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Strategies & Market Trends : Joe Copia's daytrades/investments and thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe Copia who wrote (6609)	7/26/1998 3:30:00 PM
From: Robert	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

Which ones are you looking at? I'm looking at MVSI: Market Guide Quick Facts Report MVSI, Inc. SYMBOL: MVSI EXCHANGE: NASD PRICING DATA (AS OF) 07/17/98 RATIOS & STATISTICS Price 7.13 Price/Revenue (TTM) 1.97 52 Week High 9.06 P/E (TTM) NM 52 Week Low 4.06 Price/Book (MRQ) 4.27 Beta 0.84 Price/Cash Flow (TTM) -209.56 Avg Daily Vol (10 Day) 0.17 Mil ROA (TTM) -5.21% Avg Daily Vol (3 Month) 0.12 Mil ROE (TTM) -6.74% Current Ratio (MRQ) 3.05 otal Debt/Equity (MRQ) 0.17 NOTE: TTM = trailing twelve months MRQ = most recent quarter SHARE RELATED INFORMATION SHORT INTEREST INFORMATION Market Cap. ($) 112.518 Mil Current Month 0.303 Mil Shares Out. 15.792 Mil Previous Month 0.238 Mil Float 12.300 Mil Short Interest Ratio 2.9 Day INSTITUTIONAL & INSIDER OWNERSHIP PURCHASES SALES NET PURCH %OWNED Institutions (3 Months) 0.244 Mil 0.077 Mil 0.167 Mil 3.7% Insiders (6 Months) 0.250 Mil 0.000 Mil 0.250 Mil 22.1% BUSINESS SUMMARY MVSI, through its 4 subsidiaries installs & supports computer and communication equipment, purchases and sells computer chips and provides IT & Y2K services. For the six 6 months ended 3/98, net sales rose 85% to $27.5M. Net loss from cont. ops. totalled $421K vs. an income of $935K. Revenues reflect the acquisitions of Expert and Technet and internal growth at Socrates. Loss reflects lower margins due to unfavorable changes in the sales mix & higher S/G/A. REVENUES (Thousands of U.S. Dollars) QUARTERS 1995 1996 1997 1998 DEC 291 3,570 6,760 12,714 MAR 1,042 3,038 8,163 14,823 JUN 486 3,250 11,680 SEP 519 6,130 10,036 TOTAL 2,338 15,988 36,639 EARNINGS PER SHARE DEC -0.070 0.030 0.030 -0.010 MAR -0.320 0.050 0.050 -0.020 JUN -0.310 0.040 0.070 SEP -0.400 -0.030 -0.190 TOTAL -1.100 0.090 -0.040 7/96, Co. acquired Socrates for 350K shares of restricted Common. 12/97, Converted warrants into 5,086,928 Common shares. FY'97 & '98 Qs are being restated for disc. ops. GROWTH RATES 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR Revenue 149.48% 156.09% NM% EPS -85.51% 3.57% NM% Dividend NM% Robert...