StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
January 24, 2005
| Stock: |
Lawson Software, Inc. |
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| Ticker Symbol: |
LWSN - Nasdaq - Software and
Programming |
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| Buy: |
6.00 to 6.50 |
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| Sell: |
9.00 + |
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Info: |
Lawson Software, Inc.
(Lawson) provides business application software,
services and support to specific service
industries. The Company's software includes
financials, human resources, procurement,
healthcare supply chain, distribution, retail
operations, service process optimization and
enterprise performance management applications
designed to help manage, analyze and improve its
client's businesses. It's software applications
automate and integrate critical business
processes, facilitating collaboration among its
clients and their partners, suppliers and
employees. The Company has more than 2,000
clients, primarily in markets, such as
healthcare, government and education, retail,
financial services, including banking, insurance
and other financial services, and professional
services. The Company's software is comprised of
core business applications; enterprise
performance management applications, and
software extension tools. |
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| Financial Info: |
For the six months ended
11/30/04, revenues decreased 4% to $165.7
million. Net loss totaled $3.4 million vs. an
income of $2 million |
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| Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 2.41, Total Debt/Equity: 0.008, Trailing
P/E: 342.11x, Forward P/E: 29.55x, Price/Book:
2.32, Price/Sales: 1.80 |
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| Share Info: |
There are 99.09
million shares outstanding with 59.40
million shares in the trading
float. Institutions own
approximately 42.80% of the shares outstanding.
There have been no insider purchases and 5
insider sales totaling 49,000 shares in the last six months.
Real-Time SEC
Filings
As of 12/8/2004, there were 1.26 million shares short.
Net Institutional Selling: 1.423 million shares: prior to latest
quarter. |
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| Articles: |
LAWSON SOFTWARE INC Files
SEC form 8-K, Entry Material Agreement,
Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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