Written by: Aaron Katsman | December 17, 2007
Aaron Katsman
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Commtouch(CTCH), a leading provider of email defense systems, announced today that all proposals presented to shareholders on its proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders held on December 14, 2007 were overwhelmingly approved, including the reverse stock split (by over 92% of the voting shares).
I guess the question is whether this is good, bad, or insignificant news? While in some cases reverse splits signal that a company is at the end of the line, in Commtouch’scase that is not the case. The company continues to execute it’s business model well, and as more and more defense is needed to stop the spammers, Commtouch should continue to grow. They made this move in order to reduce the number of shares, as well as get the share price up over $5, where it’s open to more institutional interest.
It seems that this is a positive move and the fact that over 90% of the votes were in favor is a good sign. But what’s really important is that they continue to sign deals and execute. If they do that the stock will take care of itself.
Disclosure: Author’s fund holds a position in CTCH and is long the stock as of 12/17/07.
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Aaron Katsman is Managing Editor of the Israel Opportunity Investor newsletter. He is lead portfolio manager for the Israel Growth Portfolio and Managing Director of America Israel Investment Associates, LLC. For more information, go to www.israelnewsletter.com or call 1-888-327-6179, or email aaron@profile-financial.com.
Written by: Aaron Katsman | October 8, 2007
By Aaron Katsman
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As if suffering through the Seattle Seahawks getting shut out yesterday by the Steelers wasn’t bad enough, I came into the office this morning to tens of emails from my “so-called” friends making fun of me. Sadly, since these emails weren’t offically spam, they weren’t blocked, like the Steelers linebackers, and I had to suffer through reading them.
Speaking of email spam (nice segue), Commtouch(CTCH), a leading provider of email defense systems, announced today that nine new companies licensed its email defense technology during the third quarter. The company had set a goal of 30 new deals for all of ‘07, and they are almost all the way there with another 3 months to go in the year.
The third quarter was another strong quarter in terms of new partners signed, continuing our earlier momentum,” said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch’s CEO. “One of our objectives for 2007 was to sign 30 OEM deals, and we have nearly achieved this target already at the end of Q3. These new agreements, together with our existing partner base, are laying the foundation for our future growth in 2008.”
This speaks volumes about Commtouch’s potential. With over 58% of end-user organizations seeking new anti-spam vendors, the opportunity for Commtouch to grab market share is very real. The continued momentum Commtouch is enjoying is proof that they really have a superior product.
Trading at about $2.00 a share, Commtouch looks like a nice play well into ‘08.
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Disclosure: Author’s fund is long CTCH as of 10/08/07.
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