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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (27303)7/6/1999 9:07:00 AM
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The 20 Most Inflated Tech Stocks
sidebar: Twenty Very Expensive Stocks



Twenty very expensive stocks



Company
Stock symbol
Closing stock price 5/14/99
Market cap. on 5/14/99 (billions)
Expected sales growth rate1
Relevant valuation metrics



Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN
$132.38
$21.3
70%
Trades at 9 times FY2000 sales as losses continue.



America Online Inc.
AOL
$125.25
$135.6
50%
P/E is 220 times FY2000 earnings of 57 cents per share.



Ameritrade Holding Corp.
AMTD
$106.50
$6.2
30%
Not a leader but valued at $14,500 per customer.



@Home Network2
ATHM
$150.13
$18.7
68%
Valued at $40,000 per subscriber in young market.



Broadcom Corp.
BRCM
$93.56
$8.5
50%
P/E is 90 times FY2000 earnings of $1.04 per share.



Cisco Systems Inc.
CSCO
$115.44
$184.4
30%
P/E is 62.7 times FY2000 earnings of $1.84 per share.



CMGI Inc.
CMGI
$229.56
$10.7
50%
Risky, but valued at 41 times FY2000 sales of $300M.



Dell Computer Corp.
DELL
$41.19
$104.5
35%
P/E is 42 times FY2000 earnings of 98 cents per share.



EBay Inc.
EBAY
$185.88
$23.3
50%
Valued at 90 times FY2000 sales of $257M.



EMC Corp.
EMC
$103.75
$52.3
30%
P/E is 40 times FY2000 earnings of $2.60 per share.



IVillage Inc.
IVIL
$63.75
$1.5
NA
New, but valued at 29 times FY2000 revenue of $51M.



Level 3 Communications Inc.
LVLT
$84.56
$28.7
NA
Valued the same as established Qwest.



Lucent Technologies Inc.
LU
$58.50
$154.6
20%
P/E is 40.6 times FY2000 earnings of $1.44 per share.



Macromedia Inc.
MACR
$45.09
$1.9
35%
P/E is 63.5 times FY2000 earnings of 71 cents per share.



Microsoft Corp.
MSFT
$76.88
$330.2
25%
P/E is 50.2 times FY2000 earnings of $1.53 per share.



Priceline.com Inc.
PCLN
$132.81
$18.9
50%
Untested, but valued at 42 times FY2000 revenue.



Qualcomm Inc.
QCOM
$112.00
$16.9
35%
P/E is 42 times FY2000 earnings of $2.66 per share.



Sun Microsystems Inc.
SUNW
$64.63
$50.0
20%
P/E is 38.5 times FY2000 earnings of $1.68 per share.



Value America Inc.
VUSA
$28.88
$1.5
62%
Trades at 9 times 1999 sales despite low margins.



Yahoo Inc.
YHOO
$157.38
$31.6
56%
Valued at 51 times FY2000 revenue of $625M.



1. Earnings estimates and growth rate figures are from First Call Corp.
2. Figures are prior to @Home's merger with Excite Inc., which formed Excite@Home.
NA = Not available.

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