Robert, if you could go in the past to see the future and
had only those numbers to work with which company would you
buy today (in 1997)knowing their future revenues in advance:
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COMPANY #1
REVENUES (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
QUARTERS 1997 1998 1999 2000
MAR 6,448 6,001 7,103 7,993
JUN 5,960 5,927 6,746
SEP 6,155 6,731 7,328
DEC 6,507 7,614 8,212
TOTAL 25,070 26,273 29,389
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COMPANY #2
REVENUES (Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
QUARTERS 1997 1998 1999 2000
NOV 104,555 167,826 327,388 413,527
FEB 96,520 181,957 297,180 380,060*
MAY 86,063 182,758 302,039
AUG 97,030 204,726 304,654
TOTAL 384,168 737,267 1,231,261
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