Rick Sherlund
Rick Sherlund
difficulty looks pipeline turning
They said the pipeline looks strong, but they've had difficulty turning that in to revenue,
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We trimmed estimates last week to reflect even more sluggish PC demand, the potential for slower server growth and slower on-line advertising for MSN,
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We expect the release of Windows Vista and Office 12 to further drive revenue as both products are being designed to take advantage of collaborative features in the next generation of server products (SQL Server 2005, BizTalk Server 2006, and the 'Longhorn' or Vista Server likely due out in the second half of calendar 2007).
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The stock may not yet be entirely out of the woods if the December quarter results do not show some further re-acceleration in corporate PC demand, at which point there may be a better basis for revising estimates further,
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The stock had been at about this level just a month ago, and I think this is going to continue to be a damper, at least for the next three months or so. The news doesn't look like it's going to be good for a while.
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Estimating results has been like catching a falling knife this year and we do not believe Street estimates yet capture the magnitude of capital spending constraints going into 2002, particularly considering anecdotal data coming out of Europe.
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The results were above our estimates, which had been reduced during the quarter given evidence of slowing PC demand.
build stock year
As the year progresses, the stock will build its multiple.
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We have spoken with management and there are currently no plans for an pre-announcement, as business appears to be tracking in line with expectations,
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We believe there will be an increase in revenue and earnings momentum and a corresponding benefit to the stock as Windows Vista and Office 12 upgrade cycles begin late in the year.
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Microsoft cannot easily be broken up. It is a unitary company with one management team, one headquarters, one set of sales and marketing offices, one sales force, one product support organization, one basic research unit, etc.
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Microsoft's market cap right now is $208 billion. If you were to combine Ford and General Motors market cap(s) . . . that would only equal half of (Microsoft's) market cap. Granted, (Microsoft) by far is the premier growth company in the world today. But again, it is trading at 60 times earnings,
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Microsoft's management has not changed its posture on the quarter, but we believe recent data suggests that Street estimates may need to come down,
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Microsoft needs to show all the 'eye candy' features that reside in Vista.