To: P2V who wrote (20 ) 2/16/2000 3:24:00 PM From: pennycash Respond to
The Fundamentals are Fantastic! rose 16 percent to $3.0 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, compared with earnings of $2.6 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, a year ago.climbed 24 percent to $41.5 million from $33.4 million in the fourth quarter of 1998.91 percent increase in fiber optic communications sales to $11.8 million and a 138 percent increase in semiconductor equipment sales to $4.7 million, partially offset by a 24 percent decline in sales to the computer peripherals market to $2.2 million.35 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago. Fiber optic communications product orders rose 96 percent to $14.3 million, compared with $7.3 million in 1998's fourth quarter. Semiconductor equipment market segment orders totaled $7.5 million, up 244 percent over the $2.2 million received during 1998's fourth quarter.supply this rapidly expanding market . The company's results in the fourth quarter once again clearly demonstrate our growing success as an important supplier to the booming fiber optics communications market and our other business segments."
