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To: username who wrote (38727)	3/10/1998 9:40:00 PM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 61433

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To: username who wrote (38727)	3/10/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

I am under the impression after examing the chart we may see $36 again tomorrow. Yes, the volume was crap again today. But it looks very good to me. JMO<g> Stochastic crossover today. Jeff

To: username who wrote (38727)	3/10/1998 9:59:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

The Whole Enchilada Zacks Investment Research, Inc. -Company Reports- ASCEND COMM INC Ticker Exchange Industry Type ASND NSDQ TELECOMM EQUIP Large Shares/ Outstanding Institutions Insiders 188.9 MM 35.91% 19.74% ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. develops, manufactures, markets, sells and supports a broad range of high-speed digital wide area network access products. Co.'s products use bandwidth on demand to enhance and extend existing corporate networks for applications such as videoconferencing remote access, Internet access, bulk file transfer, imaging and integrated voice, vidieo and data access. Co.'s products also used bandwith on demand to provide automatic emergency backup and bandwith capacity for peak- period overflow to complement private leased line, frame relay and ATM networks. Rec Price P/E Mkt Cap Div Rate Yield Sales (12Mo) Sls Gr EPS Gr Div Gr Zacks Rank $35.06 31.3 $6647 MM $0.00 0.0% $1077 MM 221% 175% Buy Price/Volume Data 52 Week High $59.50 52 Week Low $22.63 Price Change-Year To Date 42% Year To Date(Relative To S & P 500) 31% Average Daily Volume 5906 000s Beta 2.77 Wall Street Recommendations Natl Retail Broker Inst Broker Reg Broker Total Z Indicator Strong Buy 1 4 5 10 0 Strong Buy Changes: increase, 1 week Moderate Buy 1 3 4 8 1 Mod Buy Changes: increase, 1 week decrease, 1 week Hold 2 7 3 12 0 Hold Changes: increase, 1 week decrease, 1 week Moderate Sell 0 0 0 0 0 Mod Sell Changes: increase, 1 week decrease, 1 week Strong Sell 0 0 0 0 0 Strong Sell Changes: decrease, 1 week Estimates and actuals are both eps before extras and other non-recurring items DISTRIBUTION OF EPS ESTIMATES HISTOGRAM AS OF 3/ 7/98 ASCEND COMM INC FY1 - 9812 FY2 - 9912 28 ESTS. 20 ESTS. XO XO O XXO O XXX X XXX X XXX X XXX X XXX X XO X X XXXX X X XX XXXXX X X !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 0.96 1.11 1.26 1.41 1.56 1.11 1.26 1.41 1.56 1.71 "X" = EPS ESTIMATE ($) "O" = THREE MOST RECENT ESTS. 3/98 QTR: ASCEND COMM INC 6/98 QTR: EXP.REPT: 4/10/98 EXP.REPT: 7/15/98 XO XO O OO XO XX X XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX X XX XXX X XX XXX !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 0.22 0.27 0.32 0.37 0.42 0.23 0.28 0.33 0.38 0.43 MEAN 0.25 (26) MEAN 0.27 (24) MOST ACC 0.25 ( 3) MOST ACC 0.28 ( 3) ------------------------------------------------------------ Current EPS Estimates Period Ending Mean Est. ($/SH) High Est. ($/SH) Low Est. ($/SH) Number Ests. Mean Change, Last Month ($) Year Ending 12/99 1.45 1.65 1.12 20 0.00 Year Ending 12/98 1.18 1.40 0.97 28 -0.01 VS Actual 12/97 1.06 Quarter End 03/98 0.25 0.28 0.22 26 0.00 VS Actual 03/97 0.36 Quarter End 06/98 0.27 0.30 0.23 24 0.00 VS Actual 06/97 0.31 Next 5 Year Growth (%) 26.35 50.00 13.00 23 0.04 Surprise History Quarter End % Surprise Actual Estimate Std Dev # Analysts 03/98 N/A N/A 0.25 0.01 26 12/97 5.54 0.24 0.23 0.02 27 09/97 8.11 0.20 0.19 0.01 20 Financial History Year End Sales Net Income EPS ex NRI EPS Reported Dividends High Low 1997 1167 -124 1.06 -0.66 N/A 70 25 1996 549 113 1.03 1.03 N/A 71 39 1995 149 30 0.28 0.28 N/A 41 6