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To: Larry S. who wrote (19616)	3/21/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: Susan Saline	Respond to of 53068

bottom feeding and comparisons first off ... be aware that I put little trust into fundamentals and here are 2 company's, both with earnings, both with bad charts SRV LWN disclaimer: Bot LWN for a flip when it came up on a volume alert, went on vacation, came back to find it had gone up 50% from my purchase price of 1 1/16 ... so have held. Tentative target 3.50 to 4.00 "play" SRV on occasion ... now am patiently waiting to see "buyers" come back in. SRV appears to be basing, at 15, short term target, several weeks, 18. Stoc. buy signal on daily chart SERVICE CP INTL, SRV: 15 1/16 Service Corp. International is a provider of death care services, operating 3,127 funeral service locations. SRV also provides capital financing to independent funeral homes and cemetery operators. For the nine months ended 9/98, revenues rose 12% to $2.10 billion. Net income before extraordinary item rose less than 1% to $282.9 million. Revenues reflect the acquisition of American Memorial Life Insurance Co. Earnings were offset by the absence of a $68.1 million gain on investments. 52-week Range 14 7/16 - 47 1/8 Earn/Shr 1.31 P/E 11.40 Mkt Cap 3.884B Div/Shr 0.36 Yield 2.41 tscn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOEWEN GROUP, LWN: 1 11/16 Business Summary LWN operates 1101 funeral homes (945 in U.S., 142 in Canada, 10 in the U.K. and four in Purto Rico) and 497 cemeteries in the U.S, six in Canada and seven in Puerto Rico. The Company also operates five insurance subsidiaries. For the nine months ended 9/98, revenues rose 7% to $878.2 million. Income according to US GAAP before extraordinary items and applicable to Com. fell 91% to $1.1 million. Results reflect acquisitions, offset by increased increased interest expenses related to expansion. 52-week Range 3/4 - 28 7/8 Earn/Shr 0.44 P/E 4.26 Mkt Cap 125.0M Div/Shr N/A Yield N/A tscn.com sue