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Non-Tech : Conseco Insurance (CNO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (2498)	8/21/2000 7:44:07 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4155

After I imposed a series of not-very-demanding statistical tests (price-earnings ratio less than 20, price-book ratio of 3 or less, price-sales ratio of 3 or less, and long-term debt less than stockholders' equity) I'll give Dorfman the benefit of the doubt that he did his calculations without the benefit of the CNC's most recent 10-Q, but under the current figures CNC does not pass the last of those tests listed above -- not even close. From Market Guide, long-term debt (a figure not specifically quantified in the 10-Q itself) is listed as $18.4439B, while the 10-Q itself lists shareholder equity as $4.9124B. It's possible Dorfman figures LTD (very) differently from Market Guide, but it still remains that debt-to-equity is much, much higher for CNC than any of its major competitors. See: #reply-14008664