To: Ga Bard who wrote (5916 ) 3/23/1998 10:00:00 PM From: JEM Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8835
To All - JUST Let me preface this by saying that I have no connection with this company, nor even own a piece of it - I can't afford to right now. I came across it while I was researching something else and it caught my attention, and since people here have so kindly shared research with me, I wanted to pass this along to anyone who might be interested. Please know that I have NO experience at this - my background is law and administration. This company just caught my eye for several reasons: 1. Court decision on licensing issue decided in their favor in August 1997; 2. Licensing extensions in early 1998 with big names...Spalding, Word Wrestling Federation, etc. 3. A showroom reportedly has been/will remain at a Fifth Avenue location in NYC. Moving to new headquarters close by. 4. They've been around for a while, and I'm familiar with their toys. 5. Inexpensive (currently $1.00 a share) Here is some info I dug up: Ticker symbol JUST Exchange traded NASDAQ Percentage held by 14 institutions Average daily volume (000) 17 (From Hoovers) Just Toys manufactures and markets toys and games. The company makes AirZone sports toys, including a line of foam sports balls such as footballs, minifootballs, minibasketballs, and minibasketball hoop sets. It makes polyvinyl chloride bendable figures known as Bend-Ems. Just Toys' Bend-Ems products are based on Disney's Mickey Mouse, Goofy, the Lion King, Bonkers, and Marsupilami; Warner's Marsupilami; Warner's Animaniacs; and 20th Century Fox's PageMaster. The company sells to mass merchandisers and toy stores such as Wal-Mart, Kmart, KayBee toys, Target and Toys "R" Us. PRESS RELEASES Just Toys Posts Strong Fourth Quarter, Reports Year-End Results Friday, March 6, 1998 09:05 AM quicken.excite.com Spalding And Just Toys Extend Licensing Agreement Monday, February 23, 1998 01:05 PMquicken.excite.com Just Toys Extends World Wrestling Federation Licensing Agreement Wednesday, January 21, 1998 03:45 PMquicken.excite.com SOME FINANCIALS Last 12-month EPS 0.04 EPS for year 1997 -0.03 Estimated EPS for year 1998 0.00 Fiscal year end DC Current assets (millions) 6.18 Current liabilities (millions) 3.71 Long term debt (millions) 0.00 Common shares outstanding (000) 4176 Preferred shares outstanding (000) 647 QUOTEquicken.excite.com SEC REPORTSexcite.elogic.com PROFILEexcite.elogic.com MORE FINANCIALSexcite.elogic.com FULL REPORTexcite.elogic.com CHARTS (1993-current)quicken.excite.com See Vicker's and S&P (if you have access) for insider info, etc. As I mentioned, I'm new at this, so your feedback/comments would be much appreciated. Hope this is useful to someone. *JEM*