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To: Jamey who wrote (31829)	11/15/1998 12:16:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Santiago, I also own ESV -- although it is worth 67% less than when I bought it last fall! Unfortunately, I have to say that some of the latest figures on ESV do not look too rosy, which may mean that my hopes for an ESV stock price rebound may be unrealistic. For example (I am using Telescan figures here): Present EPS rank is still high(83rd percentile of all companies), but projected EPS rank is only in 40th percentile. Projected EPS current fiscal year: +3.4 (34th percentile) Projected EPS next fiscal year: -54.5 (1st percentile) Projected EPS Annualized Five Year: +15.6 (44th percentile) Sales increase last quarter: 7th percentile.... The other drillers don't look too great, either..I will say that ESV at least has some positive free cashflow, despite a debt load of 50% (a bit too high, in my view). And thanks for the welcome back! jbe