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

To: Robert Busse who wrote (1364)	1/26/1998 7:11:00 PM
From: ken whited	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1693

I got a Market Guide/ProVestor Plus Company Report from Schwab today. Below are some interesting comparisons. This stock has some room to move up, if anyone took a look at it in some depth. 60 day moving average is at 3.50 Comparisons are QDEL Vs Industry Institutions Own 37.8% Industry average 41.5% Price Performance VS Industry 4week -10.9% Vs -13.7% 13week -31% Vs 31.9% 26 week -9.2% vs. 11.4% YTD -15.5% vs 14.9% Price/Earnings Current PE 28.6 vs 39.8 Price to Cash Flow TTM 12.9 vs 23.6 Price to free cash flow 62. vs 54.1 Price to Sales TTM 1.5 vs 5.8 Price to Book MRQ 2.1 vs 7.3 Price to Tangible Book MRQ 3.1 vs 11.4 Growth Rates Revenue MRQ Vs Qtr 1 Yr Ago 24% vs 15.9 Revenue TTM vs TTM last Year 17.1 vs 15.9 Revenue 5 year growth Rate 10.5 vs 21. EPS (MRQ vs Qtr 1 Yr age 2.9 vs 12.5 EPS 5 Yr growth rate 43.1 vs 14.7 Financial Strenght Quick Ratios (MRQ) 3.7 vs 2.1 Current Ratio (MRQ) 4.9 vs 3.2 LT Debt/Equity (MRQ) 0.1 vs 0.4 Total Debt/ Equity 0.1 vs 0.5 Management Effectiveness Return On Assets 6.3 vs 7.4 Return on Assets 5 yr avg -1.2 vs 8.9 Return on Investment 7.6 vs 10.7 Return on Investment 5 yr avg -1.7 vs 11.9 Return on Equity 7.7 vs 14 Return on Equity 5 yr avg -2.5 vs 15.9% Profitability Ratios Gross Margins 53.4 vs 57.6 Gross Margins 5 yr avg 51.4 vs 55.3 Operating Margin 6.5 vs 15.7 Operating Margin 5 yr avg -04 vs 13.2 Profit Margin 5.9 vs 10.1 Profit Margin 5 yr avg -1.7 vs 8.7 Operating Eficiency Revenue/employee 157K vs 202k Net Income/employee 8.5k vs 26.7k Receivable Turnover 6.3 vs 5.3 Inventory Turnover 5.2 vs 2.9 Asset Turnover 1.2 vs 1.0