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Technology Stocks : Jabil Circuit (JBL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich evans who wrote (5283)	8/29/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6317

Re: What about? Rich - I know what you mean. I held Jabil through the rough times last year, and right through getting "even", whereupon I sold. At that point, I bought Tellabs. Although I liked Jabil, I couldn't think of a reason to own it, since compared to TLAB, it had such a puny profit margin, but similar P/E and projected growth rates. Here are some numbers from Yahoo: Company P/E Profit Margin Project 5 Yr Growth ___________________________________________________________ JBL 55.61 3.7% 29.2 % TLAB 57.03 23.0% 29.2 % I continue to watch JBL, and still contribute to this thread when I can. However, I've still never been able to answer the question "Why hold JBL?". It seems quite risky compared to other options - and I'm not (at all!) saying TLAB is the best alternative, or that JBL is the worst. Have a good evening, Steve