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Technology Stocks : EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES (ENPT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roader who wrote (420)	3/11/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: trezza	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 537

0.21 would just be ridiculous. Even at .25 this quarter, the 1.08 prediction for the year would assume a .34 return on average for quarters 3 and 4. I think a lot of the smaller investors are probably thinking closer to .3 for this quarter (I know that I was hoping that the shift of the two sales from Dec. to Jan. was going to give us a good qtr). Coming in at .21 would mean their Feb and March sales were laughably bad or their new Ontario plant is costing way more than expected to set up. I think a lot of individual investors will flee if they come in low, but the pros I believe will pick it back up pretty quickly to at least where we are now. As for 15, well on 8% growth (1.08 EPS for '98), that seems like a stretch. On another question. Last year, even before the IBD article, the stock climbed to 16 or 17. Was there just a lot more confidence in ENPT or was it just due to a general rally in the sector? (I notice PMRY followed a similar trend)... I wonder what kind of news would have to happen to see us back there these days. John

To: Roader who wrote (420)	3/13/1998 9:32:00 AM
From: Christopher Brainard	Respond to of 537

Boy, if only we could get a little carryover interest from this Shopping.com run away train, old ENPT could have a pretty nice run. Maybe this is where some of the recent buying interest has come from? Chris ...

To: Roader who wrote (420)	3/17/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: Christopher Brainard	Respond to of 537

Hi Roader, Looks like any buyers have stepped to the side lines and the stock is slowly sinking back towards below $10. If the company again makes a pre-earnings announcement it would likely come later this week or early next week. I am afraid the likely earnings report will disappoint many people and we are in for some very tough days. Wish I had not gotten so many people into this stock. Don't know if they will have the patience to wait for things to get better. Hope you get a chance to talk to the company soon. I do not want to call again after talking to them two weeks ago. Chris ....