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Cotelligent Group, Inc. (CGZ)
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Emcee:  JakeStraw Type:  Unmoderated
Cotelligent Group, Inc. Announces Record Third Quarter
Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cotelligent Group Inc a leading provider of
information technology (IT) consulting services today announced record results of operations for
the three months and nine months ended December 31, 1996. The Company operates from
offices located in 17 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States.

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS:

* Pro forma earnings per share of $0.18 compared to $0.15 for the

comparable period in the prior year.

* Acquired three businesses with seven operating locations.

* Number of consultants increased during the quarter by 233 to 1,467.

Pro forma revenues increased $10.0 million, or 38%, to $36.2 million for the three months ended
December 31, 1996 as compared to $26.2 million for the same period in fiscal 1996. Pro forma
net income increased $556,000 or 50%, to a record $1.7 million for the quarter ended December
31, 1996 compared to $1.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 1995. Pro forma earnings
per share for the third quarter of fiscal 1997 increased 20% to $0.18 compared to $0.15 per
share for the third quarter of fiscal 1996. Pro forma revenues increased $21.6 million, or 28%, to
$99.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 1996 compared to $77.9 million for the
nine months ended December 31, 1995. Pro forma net income for the nine months ended
December 31, 1996 increased $1.6 million, or 52%, to $4.6 million compared to $3.0 million for
the nine months ended December 31, 1995. Pro forma earnings per share for the first nine months
of fiscal 1997 was $0.49, or a 17% increase over the $0.42 for the first nine months of fiscal
1996.

Revenues increased $25.6 million, or 243% to $36.2 million from $10.6 million for the three
months ended December 31, 1996 as compared to the same period in fiscal 1996. Net income
increased $858,000, or 164%, to $1.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 1997 from $524,000 in
the same period in fiscal 1996. Earnings per share for the third quarter of 1997 after deducting
non-recurring transaction costs of $322,000 incurred in connection with an acquisition accounted
for as a pooling of interests was $0.15. For the nine months ended December 31, 1996, revenues
increased $66.5 million, or 202%, to $99.4 million from $32.9 million in the corresponding period
in the prior year. Net income for the nine month period ended December 31, 1996 increased $1.3
million, or 70%, to $3.2 million as compared to $1.9 million in the same period in the prior year.
Earnings per share for the nine months ended December 31, 1996 after deducting non-recurring
transaction costs of $1.1 million incurred in connection with four acquisitions accounted for as
poolings of interests was $0.34.

"We continue to be pleased with our operating results. The acquisition of Pittsburgh Business
Consultants during the quarter validates our strategy of growth through the acquisition of successful
local and regional companies," stated James R. Lavelle, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Michael L. Evans, President and Chief Operating Officer, added, "Our increased national
presence has favorably changed the way we are received, offering Cotelligent access to increased
national marketing opportunities."
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45 Thursday June 17, 4:05 pm Eastern Time Note: there is a subsequent correction faugustus-6/17/1999
44 Changing of the Guard Are all old COTL players gone? Took a position a coupaugustus-6/16/1999
43 CGZ appears to be on the move. Up today 1 1/8 with 125% avg vol. This sector (eChris Hansen-12/30/1998
42 I listened to the CC. As far as I could tell not much more was said than was iJoseph Waligore-10/28/1998
41 Don't believe password is required...Pierre Mondieu-10/28/1998
40 Do we have to have any password to hear the CC? The earnings sure look great. Joseph Waligore-10/28/1998
39 Agree, I too think they beat street. On a good report we should get to around m33806-10/27/1998
38 Cotelligent reporting 10/27 after the close...conference call 10/28, 8:30 am, Pierre Mondieu-10/26/1998
37 Stock price finally getting back to levels that represent a reasonable valuatiPierre Mondieu-9/29/1998
36 Breaking $17 today on mild volume. Seems to be a good base occurring every few upndn-9/18/1998
35 And now after some weekend review; Monday September 14, 10:05 am Eastern Time upndn-9/14/1998
34 Excellent move today after a couple of larger block trades, 14 7/16 +1 9/16 volupndn-9/11/1998
33 And now more good news; <<<CHICAGO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A.G. Edwards supndn-9/5/1998
32 !!!Yes!!! CGZ to buy back up to 2 million shares. I was wondering if the companupndn-9/4/1998
31 CGZ is known as a staffing company and comparable companies have also had no boRon Kory-9/3/1998
30 >>>>Makes no logical sense whatsoever--purely technical.<<<upndn-9/2/1998
29 CGZ is mainly in the "implementations" part of the business. That iPierre Mondieu-9/2/1998
28 You got that right! CGZ is down even after today's huge rally. It would Kevin Michael-9/1/1998
27 no, it's not easy at all. All generally accepted fundamental analysis curPierre Mondieu-8/27/1998
26 CGZ is very cheap but small caps are poison at the moment. The company reporteRon Kory-8/26/1998
25 Actually its market cap is only .66 times this past quarter's revenue, annPierre Mondieu-8/26/1998
24 Anyone still following? CGZ looks like a bargain but still keeps setting new lKevin Michael-8/25/1998
23 Cotelligent has chosen to avoid Y2k business so far. Pretty amazing grovvth toPierre Mondieu-7/12/1998
22 Check out the CGZ report at the Lehman web-site. It will probably disapear shoRon Kory-5/24/1998
21 Anyone seen the new research report issued by Prudential? Is Cotelligent specieric sahlin-4/10/1998
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