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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 327.01+2.5%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST

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To: ItsAllCyclical who wrote (60730)2/19/2002 10:22:51 PM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
JimL, >billings are still declining< True. That leads me to an observation: a foot note in the SEMI report states...

Within 2001, U.S. companies participating in the semiconductor equipment industry have transitioned to reporting revenues in accordance with the new standards of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 (SAB 101). January marks a change in definition for the billings figure reported in the Express Report. SEMI has officially adopted a revenue-based definition for the billings portion of the report in order to be consistent with company reporting practices and generally accepted accounting principles.

This must mean that billings reported for January are lower than they would have been under the old method. Thus the btb is higher than it would have been. All in all not a good report. But, as Ian would say "wait for the revision next month".

Gottfried
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