StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
February 6, 2006
| Stock: |
Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation |
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| Ticker Symbol: |
PSEM - Nasdaq - Network and
Communication Devices |
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| Buy: |
9.00 to 9.50 |
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| Sell: |
13.00 |
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Info: |
Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation engages in the design, manufacture,
and marketing of digital, analog, and interface
integrated circuits (ICs); and frequency control
products in the United States. Its interface
ICs, such as interface logic, switches, and
timing management products are used for the
transfer, routing, and timing of digital and
analog signals within and between computer,
networking, and data and telecommunications
systems. The company’s frequency control
products are electronic components used as time
and frequency clocks in electronic products
ranging from computers and telecommunications
switching equipment to cell phones and
televisions. Pericom’s interface products
increase system bandwidth in applications, such
as notebook computers, servers, network switches
and routers, storage area networks, multimedia
video networks, mobile phones, and wireless base
stations. The company also offers analog video
switch products that provide high resolution and
are capable of multiplexing multiple video
components with cross-talk and off-isolation
features for multimedia video network systems.
Its product line primarily includes 3.3-volt
16-bit logic circuits and 8-bit digital
switches; clock generators, 3.3-volt clock
synthesizers, and buffers; 32-bit logic, 16-bit
digital switches; and 56K modem and laser
printer clock synthesizers. Pericom offers its
products and services through field sales
organization, independent sales representatives,
and distributors to end-users and original
equipment manufacturers in the computer,
peripherals, networking, and telecommunications
markets. The company was founded in 1990 and is
headquartered in San Jose, California. |
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| Financial Info: |
For the three months ended
10/1/2005, revenues rose 14% to $22.5 million.
Net income totaled $625,000, up from $29,000. |
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| Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 6.89, Total Debt/Equity: 0.093, Trailing
P/E: 171.43x, Forward P/E: 28.24x, Price/Book:
1.39, Price/Sales: 3.06 |
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| Share Info: |
There are 26.30
million shares outstanding with 24.10
million shares in the trading
float. Institutions own
approximately 80.60% of the shares outstanding.
There have been no insider purchases and 3 insider sales
totaling 7,228 shares in the last six months.
Real-Time SEC
Filings
As of 1/10/2006, there were 729,350 shares short.
Net Institutional Selling: 179,848
shares prior to latest
quarter. |
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| Articles: |
Industry's First TMDS
Compliant Signal Switch |
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