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My interest in Orbital began when it was CUI Global and was
primarily concerned with its disruptive natural gas monitoring and
testing solutions based on its GasPT
sensors. However, after being delayed to the brink of bankruptcy
by the U.K. and Italy, and making to herculean efforts to avoid
diluting shareholders, management transferred
control to new CEO James O'Neil, who aims to transform the
businesses into a diversified energy & telecommunication
services company. This
involved the sale of the data center power and gas
businesses, followed by the acquisition
of Reach Construction and many other dilutive transactions. In
the process the company name changed to Orbital Energy Group
(symbol OEG) and then Orbital Infrastructure Group (symbol OIG).
This section has become public since the original investment
thesis is long gone and my own investments long ago transitioned
to other natural gas companies, like GLNG
and NFE, both of which are covered on the private
subscriber side and have proven fabulously profitable.
Orbital stands as an example of how good companies and rational
strategic moves don't always make good investments, and I think my
analysis was appropriately cautious every step of the way.
Updates: |
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another CUI OMIB and more Vodafone | 18:13 20-Mar-19 |
-2 |
CUI Global 4Q18 results | 17:13 18-Mar-19 |
?1 |
crux climax? | 12:00 13-Mar-19 |
?3 |
CUI 4Q18 schedule & Latest Ebix purchase | 10:33 11-Mar-19 |
+2 |
CUI $3.3M Purchase Order & AMSC settlement complete | 09:53 27-Dec-18 |
+2 |
CUI HQ sales and leaseback, Cantor lawsuit and more | 09:05 26-Dec-18 |
+1 |
ABB sells grids & restructures, plus Golar, CVA & CUI | 14:51 17-Dec-18 |
+2 |
energy markets, CUI and global trading | 10:17 07-Dec-18 |
+1 |
Europe rising? | 09:28 04-Dec-18 |
?1 |
weekend recap and outlook | 09:28 03-Dec-18 |
+1 |
earnings follow-ups | 01:37 15-Nov-18 |
+1 |
yet another CUI OMIB and more | 12:06 13-Nov-18 |
?3 |
CUI Global 3Q18 results | 09:31 07-Nov-18 |
?1 |
Resonant schedules 3Q18 report and more | 08:55 30-Oct-18 |
?3 |
CUI Global schedules 3Q18 report and more | 08:57 22-Oct-18 |
+1 |
MicroVision & ABB schedule 3Q18 report, more of the same | 09:58 18-Oct-18 |
+1 |
CUI OMIB, BGC 3Q18 and new picks | 20:06 10-Oct-18 |
?2 |
more on energy and trade | 12:51 02-Oct-18 |
+2 |
CUI Samson agreement, OMIB and more macro | 09:37 20-Sep-18 |
+3 |
CUI's ICE selected by SAP and Fluence update | 09:27 13-Sep-18 |
+2 |
CUI Global OMIB and oil/gas markets | 18:48 10-Sep-18 |
+4 |
CUI Global wins $1.5M services contract and more | 09:21 13-Aug-18 |
+3 |
new CUI agreement, eMagin 2Q18 results, previews & follow-ups | 09:20 09-Aug-18 |
+4 |
CUI CEO OMIB | 17:54 08-Aug-18 |
-3 |
CUI Global 2Q18 report | 09:08 06-Aug-18 |
?3 |
CUI Global schedules 2Q18 report | 05:52 26-Jul-18 |
+2 |
ephemeral opportunity in AT&T and more | 10:31 25-Jul-18 |
+1 |
AMSC, CUI Global and Intel announcements | 09:46 18-Jul-18 |
+1 |
pre-earnings portfolio strategy notes | 09:17 16-Jul-18 |
+1 |
many new agreements, few opportunities | 07:43 19-Jun-18 |
+2 |
politics, energy, communications and trade | 08:57 01-Jun-18 |
+2 |
natural gas stock pricing follow-up | 11:57 30-May-18 |
?3 |
UDC, BGC, LNG, Italy, tariffs and the waiting game | 19:35 29-May-18 |
+2 |
CQH fold-in and other natural gas and telecom follow-ups | 16:15 17-May-18 |
+2 |
CUI OMIB and Italian government | 19:09 14-May-18 |
+3 |
new CUI Global order and follow-up | 06:48 08-May-18 |
-1 |
CUI Global 1Q18 results and distributed solar | 07:48 07-May-18 |
?2 |
CUI Global schedules 1Q18 report and macro | 08:47 23-Apr-18 |
+1 |
2 months in, at least 2 to go, and more | 11:34 04-Apr-18 |
?3 |
CUI Global 4Q17 report | 09:47 14-Mar-18 |
+3 |
another CUI gas win and report preview | 07:38 13-Mar-18 |
+1 |
more product updates: CUI, FIT, IDTI, AES, CTL | 09:14 12-Mar-18 |
+1 |
macro follow up plus FIT & CUI notes | 09:31 05-Mar-18 |
?3 |
CUI Global schedules 4Q17 report | 10:43 28-Feb-18 |
+1 |
first ICE Block order and MWC notes | 11:33 26-Feb-18 |
+3 |
CUI Global gets U.S. purchase orders and more on gas | 08:32 20-Feb-18 |
-1 |
Fluence now official and more | 12:02 11-Jan-18 |
+2 |
CUI OMIB and Westport MoU | 10:00 22-Dec-17 |
?3 |
year end energy update | 08:29 21-Dec-17 |
?3 |
SLB, AES and new natural gas picks | 02:25 01-Dec-17 |