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To: Sully- who wrote (31583)	9/1/2000 8:06:00 PM
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individualinvestor.com Page: 1, 2 individualinvestor.com Research Director: David Sterman (8/30/00) With the economy growing at a steady annual clip of 4% to 6% over the last few years, many companies have boosted sales and profits nicely. Indeed, double-digit profit growth has become the norm at many Fortune 500 firms. But a small pack of companies have defied the laws of gravity and grown at astonishing rates. We came up with a list of eight that are growing so fast, analysts just can't keep up. This select group recently reported quarterly results that caused analysts to take up their profit outlooks by at least 40% for the current fiscal year. In fact, every company on the list has seen its profit outlook consistently revised upward since the start of the year. But many companies boost profits quickly by expanding margins. That can only last for so long. As a result, we made sure that every firm boosted sales at least 100% over the last 12 months. Though triple-digit growth is likely unsustainable as a company grows larger, we still insisted that every company on the list be on track to boost per share profits at least 50% from this year to next. Lastly, we weeded out companies that are too small to garner significant analyst coverage. Every stock on the list sports a market value of at least $2 billion. Company (Ticker) Aug. 29 Closing Price Market Cap. ($ Mill.) Estimated EPS Fiscal 2001 EPS Growth Year-Over-Year Sales Growth BROADVISION INC (BVSN) $31.50 $8,282 $0.24 50% 306% GLOBESPAN INC (GSPN) $129.13 $9,084 $0.57 58% 705% INKTOMI CORP (INKT) $119.19 $13,462 $0.27 286% 202% JUNIPER NETWORKS INC (JNPR) $196.13 $61,973 $0.47 52% 544% SILICON STORAGE TECH. (SSTI) $34.06 $3,006 $1.76 89% 349% TERAYON COMMUNICATIONS (TERN) $53.19 $3,371 $0.46 64% 382% TIBCO SOFTWARE INC (TIBX) $94.75 $17,880 $0.23 53% 157% VERISIGN INC (VRSN) $187.50 $35,780 $0.44 100% 275% High-speed Internet access is a continuing theme on Wall Street. Shares of firms that provide equipment for cable modems and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology have rebounded sharply since last spring's tech sell-off, though they remain below their previous highs. GlobeSpan, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSPN - Quotes, News, Boards) may just be the hottest company in the sector. << Previous Page: 1, 2 Next >>