- Captain Jack, if nothing else, ptek looks like it can survive for a long time
- #1 - previous succers, er, I mean investors, have sunk $570 million in PTEK
#2 - for 1999, ptek had $459 million in revenue & EBIDTA earnings of nearly $50 mill/year. Plus, over $100 mill in cash & marketable securities
#3 - PTEKVentures investment arm has ownership interests in Healtheon/WebMD (NASDAQ: HLTH - news), S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE - news), USA.NET, Webforia, Derivion, i2Go.com and BuyTrek.
#4 - PTEK's three operating units are Xpedite, Voicecom and Premiere Conferencing; and all can be spun off in ipo's of their own |