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Gupta(GPTAE) -- A possible turnaround?

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Emcee: Jim Tao	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Gupta makes graphic user interface tool software for application developers used on data base. This company was not profitable since its IPO. But recently, it announced that in the history of the company, it is going to have a profitable quarter. It has changed its top management. The original founder and CEO Mr. Gupta has retired. And they have been working on the market strategies to increase their visibility. I was told by my friend that their products are much better than that of their competitors. They have installed a large base on some prominent companies like Ford, AT&T..etc. Their balance sheet is not bad, as far as I can remember(I’ve not get a chance to read their recent report), very small debt and a good cash position. The drawback of this company is that they face very strong competitions from established companies like Sybase.
It could be a turn around play given the facts that the recent profitability and new management.
Comments are welcome.

Jim

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89	UPDATE: The active CNTR thread has been moved by the webmaster to the "	Richard Tan	-	11/16/1996
88	Thanks for the info. I have not seen it yet but I will certainly be looking fo	null	-	11/10/1996
87	Like all good things, this thread must eventually also come to an end! (Tongue	null	-	11/10/1996
86	BYTE Magazine compared the new versions of PowerBuilder and Centura Team Develo	Barry Nance	-	11/10/1996
85	Let's keep this thread breathing. Does anybody know any new development a	Shinie	-	11/10/1996
84	They do seem to be hiring... centurasoft.com	Jon Teichrow	-	10/31/1996
83	Yup still here. Haven't given up on CNTR. There is little news, though.	Ajay Gupta	-	10/30/1996
82	EVERYONE: Someone bought a block of 50,000 shares as soon as the market opened	null	-	10/29/1996
81	STEVE: Ok, a few thousand, or a few hundred thousand, or whatever you like. I	null	-	10/29/1996
80	Hmmm...when you say something to do effect that at worst, you could lose a few	seth thomas	-	10/29/1996
79	I do see a fundamentally sound business PLAN. And apparently so do others who	null	-	10/28/1996
78	Leo, it's a free country, and anyone can say anything, short of libel. BUt	seth thomas	-	10/27/1996
77	Thanks, Leo. Let's watch what is going to happen......	Shinie	-	10/26/1996
76	ps. The cash going in the fund will likely go mostly to the lawyers, you could	null	-	10/26/1996
75	I agree. No, I have no idea of what the date is but would welcome any speculat	null	-	10/26/1996
74	You are welcome. No cash - stock only. BTW, it reached $4.00 already WITHOUT	null	-	10/26/1996
73	Thanks for the info. I vaguely recall figuring that I would get about $2 or 3/	seth thomas	-	10/26/1996
72	Thanks for the detail information. Acutally that was what I thought, it has	Shinie	-	10/26/1996
71	Cathy Nong, David Richardson, Steven Farber: The following text should clarify	null	-	10/26/1996
70	WARNING -- UNSOPHISTICATED INVESTORS -- If you are an unsophisticated investor	seth thomas	-	10/25/1996
69	I agree with your idea. They did making good products. The recent trend seems	Chris Lee	-	10/25/1996
68	yes, you could be right.	seth thomas	-	10/25/1996
67	My recollection is it has to be over $6.	Shinie	-	10/25/1996
66	Several points: 1) I recall that there is a mixture of cash and stock in the s	seth thomas	-	10/25/1996
65	The irony is that you are going to own more shares of CNTR in the future! I ass	David Richardson	-	10/25/1996

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