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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems:Stocks w/Strong Earnings and High Tech. Rank
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To: Jenna who wrote (9349)5/12/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Jenna  Read Replies (1) of 120523
 
VSAT a good long term portfolio hold. Looking for a "Satellite Stock" I was choosing between an old favorite GILTF:, a new favorite GMSTF and another cheaper one with more upside potential: VSAT. VSAT assigned multiple access d multiple access (DAMA), which enables subscribers to share bandwidth by doling it out as it is needed. The U.S. government helped with research and development and ordered more and more of ViaSat's products. Between 1986 and 1998, a period of massive government budget cuts, ViaSat's revenue grew at an annual compounded rate of 64%.

Government-related business, which still accounts for more than 85% ov ViaSat's revenue, continues to look good. The company recently announced multimillion-dollar contracts from the U.S. Air Force suppliers Tracor Enterprises and Lockheed Martin Aeronautical systems.

But commercial demand for ViaSat's bandwidth-enhancing technology is what could send the company's stock soaring.. Hutchinson Telecomm, for example, relies on ViaSat's signal processors to juggle calls in Asia. and Communication Network Systems uses ViaSat equipment to provide back-up wide area networks, which link together the far-flung offices of a business..."

*article reprinted from Individual Investor June 1998
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