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To: Joe NYC who wrote (156698)	1/24/2002 10:28:27 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

I used quarterly revenue, since it was more convenient to look up. Numbers per Yahoo and AMD quarterly report. Joe, GE and IBM are profitable and servicing their debt is no issue. In case you didn't notice AMD is losing money. How is this any different than AMD living off their credit cards? EP

To: Joe NYC who wrote (156698)	1/24/2002 10:56:08 AM
From: Dave	Respond to of 186894

Jozef, I applaud you for researching this issue. Anyone who states that AMD is on the "brink" of bankruptcy, truly does not know what they are talking about. Of course, any company can file bankruptcy due to a sequence of bad "events"... When looking at debt, one wants to look @ several ratios (and I do not expect you to calculate them, however for extra credit you might <gggg>) Debt to Assets Ratio (exc. goodwill): Debt/Assets Debt to Equity Ratio (exc. goodwill): Debt/Equity Times Interest Earned(TIE) ratio: EBIT/Interest Exp. CFO to Debt: Cash Flow from Operations/Debt These are some good things to consider, but remember they are just "numbers on a page". Then one would look at, in the broadest sense, simliar companies, such as MOT, TXN, INTC, NSM, etc. And determine those companies numbers and then compare. Good work tho.