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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (9236)10/30/1999 5:47:00 PM
From: JohnG  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 54805
 
FranQ & Q-tips. I posted this on other thread.

To: 100cfm who wrote (46640)
From: JohnG
Saturday, Oct 30 1999 5:43PM ET
Reply # of 46642

100cfm. On $$0.87 street, $0.97 whisper and hope for more. Some clues are: 1)that some
member of Q mgt said there would be a pleasant supprise, 2)At Q3 conf call, Q mgt said
there would be sequential improvements in component supply, 3) Top two Sawtec
customers for 9/30 quarter were MOT and QCOM, 4) Sawtec expects handset
component sales to increase 400% (WAKE UP!!)(some inc due to more complex dual
mode phones)for FYE 9/30/2000 over 9/30/99 after the largest expansion in their history,
5) Sawtec has their new high speed mfg equipment on line and is shipping production
quantities,6) Sawtec revenues are only up ~9.8%, from $26.0MM for the 6/30/99 quarter
to $28.5MM for the 9/30/99 quarter---safe period handset sales are up apx 8%--keep in
mind here that NOK and MOT never got their CDMA phones off the ground during the
last quarter.
Conclusion is that given Q's learning curve and last Q's pro forma (wasn't it $0.86), Q
should probably beat the whisper of $0.97--possibly hitting $1.03. Further, there could be
a huge ramp up of component availibility from Sawtec starting in September and a huge
demand for internet phones leading to significant increase in CDMA handset shipments
during the 4th calendar quarter--Christmas sales. Thus there is a probability of a mild
supprise and projctions of huge sequential increases starting 9/30.
Realize that SAW filters may not be the only component that was short---RFMD was
short too I believe.
I really think the $5.00 projection for Q's Y2K earnings may prove WAY, WAY too
low--the internet TORNADO is here.
JohnG