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Technology Stocks : FSII - The Worst is Over? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (2162)	8/23/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: Douglas Rhodes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2754

Does anybody have any info out there regarding FSII's recent drop. With a book value still around $9.00/share I'm a little confused. Somebody big was dumping this stock this week. Why? is the question. Obviously the whole sector is still weak (and falling) but FSII has dropped well below its traditional bottom in the past couple weeks. Perhaps they are not expected to be well positioned for the turnaround if it is delayed another couple years (ie. lack of new product in the pipeline). Any thoughts? Wondering aloud.

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (2162)	8/23/1998 12:55:00 PM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2754

The following is a comparison of the group share prices of 4/25/97 with the closing prices of last Friday. It shows a rather sharp demarcation between the the positive and negative gainers during this period. Eleven stocks in the group show a gain and 30 stocks are down. 04/25/97 08/21/98 CLOSE CLOSE PERCENT SYMBOL COMPANY PRICE PRICE CHANGE ASYT Asyst Technologies 9.94 13.63 37 ASMLF ASM Lithography Holdings 18.25 24.38 34 NANO Nanometrics 5.50 7.25 32 NVLS Novellus Systems 26.44 34.00 29 MASK Align-Rite International 10.63 13.38 26 AMAT Applied Materials 24.31 30.50 25 CMOS Credence Systems 14.50 17.38 20 UTEK Ultratech Stepper 17.50 20.63 18 ETEC Etec System 27.50 32.25 17 PLAB Photronics 15.88 17.00 7 VECO Veeco Instruments 29.25 29.63 1 CYMI Cymer 17.69 15.38 -13 WJ Watkins Johnson 26.38 22.63 -14 HELX Helix Technology 15.50 13.25 -15 ATMI ATMI Inc 18.00 15.00 -17 SMTL Semitool 9.63 8.00 -17 COHU Cohu 24.88 19.88 -20 GSNX Gasonics 8.13 6.25 -23 EGLS Electroglas 16.50 12.63 -23 TER Teradyne 30.75 21.25 -31 PRIA Pri Automation 22.56 15.56 -31 KLAC KLA Instruments 41.50 28.56 -31 DPMI Dupont Photomasks 45.00 30.75 -32 TGAL Tegal 5.50 3.75 -32 BRKS Brooks Automation 14.00 9.50 -32 LTXX LTX 4.25 2.88 -32 SVGI Silicon Valley Group 19.75 12.56 -36 KLIC Kulicke & Soffa Industries 27.25 17.13 -37 SFAM SpeedFAM 26.13 16.19 -38 LRCX Lam Research 27.75 17.13 -38 MICN Micrion 13.13 8.00 -39 IPEC Integrated Process Equipment 15.13 9.13 -40 MTSN Mattson Technology 8.00 4.63 -42 IMSC Integrated Measurement Systems 13.25 7.25 -45 FSII FSI International 11.50 6.19 -46 SFLX Smartflex Systems 11.88 6.25 -47 PHTN Photon Dynamics 5.44 2.75 -49 AFLX Adflex Solutions 14.25 7.00 -51 WFR MEMC Electronic Materials 25.50 8.06 -68 ASEC Aseco 8.75 2.06 -76 CFMT CFM Technologies 32.50 7.50 -77 TOTALS 760 597 -21 AVERAGE SHARE PRICE 18.76 14.59