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Earnings Administrator |
posted 02-01-2001 06:59 PM
 
Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year About.com (BOUT): -$0.05, -$0.07, -$0.57 |
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InvestorGuide Daily Administrator |
posted 11-01-2000 06:41 PM
Monday's acquisition of content Web site About by magazine publishing powerhouse Primedia provided a sobering lesson on the perils of playing net stocks as buyout targets, or even as long-term investments. It also sends a disquieting message about the near-term future of the sector, just when many are saying that the worst is past. What is certain is that only nimble traders ever had a shot at making money in About. (source: Forbes) http://www.forbes.com/2000/11/01/1101simons.html |
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InvestorGuide Daily Administrator |
posted 10-30-2000 06:19 PM
Magazine publisher Primedia will buy About.com in a stock deal currently valued at $690 million. Primedia will exchange 2.3409 shares of its stock for each share of About.com stock. (source: MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/archive/20001030/news/current/prm.htx |
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Earnings Administrator |
posted 10-23-2000 06:20 PM
Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year About.com (BOUT): -$0.18, -$0.23, -$1.08 |
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Earnings Administrator |
posted 07-19-2000 07:04 PM
Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year About.com (BOUT): -$0.33, -$0.44, -$1.69 |
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newsman |
posted 01-26-2000 12:42 PM
Investors seem pretty happy with About's numbers. The stock rose 41% after the announcement. Revenues of $13 million, up 500% from the same period a year ago and up 65% sequentially. The DLJ analyst who covers About is looking for 2000 revenues of $88.6 million, and set a $150 12-month price target on the stock. |
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Srini |
posted 12-21-1999 12:18 PM
According to the latest numbers, About.com grew 26% in November over October, in terms of number of unique visitors (now about 11 million). A lot of e-commerce sites are reporting increased traffic as Christmas approaches, but I think About.com's growth is more remarkable because they're not an e-commerce site. |
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Ronnie Rogers |
posted 11-19-1999 03:13 PM
Here's a pretty good article about About.com: http://www.gomez.com/features/article.cfm?topcat_id=0&id=3601 |
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Trader Joe |
posted 10-20-1999 10:41 AM
They have a market cap of $600 million and their site consists of about 600 topic-specific guides. Visit one of those guides and see if you can find one million dollars of value... |
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diligence |
posted 10-18-1999 04:49 PM
The company is growing, but they still losing a LOT of money, and I'm skeptical about whether they'll ever be profitable. On the plus side, they've raised their advertising rates from $45 cpm to $51 cpm on average. On the minus side, they're only generating $15 per thousand page views, which tells me that they are only selling about a third of their available space. |
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scripter |
posted 10-18-1999 12:14 PM
About.com's reach continues to grow. In August, About.com reached 14.1% of online households in August, up from 13.1% in July and 11.5% in June. Unique visitors increased to 8.9 million in August from 8.3 million in July. Media Metrix ranks About.com among the top 15 web properties, and ranks it #1 in news, information and entertainment sites. I wouldn't be surprised if About.com achieved a top 10 ranking by the end of the year. |
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smario |
posted 10-18-1999 08:51 AM
I love earnings season, especially when nothing seems to make any sense. Last week, About.com went up 3 after releasing third-quarter "earnings." Apparently, a third-quarter loss of $1.04 a share was "better" than a 4-analyst estimate of a $1.27 per-share loss. |
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Trader Joe |
posted 10-07-1999 02:21 PM
In theory they might have some new and intriguing ideas for this money, but a more likely explanation is that they need the cash to continue to operate at a loss and/or they want to increase their ad spending. The fact that it's an equity offering rather than a debt offering probably means that they feel the stock price is overvalued and/or they're not financially sound enough to get a low interest rate on their debt. Filings usually have some details on what the planned purpose is for the money, but they're often vague, so checking out the prospectus might not offer any clues. |
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infooverload |
posted 10-07-1999 12:13 PM
About.com was stumbling 3 1/8 yesterday, or 5.25, to 57 5/16 after it said it had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a 3.5 million-share offering. Is this kind of move ever a good sign? To me, it signals a lack of cash to cover the current situation, but it also could potentially signal need for additional cash to cover new and intriguing plans and ideas. ??? |
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InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator |
posted 10-03-1999 08:48 PM
The CEO of About.com says he considers adaptability and hard work essential to online success. http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0929/cip-bigfish.html |
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