Hey Keith, Was BLUETOOTH one of Soupie Sales' characters?
Unfortunately WCOM's latest Value Line Sheet dates to July 7th. At that time the Sprint/PCS/Worldcom merger was still under discussion. So, much of my usual favorite data had been suspended temporarily.
BETA - NMF
Stock Price Stability - NMF
Price Growth Persistence - NMF
So, we'll just have to guess at those. Year 2000 price range has been $52+ for the high and now down around $30. That indicates pretty good range for AIM to have some fun. 1999, $64 to $44, 1998, $19 to $50, etc.
Debt/Capitalization - 21%
Equity/ " - 79%
Officers and directors own 1.9% of common.
Institutional holdings - 1,505,666 shares (down from previous two quarters, however)
Book value growing nicely - 36%/year, last 5 years
Revenues growing nicely - 19%/year, last 5 years
Earnings growing nicely - 37%/year, last 5 years
Since then the Sprint/PCS deal has fallen through. It still appears that there's room for revenue growth. There's speculation about other smaller mergers or even it being acquired by some overseas telecom at that time.
They close by saying that it has good capital gains potential through 2003-2005 (based upon a price then of $45/share). Well, it offers even better potential if one is starting at $30! Even a return to $45 would be a 50% improvement. It is one of the better priced telecoms being about 1.5X book value at current prices.
Hope this helps,
Tom |
