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- From: temiraso@vela.acs.oakland.edu (thomas e mirasol)
- Subject: Re: Any thoughts on Novell?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.033230.20505@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- References: <81097@hydra.gatech.EDU> <6u1wXB1w165w@gilligan.tsoft.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:32:30 GMT
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- In article <6u1wXB1w165w@gilligan.tsoft.net> bbs.dennis@gilligan.tsoft.net (Dennis Yelle) writes:
- >andy@federation.gatech.edu (Andy Register) writes:
- >
- >> In article <om4oXB1w165w@gilligan.tsoft.net> bbs.dennis@gilligan.tsoft.net (D
- >>
- >> >short it yet. Borland is a good short at 18, I think, but not Novel
- >> ***** ---^^
- >>
- >> Please expand on this position. I kind of think Borland has been
- >> beat down pretty good and was thinking of bottom fishing here.
- >>
- >
- >1. Borland posted losses for 3 of the last 6 quarters.
- > They lost $2.34 per share in the December quarter alone.
- >2. Book value is about $8 per share.
- >3. I expect Borland to earn about $1 per share next year.
- >
- >Therefore I conclude that it should sell for no more than $12 today.
- >Friday it closed at 19 7/8. I would short it at that price, but I
- >already did at 21 3/4 last month.
- >
- >--
- >Dennis Yelle (bbs.dennis@gilligan.tsoft.net)
-
- I hope your target price of $12 has taken into account the february
- release of quattro for windows (or is it paradox, or both). Also, there
- is some speculation going on that borland and lotus will merge. There
- were denials from both camps as to who initiated the meetings concerning
- a merger especially since there is bad blood between the 2 CEOs. I
- quote from the WSJ: The meeting (between Borland and Lotus) suggests
- one or both companies feel a need to pool resources to stem Microsoft's
- growing dominance.
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