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Preferred Capital Markets, Inc. Reiterates Its BUY Rating of
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Preferred Capital Markets, Inc., a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD number 10993:
Preferred Capital Markets, Inc, a brokerage firm servicing both institutional and individual investors with a focus in technology, telecommunications and medical technology today reiterates its BUY rating of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIMD) while maintaining its twelve-month price target of $14.
Analyst Brian Alger has updated his coverage on Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.; a company that is driving the interactive multimedia market by providing advanced solutions for home, business, and professional desktop computer users, enabling them to create, access, and experience compelling new media content from their desktops and through the Internet.
"While already discounting an essentially soft PC Market in the second half of 1999," Alger reported, "our model has considerable upside potential. Even with this conservatism, DIMD's stock is substantially undervalued. Trading at just .3x Sales, 11x Earnings and just $2 over tangible book value, DIMD is a very attractive investment in our opinion. We continue to rate DIMD a BUY and we maintain our $14 price target."
Preferred Capital Markets, Inc. provides proprietary research and trade execution services on an agency and principal basis for the securities and options markets. Clients include institutional investors, money managers, floor traders, and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1982, Preferred Capital Markets is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York, and Philadelphia.
/CONTACT: Pattie DiLauro of Preferred Capital Markets, Inc, 415-733-3050/
Mar 08, 1999
Taking Lumps for Doubting Retail
By James J. Cramer
Friday is recrimination day at my shop. That's when we sit down and figure out what we screwed up on this week. First, we are always screwing up. That's like striking out or grounding out. It happens. What we are trying to do is get closer to Ted Williams and further away from Dave Kingman (better average, fewer strike-outs on the way to the fences).
This week the topic was retail: how we missed playing so many obvious doubles in this group. We were so fixated on the power of e-commerce and what it might do to brick-and-mortar retailers. We also didn't believe that this group could have a January-February rebirth when seasonally it hasn't done all that well.
We shouldn't have missed it. Art Samberg gave us a great DVD heads-up about Circuit City ( (NYSE:CC - news) ) in the Barron's roundtable earlier this year. That was a huge winner this week. We also knew enough to be long Diamond Multimedia ( (Nasdaq:DIMD - news) ) for a good move. And we could not be oblivious to the early return of tax refunds, courtesy of the electronic revolution.
But the subject this week at our meeting was the belief that the move would not be long lasting.
Take Abercrombie ( (NYSE:ANF - news) ). We love this stock. We buy it every time it gets hit. But then we worried about the stock having too big a move too fast. And we fretted about how somebody might downgrade it because it has had such a run. We also did not think it could sustain this kind of momentum. We had sold it on a scale, 5,000 shares about every two points, and on Tuesday we found ourselves at tag ends -- and we just blew out our last 20,000. Consequently the stock jumped five straight points and, as it remained on our trading screens after we sold it, we had to live with the second-guessing for the rest of the week.
The take-away? As long as the fundamentals remain strong and you can monitor those fundamentals, you should not get off the horse just because it has done so well. We constantly have to remind ourselves of that lesson. I am hoping this piece, like many of the pieces I write, forces me to think of this the next time I want to sell a stock simply because it has been such a winner.
Random musings: Take a look at the correlation between Japan and our banks. A good trade almost every time is that when Japan rallies, our banks move. Now that the pattern is noticed, maybe it won't work now and then, but if you think Japan is for real, banks might have more of a move than we thought.
James J. Cramer is manager of a hedge fund and co-founder of TheStreet.com. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Cramer's writings provide insights into the dynamics of money management and are not a solicitation for transactions. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, he invites you to comment on his column by sending a letter to TheStreet.com at letters@thestreet.com.
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