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Technology Stocks : Inter-Tel INTL Bottom Fishing

INTL 27.80

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Nov 4 4:00 PM EST

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To: Raymond Paynter who wrote (74)	7/18/1997 7:30:00 PM
From: Raymond Paynter	of 156

Comparison to Octel buyout: The Octel buyout should give us some indication of what a strategic acquisition of INTL might look like. At least it's one metric of valuation: Octel, whose last Q revs rose 15%, sold for: Price / book = 3.9 Price / Earnings = 31.6 Price / Sales = 2.6 INTL, whose last Q revs rose 19%, now sells for: Price / book = 3.0 Price / Earnings = 34.8 Price / Sales = 1.6 You do the math on the potential price appreciation. I'd still argue that PE isn't the key variable here. Any thoughts? Is this a fair comparison? I ain't posting these numbers for my health, so debate or I'll go back under the rock from which I came. Thanks.

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