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Technology Stocks : SDL, Inc. [Nasdaq: SDLI]

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To: Kayaker who wrote (3015)10/19/2000 4:17:16 PM
From: Kayaker  Read Replies (1) of 3951
 
From earlier today. Ha Ha Ha.

Lagging Lucent Looms Over SDL's Earnings Report
By Scott Moritz
Senior Writer
10/19/00 3:08 PM ET

Bizarrely, Wall Street's hottest sector finds the specter of tech laggard Lucent (LU:NYSE - news) hanging over it.

SDL (SDLI:Nasdaq - news), lately among the Street's favorite optical component makers, this afternoon will usher in earnings season for the companies that make telecommunications network gear. SDL's third-quarter earnings should exceed Wall Street's 38-cent-a-share consensus expectation by a few cents, say a pair of bullish analysts, while tripling from year-ago levels.

But as highfliers always do, SDL faces the prospect that any shortfall, whether in revenue growth or against the so-called earnings whisper number, will prompt a massive selloff. The chances of a shortfall are heightened this quarter, analysts say, by the massive failures at free-falling Lucent that are now spreading through the optical supply chain. And the focus is even sharper on SDL because of its pending $41 billion merger with components giant JDS Uniphase (JDSU:Nasdaq - news)....

thestreet.com
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