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Strategies & Market Trends : Three Amigos Stock Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Ditchdigger who wrote (7949)8/21/1998 7:53:00 PM
From: LTK007  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 29382
 
DD,you mean the why DAX got creamed? If that what's you mean,it was said to be directly related to Russia's everworsening crisis and the fact that Germany is heavily invested in Russia--that's what they said on CNBC---and yes I am glad you are out,because a couple analyst are saying a major correction is in play in Europe.Max



To: Ditchdigger who wrote (7949)8/21/1998 10:32:00 PM
From: MoneyMade  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 29382
 
Interesting comments by Piper Jaffray about PRLS's future prospects.

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Peerless decline leaves Piper clients screaming

By Brenon Daly, CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:46 PM ET Aug 21, 1998

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- As Peerless Systems Corp. shares shed two-thirds of
their value Friday, probably the loudest screamers were Piper Jaffray clients. You see,
Peerless was supposed to be the hot software play for August, in the investment bank's
estimation. Just three weeks ago, analysts Hany Nada and Safa Rashtchy reiterated
their "strong buy" rating on the stock (PRLS) -- and said they saw it hitting 28 within a
year.

Not exactly. The stock shed two-thirds of its value Friday, plummeting 13 3/8 to 7 1/4.
Interestingly, volume hit 13 million shares by midday; Peerless has just 10 million shares
outstanding. Analyst Rashtchy said in an interview Friday that he now rates the stock a
"buy" and sees shares hitting 15 within a year. The stock had traded in the low 20s for
much of the summer.

Rashtchy said he was "surprised" by the sharpness of the Peerless decline. "The
fundamentals of the company haven't really changed," he said. "The company has a very
strong pipeline, there is no change in the demand for [Peerless products]and they have a
bunch of new initiatives that are on track." Still, he trimmed his earnings outlook for
Peerless to 40 cents per share from 58 cents a share for fiscal 1999, which ends in
January. And he cut his earnings outlook for the company's next fiscal year by
one-fourth; he now sees the company making 52 cents per share in fiscal 2000.

Peerless, which makes software for copiers and printers, warned after the market
closed Thursday that it sees "dampened" results for at least the next year. The El
Segundo, Calif.-based company blamed a slowdown in service revenue and missed
shipments.

Prudential Securities cut its rating on Peerless to "hold" from "accumulate," while Adams
Harkness & Hill lowered its rating to "market perform" from "attractive."