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Technology Stocks : Lucent Technologies (LU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eman03 who wrote (5550)	1/14/1999 3:03:00 PM
From: michael modeme	Respond to of 21876

Welp, I'm an ASNDer, and I guess I'll be on this thread soon. LU and ASND are going to make a great combo. I wonder if anyone on this thread has any information about why LU's net profit margins are so low. In contrast, CSCO makes around 4 times as much in net profit as LU does on each dollar of revenue. I suppose ASND will help, they have net profit margins around 3 times higher. If LU can increase net margins by cutting costs, selling higher end products, etc., then the P/E ratio will come down, and the stock price will increase. This would attract a lot of investors that are scared of simply by P/E ratios. What plans does LU have to aid in this area? Thanks