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Technology Stocks : Hyperion Solutions (HYSL) - An Analytical Gorilla? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Early Out who wrote (105)	8/26/1998 4:50:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 471

<The point is that the accounting that HYSL is using is not unique to the company, the industry, or the market. Your grievance with GAAP may have merit, and it may have a place on SI, but not on any one stock thread. If you haven't already, I think you should start your own thread to discuss your beliefs.> I agree with you on HYSL accounting. I don't have a grievance with corporate accounting measures or HYSL. The problem is with the valuation measures used. Accounting numbers are very unrealistic and should not be used to value a company. They (accounting numbers) have thier place and IMO it is not in the investors spreadsheet. Investors are in the game to make money, so that is what they should be counting - money. Bankers who buy and sell companies don't use earning to value a company, yet the analysts that support the sales forces of those bankers push them wholeheartedely - contradictions to say the least? If one were to look at the performance of the consensus estimates, you will find that history has made my point for me.