UBS Highlights Two Buys, One Sell In The Optics Sector


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Analysts at Loop Capital Markets initiated coverage of the optics sector on Tuesday. Now analysts at UBS have followed suit, although not with a similar industrywide bullish stance.

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UBS' Tejas Venkatesh initiated coverage of the following three stocks:

  • Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA): Buy rating, $50 price target.
  • Oclaro Inc (NASDAQ:OCLR): Sell rating, $5.50 price target.
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE): Buy rating, $57 price target.

Acacia: Innovation Leader

  • The Street is underestimating Acacia's revenue potential for its new CFP2-DCO product, Venkatesh said. 
  • Revenue growth in 2018 will likely be 16 percent versus the consensus estimate of 11 percent, the analyst said. 
  • Acacia is one of UBS' preferred plays on optical companies with the best non-China growth potential.

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Oclaro: 'Gap Year'

  • Oclara will likely see gross margin and growth pressures in 2018 due to technology transitions in the intra-data center market, according to UBS. 
  • Oclara's growth over the past two years was a result from being first to market with key 100g products and will likely slow, Venkatesh said.
  • Acacia has better exposure to the growing inter-data center market than Oclaro, he said. 

Lumentum: 'Flag Bearer' For 3-D Sensing

  • Lumentum's 25-percent decline in share prices over the past three months reflects risks to 2018, but undervalues the company's opportunity in 2019, Venkatesh said. 
  • Lumentum's competition lacks the necessary capacity to satisfy more than 30 percent of 3-D sensing demand in 2019, according to UBS. 
  • Aside from the iPhone, Android makers are moving to include 3-D sensing technologies which adds another potential catalyst to Lumentum's story, he said. 

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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