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Biotech / Medical : QDEL - Quidel more quick diagnosis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FISHERMAN who wrote (1331)	1/15/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Dennis C	Respond to of 1693

FIRST CALL EARNINGS ESTIMATES QDEL Quidel Corp 01/12/98 Industry: Medical Suppls SIC: 2835 Latest Price: $3.03 1998 P/E: 16.8 Analyst Recommendation: 1.0 QTR QTR FY FY Dec 97 Mar 98 Mar 98 Mar 99 --- --- -- -- CURRENT MEAN EPS 0.08 0.12 0.18 0.34 Number of Brokers 2 2 3 2 Median 0.08 0.12 0.19 0.34 Standard Deviation 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 Current High 0.09 0.12 0.20 0.36 Current Low 0.07 0.11 0.16 0.32 Year Ago EPS 0.08A 0.06A 0.16A 0.18 Current vs. Year Ago Change 0% 100% 13% 89% Report Date Jan 22 wk/May 13 wk/May 13 - EARNINGS ESTIMATE REVISION MOMENTUM Up Revisions last 7 days 0 0 0 0 Up Revisions last 30 days 0 0 0 0 Down Revisions last 7 days 0 0 0 0 Down Revisions last 30 days 0 0 0 0 EARNINGS ESTIMATES CONSENSUS TRENDS Current Mean 0.08 0.12 0.18 0.34 7-days ago Mean 0.08 0.12 0.18 0.34 30-days ago Mean 0.08 0.12 0.18 0.34 60-days ago Mean 0.09 0.11 0.18 0.34 90-days ago Mean 0.09 0.11 0.18 0.34 COMPARATIVE ESTIMATES AND TRENDS Industry - Medical Sup 12.17 12.79 48.38 60.80 Current vs. Year Ago Change 11% 10% 11% 26% Sector - CONSMR: N-CYC 15.70 17.08 64.81 81.05 Current vs. Year Ago Change 7% 13% 11% 25% WSJ/DJ US Index 11.15 10.95 43.70 50.72 Current vs. Year Ago Change 8% 10% 10% 16% Ratios Relative To: Company Industry Sector WSJ/DJ P/E on 1998 Cal Yr Mean 9.8 20.65 23.83 18.26 PEG on 1998 Cal Yr Mean - 1.48 1.68 1.46 RECOMMENDATION AND GROWTH RATES RECOMMENDATIONS LONG TERM GROWTH RATES Current Mean 1.0 Next 5 yrs - Median - Number of Brokers 2 Number of Brokers - Industry Recommendation: 2.4 Industry Growth Rate: 14% 7-days ago Mean 1.0 Next 5 yrs - High - 30-days ago Mean 1.3 Next 5 yrs - Low - 60-days ago Mean 1.3 Last 5 Years NM 90-days ago Mean 1.3 Diff. from Industry +1.4 Rel. to Industry - Diff. from Sector +1.2 Rel. to Sector - Diff. from WSJ/DJ US +1.2 Rel. to WSJ/DJ US - Transmitted: 1/13/98 14:08 (E_QDEL)

To: FISHERMAN who wrote (1331)	1/15/1998 2:00:00 AM
From: Dennis C	Respond to of 1693

First Call gives two estimation for the quater ended in Dec. 1997: 0.09/0.07. This numbers were updated by 1/12/98. Today I did talk with Mr. Burke briefly. He sees no reason for the price drop and feels surprised to hear that Zack' removed the est. number for this quater. He was not willing to say anything about earning. He told me they are expanding R/D very rapidly for the glaxo/wellcome deal(respond to my question about massive hiring). He noticed some big blocks of sells traded today and said this might be from the holder(s) who involved PBI deal back in Jan 1995. I do not have any info about this purchase in front of me now. Like to see comments from some of you Q-Gurus, who posted a lot about year ago.