Investors bid the stock up on short‑term good news (earnings, investor stake, dividend), but the Q1 beat could be misleading because it’s pro‑forma and boosted by Lexmark purchase‑accounting adjustments rather than pure organic profit or cash‑flow improvement.
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NO IT'S NOT !!!
@at No what?
No
The revenue growth is from the lack of LEX consolidation in the prior period. This will disappear with Q3 because LEX will then roll in. A first-year analyst should be able to spot this, but it seems few if any have.