Teradata Corp. (NYSE:TDC)

solid financials ($0 debt), global reach, customer base includes many in the fortune 500. business intelligence/analytics show no signs of slowing down.

The market is definitely opening up more and more to BI tools and analytics in general. The amount of digital data in the world is projected to grow 30 times by 2020! Additionally, TDC is teaming up with SAS (the big name in BI analysis)...Every company needs to run reports and disect data...this will do it for ya!

Stock has been on top of the S&P since it went public. Also has a great chance to be picked up by one of the big boys (IBM, ORCL) going into data management.

Great Managment, focused on innovation. The sector it self will grow strong over the next 5yr.

future of business

The recent pullback looks like a good entry point.

tech m&a possible target

...so many opportunities await TDC. Many people speculating on takeover bids, and why not with all of the cash flow, as well as the debt position. But, SO much more value for the future as companies seek to become more competitive.

the tech is the future

Data! Lots of it! Fast!

good value

Recent alliance with SAP, importance of data mining in a more competitive world, strong cash, with minimal debt.

MF Stock Advisor pick. Long list of clients. Lots of cash. Continual earnings growth. Still plenty of room to move upward.

Well familiar with Point-of-Sale technologyand data tracking. This is a go-forward long-term hold. Will not beat SP short term due to economic slow down but over the long term hot to hold. Since I am dying at CAPS, I am using it to judge possible personal buys.

As the focus on continuous improvement increases, the need for better data will become more and more important.

More and more companies are getting on board with data tracking and trend analysis of their consumers.

Lets face it, we are becoming EXTREMELY dependent on data in home, business, and entertainment. Only one way for this stock to go long term.

better than competitors on most measures, excellent profit margins, good returns on equity/assets/investment, and no debt.

Teradata, once the innovation leader in data warehousing, has competitive challenges on a number of fronts. Traditional and massive database vendors IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft that are positioning and investing to gain their shares of the highly-prized space. Newer data warehouse appliance vendors with much reduced performance to cost ratios. An more recently, a number of upstarts offering column stores that enable even better performance at lower cost. These market factors will only intensify going forward.

the owners are money hungry, needy bastards who only have 1 goal: steal shareholder's money.