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PECN Publishers Equipment Corp.

An SI Board Since November 1998

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Emcee: Charlie	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Publishers Equipment Corp Ticker: PECN

ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBERS
Publishers Equipment Corp
16660 Dallas Parkway
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75248

PHONE: (972) 931-2312
FAX: (972) 931-2399

OFFICERS:
Evans Kostas, Chmn./Pres./CEO
Roger R. Baier, VP-Fin./CFO/Treas.

Direct inquiries to: Evans Kostas, Chmn./Pres./CEO.

TRANSFER AGENT: Keycorp Shareholder Services, Inc.

MARKET MAKERS: HRZG PGON WIEN FRAN MASH USTC ERNS

Company incorporated 1979 in TX.
FY END DEC

EPS $ 0.12
P/E 1.38
Book Value $ 0.72
Price/Book 0.22
52W High $ 0.41
52W Low $ 0.16

Shares Out 5.22 Mil
Float 2.20 Mil

Common no Par, 11/98, 9M auth., 5,220,253 o/s
Insiders own 37%. Koenig & Bauer AG owns 21%.

EMPLOYEES
# Employees 111
Sales/Employee 161,712

PECN markets single-width web offset press to the
newspaper, commercial and semi-commercial printing markets
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, King Press Corp. For
the 9 months ended 9/98, revenues rose 58% to $12M. Net
income totalled $285K vs. a loss of $135K. Revenues
benefited from increased sales to domestic customers due to
improved market conditions. Net income also benefited from
lower S/G/A expenses as a percentage of sales.

HISTORICAL QUARTERLY SUMMARY

REVENUE 1997 1998
1st Qtr MAR 2,456 1,966
2nd Qtr JUN 3,541 4,527
3rd Qtr SEP 1,632 5,529
4th Qtr DEC 5,928

EPS (per share)
1st Qtr MAR 0.020 -0.030
2nd Qtr JUN 0.010 0.040
3rd Qtr SEP -0.060 0.040
4th Qtr DEC 0.061

COMPANY COMPARISON to the MACHINERY and S&P 500 AGGREGATES

VALUATION RATIOS: COMPANY INDUSTRY S&P 500

P/E Ratio 1.38 16.63 29.56
Price to Tangible Book 0.22 6.87 10.60
Price to Book 0.22 3.02 7.22
Price to Free Cash Flow 0.92 27.00 43.61

3 Yr EPS Growth 39.12 19.35 16.90

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10	Publishers Equipment Corporation Releases Second Quarter 1999 Earnings DAL	CrazyTrain	-	8/5/1999
9	Stock at .22/.27 on OTC BB: March 25, 1999 PUBLISHERS EQUIPMENT CORP (PECN)	GARY P GROBBEL	-	3/25/1999
8	Boob...I believe the soft qtr was forecast in their filing for the 3rd qtr, and	GARY P GROBBEL	-	3/20/1999
7	that is true, year by year is excellent,,,3rd quarter vs. 3rd quarter was excel	Boob	-	3/20/1999
6	Boob...they earned 6 cents a share....revenues were up for year...their orders	GARY P GROBBEL	-	3/20/1999
5	Disappointed with the drastic revenue drop from 1997 Q4 to 1998 Q4,,about 40% l	Boob	-	3/20/1999
4	Here are the yearly numbers....PECN did 6 cents against 3 cents prior year...st	GARY P GROBBEL	-	3/19/1999
3	To All I can not beleive this stock!Not only is it underpriced at the	Alan Garland Brown	-	2/14/1999
2	Thanks Charlie for starting this thread.... Historically speaking the fourth q	Boob	-	11/21/1998
1	Bottom line is, this is a profitable company that is trading at less then a thi	Charlie	-	11/19/1998

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