yahoo! click here.

Shares of Yahoo! closed at $36.97 yesterday.



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