StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
October 6th, 2003
| Stock: |
Bookham
Technology PLC |
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| Ticker Symbol: |
BKHM - Nasdaq -
Communication Equipment |
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| Buy: |
2.25 to 2.30 |
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| Sell: |
6.00 + |
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| Info: |
Bookham
Technology plc designs,
manufactures and markets optical
components, modules and
subsystems for the
telecommunications industry. The
Company also manufactures high-speed
electronics components for the
telecommunications, defense and
space industries. The Company has
five direct or indirect wholly
owned subsidiaries, one of which
is a holding company. The
Company's subsidiaries are
located in the United States,
Canada, Japan and Switzerland.
The Company designs, manufactures
and markets components that
generate, detect, route, amplify
and control light signals
primarily in telecommunications
networks. The Company has three
key technology platforms based on
gallium arsenide (for modulation),
indium phosphide (for tunability)
and silicon. Bookham's products
are primarily configured for use
in metropolitan and long-haul
networks and include WDM (wavelength
division multiplexing)/DWDM (dense
wavelength division multiplexing)
applications. |
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| Financial Info: |
For the
six months ended 6/30/03,
revenues totaled L42.1 million up
from L12.7 million. Net loss
increased 13% to L42.3M. |
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| Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 3.42; Total Debt/Equity: 0.30,
P/E: N/A, Price/Book: 2.52, Price/Sales:
4.43 |
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| Share Info: |
There are 204.95
million shares outstanding with
102.50 million shares in the
trading float. Institutions own
approximately 50.0% of the shares
outstanding. There have been no
insiders buying or selling shares
in the last six months.
As of 9/8/2003, there were 2.54
million shares short.
Net Institutional Buying: 154,000
shares: prior to latest quarter. |
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| Articles: |
Optical Keyhole
Interviews Bookham Tech and Ignis
Optics |
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