Check out this week's report on JMPX. Zack's upgraded JPMX from
hold to moderate buy. It also raised FY97, FY98, 2nd qtr, 3rd qtr
and 5 yr growth rate. Everything seems perfect. Hopefully stock
will recover soon and go back to $22-23 levels quickly. Here is
the rest of the report:
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Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 1
JPM COMPANY 2/16/97
ZACKS ANALYST WATCH
MEAN HIGH LOW NUMBER MEAN CHG
EST LAST MNTH
($)
FISC YR END 9/98 1.11 1.32 0.90 4 0.05
FISC YR END 9/97 0.88 1.01 0.75 4 0.04
VS ACTUAL 9/96 0.50
QUARTER END 3/97 0.21 0.23 0.18 3 0.02
VS ACTUAL 3/96 N/A
QUARTER END 6/97 0.22 0.25 0.19 3 0.02
VS ACTUAL 6/96 0.14
NEXT 5 YR GRTH (%) 29.67 39.00 20.00 3 4.67
ESTIMATES & ACTUALS ARE BOTH EPS BEFORE XTRAS & OTHER NRI'S
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 2
JPM COMPANY 2/16/97
WALL STREET RECOMMENDATIONS
JPMX RANKED 2/ 72 IN ELEC -MISC COM IND RANKED 63/211
R R R Z
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
STRONG MODERATE HOLD MODERATE STRONG
BUY BUY SELL SELL
N = NATIONAL RETAIL BROKER; I = INSTITUTIONAL BROKER
R = REGIONAL BROKERAGE FIRM;
Z = ZACKS INDICATOR RANKING (EPS FORECAST REVISION MODEL)
( + UPGRADE SINCE LAST WEEK; - DOWNGRADE )
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 3
JPM COMPANY 2/16/97
COMPANY VS INDUSTRY
---------- EPS GROWTH RATES --------
P/E ON
LAST 5 YRS 97/96 98/97 NXT 5 97
ACTUAL (%) (%) (%) YRS(%) EPS
COMPANY N/A 68.0 26.8 26.7 19.9
IND: ELEC -MISC COM 30.1 22.2 26.3 22.7 21.2
(T=150)
S & P 500 11.1 5.1 6.0 7.1 19.8
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COMPANY-INDUSTRY N/A 45.8 0.5 3.9 -1.2
COMPANY-S&P N/A 62.9 20.8 19.6 0.1
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 4
DISTRIBUTION OF EPS ESTIMATES
HISTOGRAM AS OF 2/16/97
JPM COMPANY
FY1 - 9709 FY2 - 9809
4 ESTS. 4 ESTS.
X O O O X O O O
!-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----!
0.74 0.84 0.94 1.04 1.14 0.90 1.05 1.20 1.35 1.50
"X" = EPS ESTIMATE ($) "O" = THREE MOST RECENT ESTS.
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 5
12/96 QTR: JPM COMPANY 3/97 QTR:
REPT DATE: 1/23/97 * EXP.REPT: 4/25/97
O O
X O A O O O
!-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----!
0.17 0.22 0.27 0.32 0.37 0.18 0.23 0.28 0.33 0.38
MEAN 0.18 ( 4) MEAN 0.21 ( 3)
MOST ACC 0.18 ( 3) MOST ACC 0.21 ( 3)
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QTR END % SURPRISE ACTUAL ESTIMATE STD DEV. # ANALYSTS
12/96 33.33 0.24* 0.18 0.01 4
9/96 33.33 0.20 0.15 0.02 3
6/96 21.74 0.14 0.12 0.01 2
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 6
JPM COMPANY - - 1543 EMPLOYEES
,"THE JPM COMPANY (THE ""COMPANY"") WAS ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER
30, 1968 AS A RECAPITALIZATION OF A COMPANY ORIGINALLY FOUND
ED IN 1949 BY JAY P. MATHIAS, FATHER OF THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
YEAR EPS BEFORE XTRAS & NRI'S
-CUR- HI/LO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH YR( 9)
PRICE 17 23/ 7 98 0.29E 0.30E 0.32E 0.34E 1.11E
PRC/EPS NA NMF/ NA 97 0.24 0.21E 0.22E 0.24E 0.88E
REL P/E 9.9 0.0/9.9 96 NA NA 0.14 0.20 0.50
YLD 0.00 IAD NA SINCE 10/87
DEC SLS(MM$) NET(MM$) EPS-XNRI EPS-REP DIV/SH HIGH LOW
96 NA NA 0.50 0.50 NONE 18 8
95 NA NA 0.15 0.15 NONE 0 NA
94 NA NA NA NA NONE 0 NA
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 7
OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS
SEGMENT INFORMATION
NOT PROVIDED
SHARES NA /OWNED BY NA % INSIDERS; 16.86% INSTITUTIONS
- -PAID $
,"THE COMPANY IS A LEADING INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURER OF CABLE
ASSEMBLIES AND WIR E HARNESSES FOR OEMS IN THE COMPUTER, TE
LECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING SECTORS OF THE ELECTRONICS I
NDUSTRY. THE COMPANY MANUFACTURES OVER 5,000 PRODUCTS WHICH
TRANSFER POWER OR TRANSMIT VOICE, DATA OR VIDEO WITHIN THE O
EMS' EQUIPMENT OR TO EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS. PRINCIPAL APPLICA
TIONS OF THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS INCLUDE COMPUTERS CONTINUED
Zacks analyst watch report: JPMX Page: 8
OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS CONTINUED
, NETWORK BRIDGES AND ROUTERS, SELF-SERVICE TERMINALS (INCLU
DING AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES), PBX SWITCHING EQUIPMENT, CE
LLULAR DIGITAL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS AND
MEDICAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE COMPA
NY'S BUSINESS IS CONTRACT MANUFACTURE OF CABLE ASSEMBLIES AN
D WIRE HARNESSES. BY INTEGRATING ITS DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
CAPABILITIES WITH ITS CUSTOMERS
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