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Technology Stocks : PALM - The rebirth of Palm Inc.

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To: Bill Coenen who wrote (1903)9/25/2000 4:57:22 PM
From: TechieGuy-alt  Read Replies (1) of 6784
 
One quick look of the earning statement revealed that the gross margins are down to ~38% (from ~44%) in the same Q last year.

This could be due to price pressures (the $150 devices probably have significantly less gross margins).

The one thing that I do not like about the PALM story is the paltry earnings. A stock with about (say even with 100% same Q YoY growth), PALM would earn less than 25c/year one year out (approx).

At a price of $51/sh PE=204. Even with growth rates in the 100YoY range, we are still at a 2X premium to PEG (PE/Growth) rates (fair value being 1).

On the other hand, exceptional companies probably do not see their stocks values sensibly for *very* longs periods of time, a-la MSFT, INTC, CSCO etc.

Lets see what the CC is like.

TG
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