Technology Stocks | OBJECT DESIGN Inc.: Bargain of the year!!


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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (3029)8/2/1999 8:39:00 AM
From: hasbeen101   of 3194
 
Development before the Internet was not as much fun, said Coco Jaenicke, product marketing manager at Object Design Inc., Burlington, Mass

... and owning stock in ODIS used to be more fun before it became the fastest-shrinking database company in the world.

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To: hasbeen101 who wrote (3030)8/3/1999 6:25:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER   of 3194
 
It depends.... eXcelon will likely enjoy a triple-digit growth rate in the coming quarters --with revenues jumping from $200K in 99Q2 to $1 million by next year's 1stQ.
Regarding ObjectStore, if they can sustain an 11% Q-to-Q growth (as they had with '99 Q2-to-Q1 revenues) then we'll have $14.6M + $1.4M = $16M+ in revenue in 99Q3. All in all, we're in for a flat 1999-over-1998 revenue growth --hey, that's not too bad when compared with VSNTC and even RDBMS dinos. At least, we know the reason: the company had to concentrate and focus on its new eXcelon division while maintaining ObjectStore at a moderate cruising speed.

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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (3031)8/3/1999 6:54:00 AM
From: hasbeen101   of 3194
 
Gustave, your optimism is commendable but I don't really buy it. The trend rate of growth in the company's revenues has turned down significantly. One bad quarter might have been statistical noise. Two stinkers in a row is clear evidence that the business strategy (if it exists) is failing.

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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (3031)8/3/1999 7:05:00 AM
From: hasbeen101   of 3194
 
Gustave, Zack's shows the consensus earnings for this year as a LOSS of 14 cents, with next year a profit of 8 cents.

Compare these with the forecast of 30 cents EPS for 1998 and a subsequent 50% annual growth rate in earnings.

I will not be surprised if the stock price drops to $2. Sad but true.

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To: hasbeen101 who wrote (3033)8/3/1999 7:09:00 PM
From: BillCh   of 3194
 
WHAT A LOSER!!!!!
Down from 12 last year to 2 this year. What a way to decimate your portfolio!
This company is out of touch with reality. It hasn't caught on to the internet era, its very dsad. Lots of missed opportunities. LOTS OF MISSED SALES! NO REVENUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a dog!

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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (3029)8/3/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: BillCh   of 3194
 
ODI just doesn't get it. Customer relations is atrocious, so no wonder there's no learning in the company, no customer-orientation to bring to market what the customer wants. I guess they couldn't care that the stock has bombed either.

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To: BillCh who wrote (3034)8/3/1999 8:11:00 PM
From: Mike Kehler   of 3194
 
Judging from the sentiment on this thread, it's time to buy.

Just out of curiousity, just when exactly did the stock hit 2 this year?

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To: Mike Kehler who wrote (3036)8/3/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: BillCh   of 3194
 
Stock has been in the 2's a couple of imes already this year, and will no doubt remain there for a long time in future

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To: BillCh who wrote (3037)8/4/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: Mike Kehler   of 3194
 
IMO it is more likely that this stock will appreciate at least 100% over the next year. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

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To: Mike Kehler who wrote (3038)8/4/1999 6:29:00 AM
From: hasbeen101   of 3194
 
Mike, the odds of future price appreciation necessarily get better as the stock goes lower and lower. The underlying technology is great, but the pity is that it is not being marketed.

I would be inclined to buy more at $2, since last time I looked there was about $1 cash per share, so IMO things would have to start going even worse for the stock price to drop below $2. If somebody with the right strategy and marketing approach bought this company sometime in the next few years, it could still be a big winner. But IMO this is a strictly speculative situation depending on a totally new approach to running the business.

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