David McNett :: tosser.txt

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:49:06 -0600
From: David McNett 
To: The ALG General Discussion List 
Subject: Re: [alg] Stocks

On 23-Jan-2004, Michael H. Collins wrote:
> Oh I know.  They have many more shares, but I still bet bill ain't 
> happy.  M$ was >$60.00 when RH jumped into the fray IIRC.

Yes, and MSFT split in February 2003 which means that adjusted they're
right around $60.00.  Not much growth, but its been a bad market.
You simply can't compare share prices like you're trying to do.  They
don't mean anything in that context.

RedHat still hasn't even regained their IPO valuation.

Comparing the two companies:

                  MSFT     RHAT
 
Market Cap:      307.72B      3.52B   (RHAT is 1/100th the size of MSFT)
EPS:               0.816      0.047   (MSFT earns 17x more per share)
P/E:               34.94     427.23   (Yow!)
QT Revenues:       8.22B      0.03B   (MSFT made 274x more than RHAT)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=MSFT&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=RHAT

One of these lines represents a successful company.

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