We will have a complete update out tonight, with some very good news about some past picks. Keep an eye on EVIS this week. Here is some DD below!
eVision(EVIS) is a Denver-based holding company with consolidated entities that include American Fronteer Financial Corporation, a regional securities broker/dealer, and eBanker USA.com, Inc. (eBanker) which offers, among other things, Internet-based high-yield lending opportunities. Consolidated developing companies include eBroker USA.Com, Inc. (eBroker), a proposed on-line securities brokerage business. eVision has made a significant investment in Q6 Technologies, Inc. (Q6 Technologies), a business venture surrounding technology-based virtual processing arenas with John Cusick, former founder, chairman and CEO of Primestar, as its chief executive officer. eVision USA.Com, Inc. (eVision or the Company) is a corporation that was organized under the laws of the state of Colorado in September 1988. In April 1999, the shareholders voted to change the name of the Company from Fronteerto eVision. The Company also has a subsidiary, Secutron Corp. (Secutron), secutron.com which designs, develops, installs, markets and supports software systems for the securities brokerage industry. MID/RANGE Solutions Corp is a leading provider of information systems solutions and services to clients in the Rocky Mountain Region. Our mission is to provide "state-of-the-art" information systems and superior services to our valued clients based on client/server and midrange platforms/technologies. We provide the hardware, software and consulting services that give our clients the competitive edge in today's dynamic e-business environment! midrangesolutions.com WWW.CREDITCARDWEB.COMCORPORATION, a wholly owned subsidiary of eBanker, was incorporated inColorado primarily to conduct business as an Internet-based credit cardcompany, but has not yet commenced operations. Q6 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.In March 1999, eVision formed a corporation that will focus on the developmentof business opportunities in technology-based virtual processing arenas. (Q6 or Q6 Technologies) aColorado corporation, will focus initially on value-added transactionsprocessing for selected e-commerce applications, as well as the development ofcommercial opportunities in digital geographic information services and insatellite internet protocol multicasting. As of September 30, 1999, AmericanFronteer has approximately 101 account executives and approximately 22,000customer accounts. American Fronteer acts as a dealer, underwriter and selling groupmember in public and private offerings of equity securities. 19Trading Division Trading securities involves the purchase and sale of securities by AmericanFronteer for its own account. . American Fronteer makes markets in corporateequities and trades in municipal and corporate bonds and government securities.As of September 30, 1999, American Fronteer made markets in 32 stocks..American Fronteer Proposed On-Line Broker/Dealer Division American Fronteer is developing an on-line broker/dealer division thatAmerican Fronteer believes will provide American Fronteer with the ability toexpand its broker/dealer business into Asian markets and will provide AmericanFronteer's existing clients with the benefits of on-line trading. AmericanFronteer plans to provide on-line broker/dealer services under the name of OLBroker.Com, Inc. Further, a letter of intent has been entered into by awholly owned subsidiary of eVision on behalf of American Fronteer pursuant towhich an unaffiliated party plans to develop a platform to facilitate AmericanFronteer's on-line trading of United 20States securities in Hong Kong. Q6 Technologies, Inc. Do Not Disturb, Inc., a company that engages in web based consumerprivacy technologies and has entered into a letter of intent with International Broadcasting Technology to secure a 50% interest in International Broadcasting's proprietary platform for high bandwidth Internet multicasting.Secutron is also anInternet service provider providing Internet services ranging from access to theInternet to development and maintenance of Web sites. Secutron offers the following software products to the securities brokerageindustry. The STARS software system is offered to broker/dealers who clear theirown transactions, and is a totally integrated software system, which performsall of the functions, required by self-clearing broker/dealers. eBanker also intends to provide a number of business services in conjunction with customized corporate financing. The services may include managerial advice, accounting and administrative support, human resource services or any other service where eBanker can cost-effectively assist its clients. eBanker also plans to provide numerous informational and match-makingservices. These services are designed to attract users to the eBanker website,with the intent of generating traffic, revenues and brand recognition. eBankerplans to offer both free and premium financial information. This information mayrange from stock quotes to market commentary to current mortgage rates. eBankeralso plans to provide numerous links to external products and services with theintention of receiving royalties in the process. eBanker also plans to trackindividual user preferences and to solicit input from its customers, customizingwebsites to meet individual needs and preferences.
eVision USA.Com, Inc. is pleased to formally announce the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as its independent auditors. Their world-class client service teams combine insight, business knowledge, and industry expertise to assist their outstanding clients in achieving success wherever they operate. EVIS has expanded with new branch openings in San Francisco, and New York City. Fai H. Chan, President and Chairman of the Board of eVision stated, "The change in auditors is important as it demonstrates our efforts in uniting our global operations with our majority shareholder, Heng Fung Holdings Company Limited, who is served by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu." Online Credit International Ltd, located in Hong Kong, formerly Heng Fung,which is engaged in property investment and development, financial services, building materials, machinery and pharmaceutical products owns 38.1% of EVIS.
Quaker Funds eVision USA.Com, Inc. (OTC BB: EVIS) signed a letter of intent to acquire control of Quaker Funds, Inc. (see www.quakerfunds.com <http://www.quakerfunds.com>). Quaker Funds, Inc. is the developer and sponsor of the Quaker Family of Funds, a group of six mutual funds having approximately $70 million assets under management with an independent institutional investment advisor managing each fund. The Quaker Aggressive Growth Fund was rated fourth among the top fifteen performing mutual funds evaluated by the Wall Street Journal on August 2, 1999. The Quaker Aggressive Growth Fund, according to the Wall Street Journal, reflected a 60.25% return for the 52-week period ending July 29, 1999. "This acquisition will add a new dimension to the Company's broker/dealer related business which has traditionally focused on retail sales and corporate finance," said Mr. Fai H. Chan, President and Chief Executive Officer of eVision. "This should enhance our asset-gathering abilities." The terms of the acquisition include payment of 4,666,667 shares of common stock of eVision. After the acquisition, eVision would own approximately 60% of Quaker Funds, Inc. The Quaker Funds, Inc. shareholders will be able to sell their eVision stock back to eVision if the eVision stock does not trade at an average price of $3.00 per share for a period of time between one and two years after the closing. The Quarter Funds are now distributed through Schwab OneSource, Waterhouse Advisor NoFee Network, Vanguard Brokerage Services, Fidelity FundsNetwork, E*Trade and other mutual fund "supermarkets." The Quaker Funds will now be made available through American Fronteer Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of eVision.
FINANCIALS
Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 1999 were $10,005,464, biz.yahoo.com an increase of $4,406,131 or 78.7% over the revenues of $5,599,333 for the three months ended June 30, 1998. The increase primarily relates to increased computer hardware and software operations, and interest income on investments and loans and brokerage operations which increased approximately 32% for the qtr ended. The primary reasons for the increased activity were general market conditions and positive results from the Company's research recommendations that were acted upon by customers. positive results from the Company's research recommendations that were acted upon by customers as well as increases in the Company's positions in securities in which the Company makes a market. The bottom line reflected a .01 vs a .14 loss per share which indicates that their new business plan is quite effective. The Company, as of June 30, 1999, had $5,354,438 in cash and cash equivalents and $14,251,982 in working capital. "We continue to see the effects of our expansion and development efforts in our operating results. Our increase in revenues and decrease in the net loss reflect significant improvements. Currently, the majority of our revenues are derived from our broker/dealer operations. We are extremely confident that once our other subsidiaries, eBanker and eBroker, become fully operational, our operating results will be even better than we have recently seen," said Mr. Fai H. Chan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. According to two different sources there are a little over 19M shares outstanding and the float is at 3.6M. Furthermore there is .77 cash on hand(that corresponds with working capital on S/1). The stock is trading at .6 x sales(sh prices 1.2). biz.yahoo.com marketguide.com Priced @1.20 puts the EVIS mkt cap at 24M.
.TECHNICALS
clearstation.com i- Clearstation makes it simple by color coding the trend, which is green, and that means uptrend and that is where the easiest money is made. I ran a 6 month chart on EVIS is was so confident that the technical were never better and I was right. The OBV, relates price to volume, and tries to capture the buying and selling pressure in the market. The OBV has never been stronger in 6 months which means the price should keep acclerating(12-12-99). EVIS has steadingly increasing volume which is one of the earliest buy indicators. The 13ema is well above the 20ema. The macd is trending strong above the midline. The histogram shows the strength of the movement and it is a surging tide. Year 2000 The Company has continued working with third-party suppliers of software and related services in resolving Year 2000 issues and anticipates testing will be completed by August 31, 1999. No matters have come to the attention of management of the Company which would indicate that the estimated total cos of the program should be revised. The cost had been estimated to be less than $50,000.
TECH ADV/INTERNET INCUBATOR
Evis established its Technology Advisory Group designed to support the identification, evaluation and selection of small, emerging high tech internet companies in need of equity and debt funding. eVision's Technology Advisory Group will be made up of current and former technology executives from the areas of computer hardware and software, telecommunications, Internet-related e-commerce, and medical data processing. The group's initial members are Jim Bracking, Peter Stanforth and Charles Brink. Jim Bracking has been involved in several successful, Silicon Valley start-ups over the last twenty years. Most notably, Mr. Bracking was a co-founder and executive of Puma Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PUMA </quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=PUMA>). He was also recently involved in the organization of a Boulder-based Internet software company, Novazen Software, Inc. "Participating in the creation of several technology start-ups and having to address their ongoing funding requirements, it is a pleasure to work with a firm that is committed to earlyidentification of the most promising, emerging high tech companies," said Mr. Bracking. Peter Stanforth is a British-educated, telecommunications software engineer who has participated in the creation of several software companies. Mr. Stanforth is a leading expert in the design of digital switching technologies and wireless application platforms. Mr. Stanforth has held the position of Director of Technology for SHL Systemhouse as well as other senior engineering positions with ITT and Philips. Mr. Stanforth has also been widely published in several telecommunication journals, and was also a co-founder and Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for Phoenix Wireless Group, Inc., recently sold to Excel, Inc. Charles Brink is a corporate attorney specializing in Intellectual Property law, having participated in the founding and management of several telecommunications software companies. Mr. Brink has been involved in the creation of wireless joint venture projects throughout Asia and South America. Originally trained as a mergers and acquisition due diligence attorney, Mr. Brink founded his first software company TCT/Com Dev, in 1986 which engaged injoint application development with several regional bell operating companies. RENCENT NEWS/PENDING EVENTS/INDUSTRY The following information was received from a prominent EVIS employee. Any day now, the test site for "olbroker.com" should be up and running. This will be primarily for Asian customers trading American Securities but, will not exclude world wide trading. In Hong Kong, there are already 5 broker relationships establsihed and 30 should be easily accomplished. EVIS has very strong Hong Kong stock exchange affiliations since Online Credit is based there. By mid january, the Ebroker should be a fully functional trading website. EVIS will likely do IPO spinoffs of Ebanker and Ebroker which will benefit current shareholders with some type of dividend. Ebanker should be a reality in the 1st qtr of 2000. Eight webdevelopers have been hired in Vancouver, BC to concentrate on the Ebanker and Ebroker. EVIS has hired eight full time webdevelopers in the Vancouver, BC office. Online Credit have hired 24 webdevelopers in Hong Kong and they are working 24 hours a day. EVIS will have a home website by the end of january. Q6 is preparing for its first round of financing which investment bankers are very anxious to participate. Q6 will announce its endeavors by the end of january. It is rumored and there is some evidence that EVIS is going to sign a large contract with an internet co to become an ISP(interrnet service provider). Ecommerce is rumored to be in the newmaking also for EVIS. But the payoff could be big and the prospect of clients trading at any given moment from any point around the globe is simply too enticing to ignore. Most analysts point to the Far East, including Japan and Hong Kong, as the regions with the greatest potential for growth in online trading. ragingbull.com The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd said it will sign an information sharing agreement with the Nasdaq-Amex Market Group in New York on Monday, paving the way for dual listings of stocks in the two exchanges. biz.yahoo.com
COMPARISONS
To further your interest, one company that EVIS is being compared to is HRCT because of a somewhat similar business plan. Look at the HRCT chart. Of course, HRCT has had numerous news releases.The amazing thing is that HRCT,a company with zero revenue 2 employees and a float of 6.5 million has a market cap of 374 million,(at a stock price of 19) while EVIS, a company with 28.8 mil in revenues, 222 employees and a float of 3.6 mil has a market cap of 24 million. So for evis to get to even 1/2 the market cap of HRCT, it would have to trade at around 10 dollars/share. |