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50 Companies Rated: Who delivers the most (or least) earnings for their shareholders?

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Tuesday, April 22, 2003

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*VERY IMPORTANT DATA TO CONSIDER

While statistics make fascinating reading, without understanding the source and by the choice of comparisons, they can be made to say many things. Note that the Graphic Arts Industry comprises a number of dissimilar segments. It is challenging to compare the financial results across business models. Also, many of these companies are very diversified even outside this industry. This data alone does not provide the current health of any company and should only be used as a supplement to other available information. This is not to be construed as investment advice. Please contact your financial advisor before making investment decisions concerning any company listed here. We encourage you to request the full spreadsheet to conduct additional comparisons and analysis.

- We included only companies listed on the U.S. markets, NYSE or NASDAQ.

- Most of the companies on the list have 10 years of data included, though some have as few as 7 yearly reports. Using archived information and recent year-end announcements, WTT was able to calculate 11 years of financial information for 17 companies.

- The fiscal year end varies from company to company. For example, some are in April, some in June, and most at the end of December.

- If the financial reports were modified for any reason after the annual report was filed, it is possible those modifications were not made to the historical data.

- We make no indication of changes such as acquisitions or divestitures that might provide insight into revenue increases or decreases.

- There is no reference to unusual and one-time charges that might affect reported income or loss.

- ImageX, Printcafe, Wallace and Corel are all in various stages of being acquired or in formal negotiations to be acquired by other organizations.

Source of historical financials: Hoovers, Inc. which compiles this data from publicly available records filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The author has no current business relationship with any of the companies named in this article. WhatTheyThink.com may have formal business dealings with companies named in Premium Access reports. However, these relationships play no role in the editorial content at this site. See our complete editorial policy by clicking here.


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