Acções Americanas: Vonage (dava cá um jeito...)

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Ontem andei a dar uma vista de olhos no NYSE e chamou-me a atenção a Vonage por ter um valor baixo (fechou a 1,14$) e por ter subido cerca de 9%. Após analisar o histórico do titulo reparei que no inicio do ano valia 6,48§ tendo já valido muito acima desse valor. Após pesquisar noticias sobre a empresa a queda coincidiu com um processo em tribunal que agora chegou ao fim com um pagamento de uma indemnização e pagamento futuros de royalties. O fim deste processo fez disparar a cotação. Hoje tentei comprar sem sucesso porque a ordem foi rejeitada. O que é certo é que no final do dia a acção tinha valorizado 121,91% para 2,53$, tendo chegado a 2,70$, com um volume de 34,817,832 acções movimentadas.

Em seguida, noticia relativa à empresa:
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Wireless service provider
Sprint Nextel Corp  agreed to settle a patent lawsuit
against Vonage Holdings Corp  for $80 million, triggering
a sharp rebound in the Internet phone company's shares on
Monday.
    Under the agreement, Sprint will also license its
technology, which helps connect phone calls between Internet
and telecom networks, to Vonage, the two companies said.
    A jury in federal court found in September that Vonage had
infringed patents belonging to Sprint, and ordered the company
to pay $69.5 million in damages plus future royalties. Vonage
had said it would appeal the verdict.
    The news of a settlement pushed Vonage shares up 74 percent
to $2 in composite trade. However, they are still a fraction of
their May 2006 initial public offering price of $17.
    Vonage said the deal would help the company concentrate on
its business.
    "It allows us to put this litigation behind us and continue
to focus on our core business by removing the uncertainty of
legal reviews and long-term court action," said Sharon O'Leary,
general counsel for Vonage.
    The Holmdel, New Jersey-based company has suffered through
a string of legal setbacks. A U.S. appeals court late last
month upheld a verdict that Vonage infringed two patents held
by Verizon Communications Inc .
    Vonage was a pioneer in selling Web-based phone services to
consumers looking for a cheaper alternative to regular phone
services, but now faces growing competition from cable and
other Internet companies. Analysts have also voiced concerns
over its losses from heavy marketing spending.
    Sprint shares were down 54 cents, or 2.8 percent to $18.47
in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando)
((Editing by Mark Porter;
[email protected]; +1 646 223 6084))
Keywords: VONAGE SPRINT