Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVID)

TMFZahrim (89.67) Submitted: 2/8/2012 3:22:59 PM : Start Price: $12.06 AVID Score: +6.47

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/02/08/1-big-reason-ive-had-it-with-avid.aspx

There's little or no sales growth ahead, and Avid has become a margin story from head to toe. And there's that Apple-made opportunity that seems to be slipping through management's fingers. Adobe, on the other hand, is accelerating.

I think investors will wake up from this euphoric jump to find that Avid's long-term prospects don't measure up. Cost-cutting is a delicate balancing act, and you can't really force customers to flock to your richer-margin products. Focusing on margin growth without destroying the underlying business is very, very hard. It's a risky turnaround plan. That's why I'm putting my all-star CAPS rating on the line here with an angry, red "underperform" CAPScall. That way, you can hold me accountable when I say that Avid is going nowhere -- fast.

arceneauxaustin (40.36) Submitted: 2/5/2012 1:44:06 AM : Start Price: $10.50 AVID Score: +7.05

Possible Google Buyout.

realtvguru (< 20) Submitted: 5/21/2011 3:39:34 AM : Start Price: $16.78 AVID Score: -34.64

Avid's innovation is unprecedented. The face of high end editing is going to change rapidly with their leadership.

KimLanners (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/2011 1:21:34 PM : Start Price: $18.73 AVID Score: -40.44

digital media

weberse (< 20) Submitted: 6/10/2009 3:17:09 PM : Start Price: $14.25 AVID Score: -65.81

Avid Technology will play a major role in the upcoming years in the digital TV industry. More and more companies want to expand their HDTV reach and come up with new channels or improve the content on the current ones. I believe this company has room to grow and will outperform in the next 12 to 18 months.

MechJockFool (62.35) Submitted: 10/24/2008 9:37:37 AM : Start Price: $11.96 AVID Score: -66.54

New leadership.

Onthelees (39.68) Submitted: 7/19/2008 2:07:10 PM : Start Price: $19.00 AVID Score: -50.33

Beaten down. Intense competion, but still has huge installed base of committed users - I know , I am one of them.

gilboy7 (< 20) Submitted: 5/11/2008 2:22:36 PM : Start Price: $21.49 AVID Score: -47.62

new management, good market position within sector= value at this price

XMFRobert (40.19) Submitted: 4/17/2007 7:48:04 PM : Start Price: $36.85 AVID Score: +66.31

Quality control issues will hurt their hardware business, while apple will provide for their software buyers in their stead. the stock is overvalued at this time.

carefulinvestor (< 20) Submitted: 11/6/2006 11:33:18 PM : Start Price: $36.35 AVID Score: -72.18

Nice support at $36 for entry. AVID got slapped for revenue slowdown before new software release. It is a sign that studios are awaiting the new release and demand will be there.

eldetorre (32.68) Submitted: 10/17/2006 12:09:05 AM : Start Price: $39.35 AVID Score: +75.96

Avid has been shafting its users for a long time. Its professional tools are becoming commodity items. Content creation is entering an age where it will be everywhere, and easily implemented. Avid is not Microsoft owning a proprietary file format to lock in customers. Think paper not word docs!

ValueStockMonger (63.34) Submitted: 10/4/2006 12:46:26 AM : Start Price: $36.23 AVID Score: -76.14

Growth is not being priced in because of short-term setbacks. High takeover probablity as well.

XMFHamp (99.89) Submitted: 9/16/2006 6:50:48 PM : Start Price: $42.10 AVID Score: -81.46

insider buying

drswing (28.16) Submitted: 8/25/2006 1:10:25 PM : Start Price: $38.63 AVID Score: -81.37

Undervalued

DeiterF15 (66.27) Submitted: 8/24/2006 12:07:23 AM : Start Price: $38.56 AVID Score: +80.88

AVID recently got some attention from a big hedge fund and completed a ~5% stock buyback that has lifted the stock from its summer decline, but I think there is more hype than hope over the next year. Low profitability offsets AVID's technological successes - this company may be a nice acquisition target in a couple of years, but I don't see it improving its business practices enough to deliver near term performance.