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Shares of Research In Motion and Palm dropped Tuesday after an analyst cast doubts on RIM's sales outlook and Palm said it expects revenue for its fiscal second quarter to come in below Wall Street expectations.
RIM shares [RIMM
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RIM's slide came after J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster wrote in a note to clients that he was reducing his estimates for the BlackBerry smartphone maker's fourth quarter and beyond, "reflecting our view that consumer and enterprise sales will be slower than originally forecast, owing to a global economic downturn."
However, Coster said that even with the outlook changes, he still sees RIM shares as undervalued. The stock has plunged from the year high of C$150.30 it set in June as the world economy stumbles and analysts and investors worry about the company's ability to hold its own in a downturn.
First, there are concerns that large corporate clients will delay BlackBerry upgrades or spending on new handsets in order to cut costs.
As well, Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM has pushed aggressively into the broader consumer market to diversify its customer base beyond the executives, politicians and other professionals who have been its mainstay.
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But even as he cut his estimates on the company into 2011, Coster wrote that investors have beaten down the stock too severely.
"We believe RIM deserves to trade at a premium multiple owing to its leadership position in an open-ended growth market," he wrote. "For this reason we expect the stock to outperform the mean of our coverage universe near term."
Coster's comments follow a number of other recent analyst warnings about either the broader mobile phone market or about RIM in particular as the global economy slumps.
Last month, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said the current market environment was rife with difficulties and is "a more intense time than I've ever known."
RIM is expected to report third-quarter results later this month.
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