Kerrisdale Capital Attacks Dish Network In New Short Thesis


Crypto Whales Are Loading Up — Are You?

New research shows the biggest crypto buyers are back. And this time? They could hold for the possibility that Bitcoin will surpass $100,000 in 2024. You don’t want to miss the next massive crypto bull run like we saw in 2020 and 2021. To know exactly what’s going on and what to buy… Get Access To Benzinga’s Best Crypto Research and Investments For Only $1.


Shares of DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) fell to an intra-day low of $46.68 on Wednesday before reversing its losses and trading higher on the day.

Investors and traders initially reacted to Kerrisdale Capital's short thesis, which argued that Dish's strategy of accumulating a portfolio of spectrum licenses may be flawed as spectrum prices are expected to fall.

ENTER TO WIN $500 IN STOCK OR CRYPTO

Enter your email and you'll also get Benzinga's ultimate morning update AND a free $30 gift card and more!

"Initially focused on the concept of a mobile TV service, DISH's spectrum ambitions have become grander yet vaguer over time, with empty talk of "multiple options" taking the place of a concrete plan," Kerrisdale Capital noted. "But as DISH has continued to bet big on this single hand – culminating in its widely criticized hijacking of the previous AWS-3 spectrum auction, which earned it the ire of the FCC, Congress, and the wireless industry – it hasn't noticed that the other players have stepped away from the game."

Kerrisdale Capital further suggested Dish Network is "in the weakest position its been in for years" as it's "sitting on a warehouse full of overpriced inventory, devoid of interested customers, and - with regulatory deadlines looming - running out of time."

Kerrisdale Capital also pointed out that since 2008, Dish's management has been trying to convince investors that any day now it would "unveil a brilliant strategy" to extract value from its spectrum assets.

Bottom line, the report stated that the fair value for Dish's equity is 58 percent lower than its current stock price. Moreover, in a "reasonable downside scenario," shares could fall by 80 percent.


Crypto Whales Are Loading Up — Are You?

New research shows the biggest crypto buyers are back. And this time? They could hold for the possibility that Bitcoin will surpass $100,000 in 2024. You don’t want to miss the next massive crypto bull run like we saw in 2020 and 2021. To know exactly what’s going on and what to buy… Get Access To Benzinga’s Best Crypto Research and Investments For Only $1.


Posted In: NewsShort SellersShort IdeasTrading IdeasDish NetworkKerrisdale Capitalspectrum