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To: Feraldo who wrote (33)	4/13/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Hunter Vann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 38

few tidbits... % Debt: 12% Mkt. Cap: 86.3 million Avg. Dly. Vol: 88,300 Advanced Communication Systems provides telecommunications services mainly to US Government agencies, as well as to commerical and international customers. The company's 3 main service areas are communication systems design and support, information technology services, and systems integration. The company is one of the leading providers of military satellite communications(SATCOM) to the US Navy, and also provides technical support for the Department of Defense's Command, Control, Communication, Computer, and intelligence initiatives. The company has 10 offices in Colorado, California, maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, and the UK. In 1997, the company acquired RF Microsystems, Inc., and Integrated Systems Control. Earnings Latest Quarter(December '97) they released .10/share which was a 43% increase from the prior year. The latest 12 months was .46. First Call consensus estimates for the current quarter(March '98) are .13, which would be a 30% increase from the prior quarter of last year. First Call is also predicting total earnings for '98 to be .59, which would be a 37% increase from the prior year. First Call is predicting earnings for 1999 of .82, a 40% increase for '97. Revenues Latest quarter(Dec. '97) were 14.2 million which was up 56% from the prior. The latest 12 months showed a total of 57.3 million. Ratios & Measures P/E 28.8 Price to Book 5.5 Price to Cash Flow 24.7 Price to Sales 1.51 Return on Equity 16.8% Earnings announcement will be made on April 21st after 5:00. There will be a conference call the following day, but they do not have a number as of this moment.