Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!tbul From: tbul@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.invest Subject: Two stock buys - (nf) Message-ID: <52900010@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 14:01:00 EDT Article-I.D.: trsvax.52900010 Posted: Tue Aug 28 14:01:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 31-Aug-84 02:42:52 EDT Lines: 47 Nf-ID: #N:trsvax:52900010:000:1882 Nf-From: trsvax!tbul Aug 28 13:01:00 1984 #N:trsvax:52900010:000:1882 trsvax!tbul Aug 28 13:01:00 1984 Below are listed two companies that I am interested in purchasing some stock from. While I am waiting for the quarterly, annual and 10-K reports, I thought I would ask if there is any explanation to why they are selling so low (as well as any other useful information). Any ideas? Intelligent Systems (otc) The company recently is trading at about $12.00 but has a range of $8.5 to $22.5. They have recently bought Quadram Corp and Princeton Graphic Systems. Earnings have been advancing for about 5 years. The company makes color graphic display terminals and plug in boards as well as other computer hardware products. The numbers for the company look good with the exception of a rather large institutional holding (well, more than I like anyway). The only hint of a cloud that I have been able to spot is that competition is getting more aggressive along with the general slowness in the personal computer industry. The company still expects earnings growth in the future. Management Science America (otc) This company has recently sold for about $13 while having a range in the last year of from $10 to $33. They are the largest independent supplier of applications software. They own Peachtree Software (a subsidiary). Earnings have advanced since 1976 (that is as far back as I have been able to find). The numbers for this company also look quite good except for the institutional holdings. This holding accounts for, if I remember correctly, about 38% of the stock. The only cloud comes from the same storm described above. Let me know if you have heard any rumors/facts about these two companies. The information that I have on them comes from the library by the way... Thomas Bulkowski (that's bull-cow-ski) allegra!convex!ctvax!trsvax!tbul Fort Worth, Texas O O O Official Senior Software Engineer of the 1984 Olympics O O