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To: Sabrejet who wrote (80618)	4/1/2000 9:06:00 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

>>>Da bomb by: scorecarddave (M/miami beach,fl) 4/1/00 7:58 am Msg: 150830 of 150833 Cpq dropped it( earnings shortfall) April 9(Friday)last year. So we need to get by one more week.<<< Makes sense to me. El

To: Sabrejet who wrote (80618)	4/1/2000 10:54:00 PM
From: Loki	Respond to of 97611

Sabrejet (F 86)...RE: "Where do you get a pe of 83???" The TTM "PE" is 83 according to SI website. At the top left where it has the white box next to quote, type "CPQ"....The PE is indicated on the right side of the chart. Granted some other sites show TTM "PE" at 79.5. I do not believe it to be out of date. Agreed!........... Projected "PE's" can be more useful in the scenario as with CPQ (when CEO changes) if there is credible forward looking guidance to go with the forward looking "PE". If one believes the forward looking "PE" of CPQ than they must be one of the few on this thread who feel certain that CPQ will not warn. If a company does not give guidance and has a recent history of warnings why should one feel confident with an investment decision on that? By default investors are left with only TTM "PE". Maybe I did not make that clear in my last post when discussing PE ratio in the context of value. BTW...should CPQ ever come close to the profitability of three years ago they will have an extremely low PE Ratio. Loki