Risk factor
Very high price volatility
Profitability factor
Greatly undervalued vs peers
About
Scient, Inc. does not have significant operations. Prior to the sale of its assets in September, 2002, the company provided technology strategy consulting, systems architecture, and infrastructure development, as well as certain industry specific solutions. It offered its services to design, develop, and deploy advanced eBusiness solutions for companies and other corporate users of information technology. Scient, Inc. was formerly known as India-Sierra Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Scient, Inc. in July 2002. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Scient, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in July 2002.
Company Valuation
From both historical and forecast perspectives, the stock is considerably underpriced compared to similar stocks. In particular, the stock is 'cheap' on EV/EBITDA.