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Technology Stocks : TAVA Technologies (TAVA-NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (11717)	2/19/1998 1:06:00 PM
From: James Strauss	Respond to of 31646

Higher Margins... >>>Backlog: During the CC, TAVA said backlog is now at $18 million, up from $12 mil. six months ago. Six months ago TAVA was billing its services at $75-$90/person-hour. Now it's $150/hr. Also, TAVA is shifting away from hardware sales towards service sales. So that 50% increase in backlog looks like it should contain some eye-popping increases in gross profit margins. If so, that's the kind of fundamental data that translates into "earnings surprise".<<< ********************************************************************** Karl: Great post... The higher per hour billing and greater "Service" sales concentration should lead to higher Revenues and Margins... I agree, that we should be seeing a series of positive surprise Qtrs to come... Jim