No. of Recommendations: 0
Palm msft nok <Fill in Name>
Current Period Year-ago Period Year-over-Year Current Period Current Period Current Period
1999(6 mo) 1998(6 mo) Growth <Date> <Date> <Date>
Income Statement . . .
Sales 258,555 147,233 75.6% 5,384 5,223
Cost of Goods Sold 148,018 84,289 75.6% 712 3,282
Net Income 12,862 8,117 58.5% 2,191 662
Shares Outstanding 532,000 532,000 0.0%
Balance Sheet . . .
Cash & Equivalents 29,568 478 6085.8% 18,902,000 3,455,000
Current Assets 224,308 130,229 72.2% 21,963,000 9,963,000
Short-term Debt 190 668 -71.6% 0 469,000
Current Liabilities 220,543 117,547 87.6% 8,332,000 6,059,000
Long-term Debt 395 682 -42.1% 980,000 285,000
1 1 0 Competitors' Average
Margins & Ratios . . .
Gross Margins 42.8% 42.8% 0.0 86.8% 37.2% 62.0%
Net Margins 5.0% 5.5% -0.5 40.7% 12.7% 26.7%
Cash-to-Debt 50.54 0.35 14174.9% 19.29 4.58 12.89
Net Cash 28983.0 -872.0 N/A 17922000.0 2701000.0 10311500.0
Fool Flow Ratio 0.88 1.11 -20.4% 0.37 1.16 0.77
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Ranking Rule Makers
1) Brand Points (0-1) 3) Financial Direction Points (0-3)
Familiarity 1 Sales Growth 3
Openness 1 Gross Margins 3
Optimism 1 Net Margins 2
Legitimacy 1 Shares Outstanding 2
Inevitability 0 Cash-to-Debt 2
Solitariness 0 Fool Flow Ratio 3
Humor 1 Expansion Potential 3
Subtotal 5 Subtotal 18
2) Financial Location Points (0-2) 4) Monopoly Status Points (0-4)
Mass Market Habit 1 Gross Margins 0
Gross Margins 1 Net Margins 0
Net Margins 0 Net Cash 0
Cash-to-Debt 2 Fool Flow Ratio 0
Fool Flow Ratio 2 Convenience 2
Your Interest 2 Subtotal 2
Subtotal 8
5) Your Enjoyment 1
Total Score 34 Third Tier
Notes:
Palm's main competition is Windows CE. Whether nok
should be included is debatable, but palm gets killed
in monopoly whether nok is included or not.
Palm had a Cash King margin of 13.9%
