ouch that hurts!!!!
DAT HURTZ! Or iz iet peeenix envey? Twice in a row and boom this turd's dead.. D.E.A.D as a dooour nail.. Coming in under 200 mil in revs.. I thienk its related to Y2K..
Network Associates To Post Quarterly, Annual Loss; Execs to Step Down
By Chris Frankie
Editorial Assistant
12/26/00 6:09 PM ET
Network Associates (NETA:Nasdaq - news) said Tuesday it expects to post a fourth-quarter loss of between $130 million and $140 million due to reduced orders and a slowing economy.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of software security systems did not provide earnings-per-share figures. Eleven analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial are calling for the company to earn 31 cents a share for the quarter. The company earned 20 cents in the year-ago period.
Network Associates says it expects fourth-quarter revenue of $55 million and $65 million. Analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financials were expecting revenue of $241.9 million.
The the full year, the company expects revenue in the range of $742 million to $752 million and a net loss between $84 and $94 million. Analysts were expecting full-year revenue of $894 million, according to the First Call/Thomson Financial consensus.
The revised numbers were caused by "the decision of key distributors to dramatically reduce their inventory levels and by a reduction in fourth-quarter demand induced by a slowing overall economy," the company said in a statement.
The company also announced that Chairman and CEO William Larson, President Peter Watkins and Chief Financial Officer Prabhat Goyal were stepping down. Edwin Harper, a director of the company, will take over as chairman. Larson said he will stay until a new CEO is announced, and Goyal will stay until a replacement is found.
Shares of Network Associates fell 13 cents, or 1%, to $11.75 in regular session Nasdaq trading, but plummeted to $6 in recent after-hours Island trading. |
