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To: Xpiderman who wrote (46374)	5/8/1998 7:33:00 PM
From: Darren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

To all ASND longs and shorts: here are some fundamental data about ASND. As you can see, the current P/E(trailing P/E or forward P/E) is close to the low end of the historical range. And better yet, the analysts are quietly increase their forward earning estimate. Huh? Are we talking about the same stock? Are you talking about "diluted" earnings?

To: Xpiderman who wrote (46374)	5/8/1998 8:25:00 PM
From: Greg Jung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

More fun facts: According to the SI profile, the EPS for current shares are as follows: EPS Now Total Total/203.2 EPS then 3/98 52.4 .258 .258 \| 12/97 47.6 .234 .24 \|6/97-3/98: 1.00 9/97 40.1 .200 .20 \|\| 6/97 62.4 .307 .31 \|\| total eps 3/97 35.1 .173 .31 \|12/96 -9/97: 0.88 12/96 41.1 .202 .32 \| Trailing growth rate of earnings (excluding 111.3 million acquisition charges): 24% Outstanding shares after the Cascade acquisition, 1 year ago: 185 Million today: 203.2 Million Trailing dilution/year: 7.5% Did you get a 7.5% share dividend in the mail? If past performance can be sustained and at some point we revert to a generous PE of 1.1525 = 29 (x trailing) then at some point in two years the price will be ... 29. 0.999 * (1.15 * 1.15) = 38 (5/9/2000) If options are only granted so as to increase the share amount by 3.% then the fully valued price could be $46. in the year 2000. Greg

To: Xpiderman who wrote (46374)	5/8/1998 10:20:00 PM
From: Xpiderman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Some TA comments from The Second Opinion: MACD indicates a BULLISH TREND Chart pattern indicates a POSSIBLE TREND REVERSAL Relative Strength is BULLISH Up/Down volume pattern indicates that the stock is under DISTRIBUTION The 50 day MOVING AVERAGE is rising which is BULLISH The 200 day MOVING AVERAGE is falling which is BEARISH LOOK FOR SUPPORT AT 42.68 STOCK broke DOUBLE TOP (Bullish) Point & Figure Chart Formation Last Week And then here are some fundamental analysis (FA) data from Baseline, an industry leader in providing essential information to portfolio managers and research analysts (www.baseline.com). As you can see, the current P/E(trailing P/E or forward P/E) is close to the low end of the historical range. And better yet, the analysts are quietly increase their forward earning estimate. ASND 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Mar $0.00 $0.02 $0.04 $0.15 $0.31 $0.26 $0.35e Jun $0.00 $0.02 $0.05 $0.23 $0.31 $0.28e $0.36e Sep $0.01 $0.03 $0.07 $0.29 $0.20 $0.30e $0.38e Dec $0.01 $0.03 $0.12 $0.32 $0.24 $0.34e $0.39e Year $0.02 $0.10 $0.28 $0.99 $1.06 $1.18e $1.48e Yr./Yr. 400.0% 180.0% 253.6% 7.1% 11.3%e 25.4%e Historical P/E Range: High 79 213 209 82 44 Low 31 53 67 19 22 Numbers with "e" are estimates.