COMPANIES GUIDING UP ---- Are these the ones to buy, especially if they are well below recent highs. These are ones that I will be focusing on going forward. Positive guidance is crucial. Example:
CheckFree (CKFR) Capitalizes On Operational Improvements
- Better Than Anticipated Efficiency Expected to Improve Pro Forma Earnings Per Share By as Much as 2 Cents in the Fiscal Third Quarter, Placing The Expected Range at 3 to 5 Cents -
- Additional Efficiency and Operations Consolidation in Electronic Commerce Division, Refinements in i-Solutions, Expected to Add About 3 Cents Per Share, Pro Forma, in Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2002 and About 20 Cents Per Share, Pro Forma, in Fiscal 2003 -
- Company Expects Incremental Annualized Savings of About $30 Million Off Current Expense Run-Rates, Against an Incremental One-Time Charge In the Fiscal Third Quarter Of $14 To $16 Million, Tied to Office Consolidations and Staff Changes - |
