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Cover Story
Most Public Tech Firms Fail to Make
Money
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| Company |
52-Week High |
Recent Price |
Trailing
12 Months EPS |
Trailing
12 Months Earnings |
| PSINet |
$61 |
$1 |
($8.11) |
-$1,320.4 (3) |
| Nextel
Communications |
83 |
23 |
-1.35 |
-815.0 (4) |
| XO Communications |
64 |
15 |
-2.93 |
-810.9 (3) |
| Teligent |
100 |
1.5 |
-14.19 |
-808.0 (4) |
| E.spire |
17 |
1 |
-7.05 |
-293.6 (4) |
| Motient |
42 |
4 |
-7.03 |
-269.7 (3) |
| MicroStrategy |
333 |
9 |
-3.58 |
-261.0 (4) |
| Metrocall |
17 |
1 |
-3.7 |
-207.3 (3) |
| Primus Telecommunications Group |
51 |
3 |
-4.4 |
-175.0 (4) |
| Network Access
Solutions |
35 |
1 |
-3.18 |
-119.0 (4) |
| LifeMinders |
95 |
2 |
-4.59 |
-110.0 (4) |
| NX Networks |
28 |
1 |
-4.32 |
-106.4 (3) |
| Net2000 |
39 |
3 |
-3.01 |
-96.0 (4) |
| Telecorp PCS |
52 |
20 |
-0.79 |
-89.4 (4) |
| Via Net.Works |
70 |
5 |
-1.4 |
-74.2 (4) |
| webMethods |
294 |
31 |
-1.14 |
-66.0 (3) |
| MusicMaker |
48 |
6 |
-18.03 |
-57.8 (3) |
| Xybernaut |
25 |
2 |
-0.63 |
-24.2 (4) |
| Online Resources Corp. |
25 |
3 |
-1.64 |
-19.0 (4) |
| Netplex Group |
19 |
1 |
-1.24 |
-18.7 (3) |
| Vcampus |
19 |
1 |
-1.86 |
-11.4 (3) |
| Socrates
Technologies |
6 |
1 |
-0.7 |
-11.2 (1) |
| ITC Learning |
3 |
1 |
-2.32 |
-9.1 (2) |
| Crosswalk.com |
6 |
1 |
-1.11 |
-9.0 (4) |
| SAFLINK Corp. |
9 |
1 |
-0.38 |
-6.9 (3) |
| Talk |
18 |
2 |
-0.04 |
-5.6 (3) |
| Proxicom |
57 |
5 |
-0.09 |
-5.2 (4) |
| Landmark
Systems |
7 |
3 |
-0.2 |
-3.0 (4) |
| Apache Medical |
6 |
1 |
-0.37 |
-2.8 (3) |
| Infodata
Systems |
6 |
1 |
-0.34 |
-1.6 (3) |
Earnings reflect one-time gain on investment in Home Financial Network;
EBITDA is negative.
Data: WSRN.com (Wall Street Research Net), March 8, data (1) First quarter (2) Second
quarter (3) Third quarter (4) Fourth quarter
*In millions
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