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PSA Electronic Materials: Examining a Battered Sumco (3436 JT)

Offering valuation and yield support after their precipitous fall, Sumco shares nevertheless continue to offer a number of near-term risks. Analyst Joel Scheiman argues that, while softening demand in 2019 could still get ugly, the longer-term picture for Sumco is positive.
Underlying
SUMCO Corporation

SUMCO is a manufacturing company that is mainly engaged in the high-purity silicon business. Along with its subsidiaries, Co. is involved in the manufacture and sale of various silicon wafers for semiconductors, including polished wafers, epitaxial wafers and special wafers; the production and sale of wafers; and the provision of technical and sales marketing support services in overseas markets, including the U.S., the U.K., Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. In addition, Co., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the finance and personnel services in the U.S.

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Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

Analysts
Joel Scheiman

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