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To: Roader who wrote (304)	12/18/1997 1:21:00 PM
From: Christopher Brainard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 537

Roader, A sales forecast is only half of the picture. What is going on with margins??? With a similar cost profile as the 4th quarter EPS for the 1st quarter could reach $0.27. (Not all that bad) If GP% was to decline from 9.5% in the 4th quarter to 9.0%, EPS might only reach $0.20. The latter EPS number would most likely cut another $2 off the stock price. The fact that they said nothing about margins leads me to guess that they have fallen in the 1st quarter. But to what level? I hate only getting half the story!!! Time to act or time to run? Chris ....