{"id":22051,"date":"2014-05-13T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?p=22051"},"modified":"2014-05-13T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T14:00:14","slug":"abb-ltd-adr-nyseabb-high-voltage-business-underperforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/abb-ltd-adr-nyseabb-high-voltage-business-underperforms-22051","title":{"rendered":"ABB Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:ABB) High Voltage Business Underperforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boston, MA 05\/13\/2014 (wallstreetpr) \u2013\u00a0<strong>ABB Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:ABB)<\/strong> has disappointed its stakeholders by underperforming in its high voltage side of the business. But, there was some comfort in the fact that the company\u2019s low voltage business continued with its sound execution in the current year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The senior management will seriously have to consider taking strong measures to improve this segment of their business. This would primarily call for investigating into the causes for this underperformance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Undoing the Good Work<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It calls for a long time to establish an image of being a highly successful society. Nevertheless, all the previous good work gets nullified with one bad performance. Some of the investors have suddenly started doubting the future performance of the company, and the inefficient role played by the management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In late times, two CEO\u2019s have resigned pre-maturely, casting several questions to be resolved. ABB is also not clear about its merger and acquisition strategies. Also, the company underperforms when the remainder of the industry or the economy is flourishing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some analysts feel that the recent decline in the company\u2019s share price is overdone and cannot be justified. The fellowship is due for a bounce back after the other components have also been accounted for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The Final Analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although it is true that ABB Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:ABB)\u00a0performed well in its low voltage and automation businesses, the dismal show in a high voltage segment, set back the company substantially. In other words, this implies that all the positives were not enough to take care of the negatives in this sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main damage came from the Power Products and the power Systems side of the high voltage business. This sector was down by almost 96%, while the components of this division were all lower than expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The order book including the base orders were up by about 3%, whereas, the large orders were down by 12%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the justification put forward by the management, the main reason for the poor performance in their high voltage side of the business, emanated from the stiff competition they faced from rival companies, especially, those from the emerging markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston, MA 05\/13\/2014 (wallstreetpr) \u2013\u00a0ABB Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:ABB) has disappointed its stakeholders by underperforming in its high voltage side of the business. 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