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Technology Stocks : F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dtong who wrote (873)	5/7/2000 5:13:00 AM
From: dtong	Respond to of 1801

EARNING SHORTFALL (part3) > you seem to be very sure of yourself reg. earnings. > are you an accountant, and i also read the financial report, and teh > latest earnings do have income tax taken out of them. Yes, I am accountant I have known this tax attack going to happen in q3 (before the q2 earning release) b/c: "As of September 30, 1999, we had approximately $7.8 million of net operating loss carryforward" net income q1 4,243 q2 4,146 total 8,389 roughly, q2 taxed on only 600 of 4146 I believe F5 paid a little bit of tax in q2 too, but the bus. wire release doesn't show tax provision there. though my calculation is rough, I believe my point of significant tax cut in q3 is still valid David > the recent acquisition of cisco's is nothign but a credit to f5 business > worth. i think the worst is over for the stock. it should never have been > at 160, nor should it be at 30's, the best thing to do with these volatile > stocks is to draw a line in between. > if f5 executes according to plan, i think they could win big. but all of > the above are just hopeful opinions of mine. again, if you are an > accountant, i take it you are a better judge reg. earnings, if not, then i > suggest you consult one. >