SONE - (recommended to subscribers on 4/19/03 at
$3.95)
On
February 13th S1 Corporation, a software provider for the financial
services
industry, reported 4th quarter revenue of $63.9 million which was down
18% from the 4th quarter of 2001 but up 9% sequentially. Net earnings
were
$1.2 million or 2 cents per share. Net income from continuing
operations
was $4.2 million or 6 cents a share. This was the first time SONE
reported
a quarterly profit. On April 7th SONE said they expect a 1st quarter
loss
of 11-13 cents per share on revenue of $58-60 million. 11 cents of the
loss would be due to restructuring and other cost saving measures. S1
Corporation
has a book value of $2.38 per share. They have cash and investments of
$142.7 million or $1.95 per share and they carry no debt. The stock
trades
slightly over 1x sales.
Looking at the
chart you can see that in
July 2002 the stock found support in the high $3 range. In October 2002
the stock briefly traded as low as $3.41. It is currently testing the
high
$3 range again. If you look at a 1 month chart, you can see that on
Friday
SONE broke out of its short-term downtrend. I posted the long term
chart
because that is the one that really counts.
UPDATE
11/09/03 - RECOMMEND CLOSING POSITION.
SOLD 11/10/03 - SOLD
AT $9.18 FOR A 132% GAIN.
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