Leo Kang from Plum Capital on $ATTO

Yet Another Value Podcast - A podcast by Andrew Walker

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Leo Kang, author of the excellent Plum Capital Substack, comes on to discuss his thesis on Atento (ATTO). With 3 legacy private equity holders owning more than 60% of the stock, Leo think the company is set for a sale, and a cheap multiple, continued operating momentum, and health dose of leverage could create for serious upside in a process.Leo's ATTO write up: https://plumcapital.substack.com/p/at... My ATTO notes: https://twitter.com/AndrewRangeley/st...Chapters0:00 Intro1:30 ATTO overview3:15 ATTO's ownership history7:45 The "Big 3's" incentive to sell9:20 Pushing back on the sales incentive13:50 Discussing valuation15:30 ATTO's operating momentum18:30 What does ATTO do?22:30 How does ATTO compete with?24:30 Is there a trend towards insourcing costumer service?28:15 What happens if ATTO's loses the Telefonica contract?33:30 Can we read anything into ATTO's lack of capital returns?37:55 Discussing the upside from the Telefonica contract40:20 Comping peer multiples43:05 Does the Telefonica contract line up well with a sales process?46:25 ATTO's attempts to move into the U.S.50:45 ATTO's foreign exchange risk52:55 Closing thoughts