Topic: How To Invest

Q: Please, can I get TSI’s recommendation on Citrix Systems (CTXS)? Thanks.

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A: Citrix Systems, $130.99, symbol CTXS on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 123.1 million; Market cap: $16.2 billion; www.citrix.com), develops and sells products and services to corporations to let their employees remotely access all the software, apps and data they rely on to do their jobs. Instead of installing individual pieces of software on their employees’ computers, corporate clients use Citrix’s remote servers to give their employees secure access to all their software and apps. Employees can then access those programs from home or other remote locations. Activist investor Elliott Management won a seat on the Citrix board of directors in 2015. It then pushed the company to unlock shareholder value. Thanks in part to that pressure, in early 2017 Citrix merged its GoTo business with LogMeIn Inc. In exchange, Citrix received a 50.1% interest in LogMeIn. That company was later taken over in January 2020 by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management for $4.3 billion. Citrix’s stock has attracted considerable attention this year as the…