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- From: jung@osse.nrl.navy.mil (Greg Jung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: ESCOM takes a dive
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 19:48:37 GMT
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- In article <wfblanDKMH3L.I0A@netcom.com>, wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
- |>Kerry Ferrand (kferrand@southern.co.nz) wrote:
- |>: I was just flipping through TV channels and heard the name Escom
- |>: mentioned on a CNN International financial show. It mentioned that the
- |>: value of its stock had dropped 25% after the company announced that it
- |>: failed to make a profit in 1995. This can't be a positive development re
- |>: Amiga Tech.
- |>
-
- Its irrelevant re: AT and I presume everyone at ESCOM feels that way, also.
- |>
- |>: K
- |>
- |>
- |>Well, I would think that this 'dip' in profits was partly due to putting out
- |>over 30 million in puchasing and producing the Amiga line again.
- They can write off investments into the balance sheet so they don't
- contribute to the instantaneous profit. $30M is peanuts, anyway,
- compared to their PC business. What did happen to the balance sheet?
- possibly caught with inventory (hard drives) that devalued.
- |>
- |>May well be that NOW is the time to get stock in the company while its 25%
- |>below its normal cost, and wait for it to go up again.
- |>
- If you were already accumulating stock, that would be right. As
- a random pick, it is probably not a good idea to buy things that have
- recently declined. Stocks can be expected to be up/down 50/100 % on
- a yearly basis, anyway. Then the amiga, regardless of its success,
- will not do much for the Co. as a whole, unless it really does become
- the "set-top box" everybody seems to be whispering about.
-
- Greg aka merril Lynch
-