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Non-Tech : PPD (Pre-paid Legal Services) on the move

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To: Ted The Technician who wrote (751)	2/7/2000 11:20:00 PM
From: Ted The Technician	Read Replies (1) of 801

PPD 4Q Earnings released tonight. In general, the 4Q earnings report looks very good. On the positive side: revenues increased sequentially 12% from 3Q, gross margins improved from 50% to 51%, revenues increased 28% from last year's 4Q, earnings increased 31% from last year's 4Q, revenue per new member increased from $65 to $67 - stopping an over 1-year slide in this measurement, quarterly membership retention increased from 89.1% to 89.4%, On the negative side: - rate of growth of earnings has been slowing over the last year (but it should begin to rise again as TPN sales decrease with respect to memebership premium, - commission per new member sales increased from $72.88 to $75.28 (however, the rate of growth for this measure has been slowing over the last four quarters). In summary, this stock is worth significantly more than $25 - in the $40's at least. Ted the Technician

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