Ed HoOptimal RoboticsOPMRTOP PICKDec 11, 2000

(A Top Pick July 26/05. Down 2%.) A payments transaction company for Visa and Mastercard merchants. Spun off one of their gaming divisions in the summer. The fundamental earnings are fine and they still have a lot of cash. A keeper.

$300 million market cap and no analyst coverage. They do credit card transaction services for merchants. Started to have huge success in the gambling market for internet gaming so they created a subsiduary called Fire One. They spun that off and it is worth almost as much as the entire company. They own 80% of it and have $80 million in cash.