Hi Mark:
Maybe my analysis is crude and naive, but WCG has 23k route miles of fiber (33k at the end of 2000) to 13k currently for LVLT, it trades at P/S = 6, compared to P/S = 57 for LVLT ...I realize there are a lot of other intangibles, such as management, etc... but to an untrained eye like mine, WCG does not look outrageously priced. Also, for the record, I think that Janzen, WCG's CEO, actually comes off quite well on TV, based on a sample of 2 interviews I have seen.
On the other hand, I have got to agree the WCG commercials are putrid. Their only good aspect is that viewers remember the name of the company. Unfortunately, probably not positively.
Best regards,
bernard Levy |