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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (9220)	2/27/2002 9:36:54 PM
From: rogermci®	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Gee, whata surprise: Optimal Robotics warns of first-quarter shortfall MONTREAL, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Optimal Robotics Corp. (NasdaqNM:OPMR - news), a leading provider of retail self-checkout systems, on Tuesday reported lower fourth-quarter earnings and warned that first-quarter 2002 results will fall well below estimates due to weak capital spending. Excluding a tax liability, the Montreal-based company said earnings for the quarter were $161,162, or 1 cent a share, compared to $217,945, or 1 cent, for the fourth quarter of 2000. Revenue rose to $16.97 million from $12.54 million in the fourth quarter of 2000. Wall Street analysts on average expected the company to earn 1 cent per share, according to Thomson Financial/First Call. Optimal, citing continued weakness in capital spending as well as the challenging economic environment, said it anticipates first quarter 2002 revenues in the range of $17 million to 19 million and diluted earnings per share of nil to 1 cent, well below the current First Call estimate if 17 cents a share. These guys must be buying components for their scanners in US $ and selling the finished units in Canadian $. Under 12 a share, I could get real interested.