BUY
Has done very well and thinks there is still opportunity. In the top 8% of the database. Earnings are expected to grow from 13¢ to 17¢. Continuing to work on some very large contracts and hopefully they will be closed in the new year.
BUY
Year over year earnings growth is up 114%. ROE based on forecasts is 21%. Sales growth is up. A turnaround situation.
DON'T BUY
Won’t have a lot of growth. Prefers other stocks.
BUY
Ranks well in their model. Earnings are up 180%. ROE of 60%. Earnings are forecast to grow. Going through a consolidation of the acquisitions it has made.
BUY
Ranks in the top 5% of their model. Yearly sales up 27%. Earnings are up 129%. Earnings are forecast to grow.
DON'T BUY
Sales growth is only 3%. Ranks borderline of the bottom third of the database. Earnings are up 100%. ROE of 16%. Better risk/reward in other stocks.
DON'T BUY
Continuing to reduce their overall costs, but their product is old style for telecommunications. Sales are shrinking. Ranks in the bottom third of the database.
PAST TOP PICK
(A top pick Oct 10/03. No change.) Still likes. Ranks well in their model. Earnings are expected to grow from $1.36 to $2.23.
PAST TOP PICK
(A top pick Oct 10/03. down 7.55/3.95%.) Lost a sale through a customer’s bad financing. Still likes.
DON'T BUY
History of long on promise and short on delivery. Earnings are dropping.
DON'T BUY
Borderline of the bottom 1/3 of the database model. Earnings growth down 1% and sales are down 52%.
DON'T BUY
Midpoint on the database model. Sales are down 9%. ROE of 3%. Razor thin margins.
DON'T BUY
Borderline of the bottom 1/3 of the database model. Had negative earnings. ROE is 10%. Rumors of a takeover. Looks cheap, but a wickedly competitive industry.
DON'T BUY
Borderline of the bottom 1/3 of the database model. Earnings are at a loss.
BUY
Continue to announce new contracts. Top 10% of the database. Earnings growth up 100%. ROE is 11%. Sales growth up 22%. Speculative and volatile.