The Deen's List(TM) A service of Deen Capital Management, Inc. (www.deencapital.com) Vol.1 #71 Thursday December 4 2003 10:54am ET Please read carefully our disclaimers at the end of this newsletter. Market stance: BULLISH (since Oct 3 2003) ******************************* Contents ******************************* Bought FWHT Sold RE ********************** Bought FindWhat.com (FWHT) ********************** Net buy price in managed accounts(*)... $17.54 Yesterday's close (Dec 03)............. $17.78 Net change (based on net buy price).... -$0.24 Today's volume as of 10:37am ET........ 494,153 ($8.7 million) Average daily volume................... 973,800 ($17.1 million) This year's earnings-per-share......... $0.50 (est) Next year's earnings-per-share......... $0.64 (est) P/E using next year's earnings......... 27.5 (est) Earnings growth rate, next 5 years..... 35.0% per year (est) (*) The "Net buy price" is the total net purchase cost after commissions for all managed accounts divided by the total number of shares. FindWhat.com (www.findwhat.com) develops and markets performance-based advertising services for the Internet. Clients pay for each visitor delivered to their Web site. Here's why I bought this stock: + News: On Wed Dec 3, the company announced a deal with Verizon. Verizon SuperPages.com, the largest online yellow pages directory service in the U.S., will use FindWhat.com technology to improve advertising options for businesses that market products and services to specific local markets. + A "true surprise"(*): Prior to the news, the stock was trading near a 5-month low, 46% off its September high. Then, on Wed Dec 3, the stock soared 19.7% to $17.78 on about 4.7 times average daily volume. (*) "True surprise" is my term to describe a company news item that ignites heavy buying and that was not preceded by a short-term runup in the stock price (i.e. not preceded by rumor). + Excellent recent sales growth: Here are the quarterly year-to-year sales growth rates from the last four quarters, in chronological order: +68%, +82%, +80%, and, most recently, for the quarter ended Sep 30, +62% to $17.8 million. + Excellent recent earnings-per-share growth: Here are the quarterly EPS figures for the last eight quarters: Dec 02 vs Dec 01: 14c vs 8c Mar 03 vs Mar 02: 13c vs 10c Jun 03 vs Jun 02: 12c vs 13c Sep 03 vs Sep 02: 12c vs 9c + Earnings growth projections: Next year's earnings-per-share are expected to come in at 64c according to First Call; that's 28% better than this year's projection of 50c. The 5-year earnings growth rate is projected at 35% per year. + Valuation: At 27 times next year's estimated earnings, the stock is attractively priced. + History of earnings surprises: This company has reported earnings ahead of estimates in three of the past four quarters. The above items were so compelling that I chose to buy the stock in spite of the following negative factor: - Falling estimate for 2004: The earnings projection for 2004 cited above of 64c is down from a projection of 68c 90 days ago. ******************* Sold Everest Re Group Ltd. (RE) ******************** Net sell price in managed accounts(*).... $81.19 Date(s) bought........................... Nov 24 2003 Net buy price in managed accounts(*)..... $80.36 Holding period........................... 1.4 weeks Gain/loss in managed accounts............ +1.0% (after commissions) (*) The net buy (sell) price is the total net cost (proceeds) after commissions for all managed accounts divided by the total number of shares. 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