Business Finance 4228/7225 Advanced Investment Analysis The Stock Market

1. Business Finance 4228/7225Advanced Investment AnalysisThe Stock Market Summer 2013 Sector Team Neil Patel Jeffrey Mulac Srinath Potlapalli SECTOR PRESENTATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2. Overview

3. IT Sector Weight SIM vs S&P 500 As of 5/31/2013

4. IT Sector – Industry Classification Broadly Classified into Application Software - MS Office, Accounting and Financial Software, CAD/CAM/CAE Software, ERP Software etc. Communications Equipment – Telephone, Radio, Pager, Intercom and Automated Voice Answering System etc. Computer Hardware – Computer CPU, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Printer and Wireless Router etc. Semiconductor Equipment – Laser Scanning, Microscope Systems, X-ray and CT Inspection. Semiconductors – Microprocessors, SOC, Ics and Transistors. System Software – MS Windows OS, Linux OS, RDBMS, Mobile Device OS, Antivirus Software.

5. Five Largest IT Companies Share price and market cap as of Jul 5,2013 As of July 05 2013, IT sector has performed + 7.68% YTD +2.09% QTD

6. Business Analysis

7. Business Analysis Information Technology IT Sector is mature but constantly growing with innovation Phase of the life cycle (Information Technology): Inception around Word War II(1946). Significant growth followed in1980’s. Corporate IT Expansion took off in 1990’s. IT sector is highly cyclical. Nevertheless this sector adds value to the businesses and consumers alike and attracts significant investment allocations from Corporations and Government. We consider IT sector is in Growth to Mature phase. IT Sector remains ahead of Market in terms of Risk and Return premium.

8. Business Analysis

9. Business Analysis External factors:Global demand and business cycles, business process outsourcing, government regulations, market volatility, corporate spending, consumer spending and economic trends such as interest rates. The user and geography:Corporations and government sector, varied consumer demographics, developed economies, emerging markets. Input/output analysis:Significantly interlinked global economic system. IT sector can be significantly impacted by global resource supply and global product demand. IT industries such as hardware and semiconductors that are heavily dependent on global manufacturing resources are impacted. New capacity and global supply:Capacity demand in - server/cloud markets, online retailing, Internet software services, wireless networks. Global supply concentrated in manufacturing, software human resources and knowledge capital, manufacture of mobile device/smartphone sector.

10. Business Analysis Profitability and Pricing Higher profit margins are due to : Growing sector of mobile devices, tablets and smartphones. Data center servers and Cloud computing software markets. Software Services such as big data and BI Analytics. Mergers and Acquisitions activities. Pressure on profits and pricing power due to: Maturity in Semiconductor industry and electronic components, goods and services. Conglomerates. Ex: HP. Volatility of demand in emerging markets. IP rights infringement in global IT industry. Competition and price pressure from foreign manufacturing goods and software services. Higher R&D costs and manufacturing costs . IT consolidation.

11. Business AnalysisPorters Five Force Analysis

12. Economic Analysis

13. CPI Index

14. Real GDP

15. Disposable Income

16. Durables

17. Computer Spending

18. Capital Spending

19. S&P 500

20. Key Drivers Real GDP Durables Capital Spending Consumer Spending

21. Financial Analysis

22. Information Technology Sector 5 yr historical growth = 8% Last Qtr = 4% Last 12 Mths = 5% Q1 2012 to Q1 2013 = 4.4% Steady growth Qtr to Qtr and YoY

23. Information Technology Sector 5 yr historical growth = 18% Last Qtr = (1%) Last 12 Mths = 3% Long term Future Growth = 13% Q1 2012 to Q1 2013 = (1.1%) Cyclical sector, positive outlook

24. Information Technology Sector

25. Computer Hardware (AAPL)

26. Internet Software & Svcs (GOOG)

27. IT Consulting Services (IBM)

28. System Software (MSFT & ORCL)

29. Industry Comparison

30. Industry Comparison

31. Industry Comparison

32. ValuationAnalysis

33. Absolute Valuation • IT sector is undervalued compared to its historical valuation • P/E ratios are leaning towards historical lows

34. Relative Valuation • IT sector is undervalued compared to the market when looking at P/E • IT sector is lower than its historical median for every ratio (relatively at historical lows for P/E)

35. Valuation • Differences between large companies within sector • Apple undervalued? • Google overvalued?

36. Recommendation

37. Recommendation • Overweight IT Sector in SIM portfolio by 100-200bps above S&P 500 weightage • Positives: • IT Sector is underperforming the market by 7-8% YTD (buying opportunities) • Continued growth in the future • Improving economic conditions in the U.S. • Risks: • Slowing growth in developing countries (mainly China and India) • Economic condition of Europe • Projected slowdown of government spending in U.S.

38. Recommendation • Overweight: • Application and systems software (big data software growing in demand) • Hardware (mobile sales continue to grow) • Internet software and services (cloud computing) • Underweight: • PC semiconductors and equipment (decreasing demand) • PC hardware (decreasing demand) • IT consulting & services

39. Questions?