StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
March 21, 2005
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Cogent, Inc.
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| Ticker Symbol: |
COGT - Nasdaq - Computer Services |
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| Buy: |
24.75 to 25.25 |
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| Sell: |
30.00 + |
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Info: |
Cogent, Inc. is a provider
of automated fingerprint identification systems
(AFIS) and other fingerprint biometrics
solutions to governments, law enforcement
agencies and other organizations worldwide. The
Company's AFIS solutions enable customers to
capture fingerprint images electronically,
encode fingerprints into searchable files and
compare a set of fingerprints. The Company's
AFIS solutions include Cogent automated
fingerprint identification system and Cogent
live-ID; Its AFIS products include programmable
matching accelerator servers and live-scan
systems; Cogents AFIS services include the
design, integration and training, as well as
outsourced live-ID biometric processing
services, and the Company's ASIC applications
include BioGate, national identification card
programs and MobileIDENT. Cogent offers all of
the elements to deploy fingerprint biometric
solutions, including search and retrieval
software, capture devices and systems
integration services. |
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| Financial Info: |
For the nine months ended
9/04, revenues totaled $55.9 million, up from
$12.1 million. Net income totaled $32.6 million
versus a loss of $398,000. |
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| Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 4.18, Total Debt/Equity: 0.00, Trailing
P/E: 46.74x, Forward P/E: 32.72x, Price/Book:
9.69, Price/Sales: 28.60 |
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| Share Info: |
There are 80.79
million shares outstanding with 19.00
million shares in the trading
float. Institutions own
approximately 18.02% of the shares outstanding.
There have been no reported insider purchases or
insider sales in the last six months.
Real-Time SEC
Filings
As of 2/8/2005, there were 1.15 million shares short.
Net Institutional Selling: N/A: prior to latest
quarter. |
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| Articles: |
Post-IPO Investing |
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