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To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (682)	9/3/2000 11:44:33 PM
From: Jack Hartmann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6920

W) Quick and loose on MTLK Rated a WATCH Designs, develops and markets digital subscriber line (DSL) chip sets used by manufacturers of telecommunication equipment. 02-Jun-00 10:00 -- 11:00 ET Metalink Ltd (MTLK) 29 3/16 +4 3/16: CE Unterberg Towbin upgrades to STRONG BUY from BUY. Conversations with the Company indicated that demand for Metalink’s HDSL products remains robust in the current quarter. Price target is $66. 07-Apr-00 12:00 -- 13:00 ET Metalink Ltd (MTLK) 36 7/8 +7 3/8: CIBC World Markets raises estimates due to accelerating fundamentals and visibility. Recent weakness provides an excellent buying opportunity, as MTLK continues to benefit from the secular growth trend of the DSL market. FY00 goes from a loss of $0.02 to a profit of $0.05; FY01 goes from $0.10 to $0.24 and price target goes from $42 to $71. 23-Mar-00 13:00 -- 14:00 ET Metalink Ltd (MTLK) 52 1/16 +4 7/16: Banc of America Sec raises their March quarter EPS estimate $0.01 to a loss of ($0.01), up from ($0.02), and is now estimating that the company will achieve break even in the June Quarter 2000. The raise gross margin assumption 100 basis points to 52.8% from 51.8% due to ongoing pricing strength. CY00 EPS estimate raised $0.13 to $0.05 from ($0.08). 01-May-00 09:38 ET Metalink Ltd (MTLK) 36 +7 7/16 (+26%): Chip maker's shares trading up amid reports company in talks to be acquired by Lucent (LU). EPS -.14 to .00 to .05 Daily stocks and 0.01 predict for next q Rev 3.4 to 4.2 to 5.5 Jun00 Chart: consodiation after runing up from bottom in the summer. Never reached Spring lows. 52-Week Low on 17-Apr-2000 $15.00 Recent Price $23.813 52-Week High on 8-Mar-2000 $73.50 Daily Volume (3-month avg) 198.8K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 107.0K Market Capitalization $438.8M Shares Outstanding 18.4M Float 5.70M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none Last Split none Price/Book (mrq) 3.84 Price/Earnings N/A Price/Sales (ttm) 24.35 Debt/Equity (mrq) 0 Total Cash (mrq) $108.7M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2000 Shares Short 23.0K Percent of Float 0.4% Shares Short (Prior Month) 37.0K Insider: 69% · Institutional: 23% (76% of float) (54 institutions) · Net Inst. Selling: 1.58M shares (+57.43%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) Summary Another DSL stock. Very high price to sales. Just doesn't interest me. $15 entry would be attractive. Can't figure the upside. Estimates by analyst have been lower for next quarter per Yahoo. Jack