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Plantronics (NYSE: PLT)

An SI Board Since February 1998

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Emcee: gary	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Market Data Compact

This company has had phenominal growth over the past several years.

Plantronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets lightweight communication headsets and headset accessories and services. PLT also manufactures specialty telephone products. For the six months ended 9/27/97, net sales rose 19% to $110.6 million. Net income rose 28% to $17.7 million. Revenues reflect increased sales in the international market. Net income also reflects increased gross margins due to improved manufacturing efficiencies and cost reduction programs.

Recent Earnings Announcement

For the quarter ended DEC 1997, revenues were 62,017; after tax earnings were 10,421.

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 26.75%
Return on Equity (ttm) 142.88%!

They were public a few years ago, then a leverage buy-out took them private. They went public again several years ago with great success.

They have instituted a buy-back program recently as well as profit sharing and equity plans for employees.

My only concern is the low trading volume. It is typically around 18K/day.

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28	Individual Investor says investor support to grow for PLT Analyst David Peltier	Doug (Htfd,CT)	-	8/12/2000
27	PLT earns $ 1.15 for this quarter! Beats the Street expectation of $ 1.07!	Ram Seetharaman	-	7/18/2000
26	After warning about "slightly less than the 85 cents a share it earned in	Artslaw	-	10/13/1999
25	08/26 11:28P (DJ) +DJ Plantronics Sees FY '00 Net $3.55-$3.70/Shr, Below Vi	Anthony Tsai	-	8/27/1999
24	PLT earnings $.81/share mean on First Call was $.80/share so 1 cent better	Anthony Tsai	-	4/20/1999
23	Another article about speech recognition technology; says "Research compan	Mr Bones	-	1/15/1999
22	Thanks for the education. You make a compelling argument for HELO. Peace, Mr B	Mr Bones	-	1/15/1999
21	PLT's headsets are certainly very high quality, and HELO agrees, and carrie	Sid Turtlman	-	1/14/1999
20	> So HELO is Dell to PLT's Compaq, I respectfully disagree. It took me	Mr Bones	-	1/14/1999
19	In general I hate it when people pitch stock X on the thread of stock Y, but I	Sid Turtlman	-	1/14/1999
18	Dragon Systems, America Online enter pact PLT relevance -- Dragon is a leader	Mr Bones	-	1/13/1999
17	Yeah boy! The only estimate I saw (from Yahoo) was .70 which they beat by more	Mr Bones	-	1/12/1999
16	Earnings announcement. I checked Stockselector.com and it looks like they exce	gary	-	1/12/1999
15	Plantronics Files Registration Statement for SPO biz.yahoo.com	Mr Bones	-	1/8/1999
14	This stock looks greats on the charts. PLT is breaking out everyday with this	Anthony Tsai	-	12/30/1998
13	Plantronics to Be Added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index What did I tell you, Tom	Mr Bones	-	12/22/1998
12	Hi Tom, Nice to know I'm not alone on this thread. I bought into PLT about	Mr Bones	-	12/22/1998
11	Mr. Bones -- what's your conclusion about PLT? I'm taking a look at PL	tom r. phillips	-	12/22/1998
10	Plantronics Announces Plan to Retire Senior Notes This will erase their LT deb	Mr Bones	-	12/2/1998
9	Hi all, I'm evaluating this stock for purchase, and I like what I see so fa	Mr Bones	-	11/11/1998
8	Anybody know who bought so much of PLT the other day, when the price drove up t	Steven Luper	-	7/23/1998
7	Bigger jumps: that seems to be happening already, given the volume of trade t	Steven Luper	-	7/21/1998
6	Amazing isn't it? A company that seems to be misunderstood. Even in this	gary	-	7/21/1998
5	Odd that there's no discussion here. There's a good chance PLT is abou	Steven Luper	-	7/20/1998
4	Why is this discussion so dead? The stock is doing gang-busters these days...	gary	-	6/2/1998

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