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To: lupaka who wrote (5092)	9/30/2000 8:21:34 AM
From: Curtis Gruber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5650

Bits and pieces on Web hosting Industry and EXDS: " Wall Street sees the Internet Hosting Companies as being among the groups in the Technology sector having an above average level of investment appeal. The shares of Exodus Communications are currently judged to be a "Buy" by analysts. " 1 Technology Investment Attractiveness E EX XD DS S The Technology sector is the market's choice for the most attractive sector. Rated by analysts as most compelling in investment appeal, this sector ranks number 1 among the 11 economic sectors in investment attractiveness. With a weighted consensus ranking or AQO (Average Qualitative Opinion --- a weighted average of all recommendations on all companies in this sector group) of 0.90, the Technology sector ranks 11.11% higher than the S&P 500 index AQO of 0.81. At the other end of the spectrum, the most unattractive sector, the Consumer Staples sector, has an AQO of 0.76. Internet Hosting Companies The Internet Hosting Companies group is one of the more desirable investment segments of the Technology sector in the opinion of Wall Street Analysts. Holding a group AQO of 0.96 versus the sector AQO of 0.90 the group would appear to have attractive near-term investment appeal relative to other groups in this sector. In relation to the market as signified by the S&P 500, whose AQO is 0.81, the group is very appealing. At the present time, Exodus Communications' shares are ranked as a "Buy" by industry analysts. Having coverage from 35 Wall Street researchers, the stock has a weighted consensus rank, or AQO, of 1.09, which is a higher value than the 1.00 AQO cutoff needed to have a consensus "Buy" rating. The company's shares have admirers among Wall Street's analysts. The stock currently has an AQO that is 34.57% greater than the market index AQO, is 21.11% higher than the sector average, and is 13.54% better than the average for the peer group, arousing industry researchers to reckon that there are few stock holdings with more current appeal. Industry Group: Company: Sector: Group Recommendation Summary Allaire Corporation 0.60 10 1 3 6 0 0 0 5 0.96 0.93 0.93 Data Return Corporation 1.16 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.14 1.13 1.10 Digex, Incorporated 0.99 20 10 8 1 0 0 1 2 1.06 1.10 1.09 Digital Insight Corp. 0.96 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 0.92 0.93 0.95 Digital River, Inc. 1.00 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.95 0.91 Exodus Communications 1.09 35 25 7 1 0 0 2 0 1.11 1.11 1.11 FirstWorld Communications 0.40 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0.50 0.50 1.10 Genuity Inc. 1.04 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.04 1.02 N/A Interliant, Inc. 0.89 9 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.91 1.00 NaviSite, Inc. 0.92 12 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0.93 0.95 0.87 Telescan, Inc. 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.00 1.20 1.20 USinternetworking, Inc. 0.91 25 11 12 1 0 1 0 0 0.95 0.93 0.97 Totals 0.95 156 77 57 14 1 1 6 9 1.00 1.00 1.02 Exodus Communications " (Complements of Multex) cg