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Gold/Mining/Energy : American Eco (ECGOF, ECX on Toronto exchange)
ECX 1.775-4.8%11:56 AM EST
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To: MARK BARGER who wrote (1219)12/9/1997 7:36:00 AM
From: Charles A. King  Read Replies (1) of 2841
 
Mark, that's OK. Positive earnings surprises are good.

This week's Barrons Online gives reasons why institutional investors buy and sell stock. Merrill Lynch polled their institutional clients and 122 responded. The following gives the percentage of them that used these reasons.

1. Earnings surprises 54.1%
2. greater than 20% return on equity 50.8
3. estimate revisions 48.4
4. ratio of price to cash flow 48.4
5. projected 5 year profit growth 45.9
6. debt to equity ratio 43.4
7. earnings momentum 41
8. relative strength 38.5
9. price to earnings ratio 34.4
10. price to book ratio 33.6
11. analysts opinion changes 33.6
12. earnings variability 31.1
13. dividend discount model 29.5
14. price to sales ratio 27.9
15. neglected stocks 24.6
16. beta 13.9
17. earnings estimate dispersion 13.9
18. dividend yield 12.3
19. earnings uncertainty 12.3
20. foreign exposure 12.3
21. size 12.3
22. low stock price 7.4
23. interest rate sensitivity 5.7

Charles
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