Comments on: H-P in advanced talks to buy EDS for $12-$13 bln: report http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/05/12/h-p-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-eds-for-12-13-bln-report/ Dollar Exchange rates, Currency Converter, Forex Trading, Dollar Forex News Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: HP To Acquire EDS « Investment Playground http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/05/12/h-p-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-eds-for-12-13-bln-report/#comment-10747 HP To Acquire EDS « Investment Playground Mon, 12 May 2008 19:58:44 +0000 http://www.dollardrops.com/dollar/2008/05/12/h-p-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-eds-for-12-13-bln-report/#comment-10747 [...] Firstly - HP has been a solid company that has been able to grow extremely fast (from the tech drop in 2002 of $11.45 to a recent $55 per share). They’re pulling together over $100 billion in annual revenue from a number of offerings - Enterprise Storage and Servers for businesses, IT Services, Software Solutions, Personal System Computers, Imaging and Printing, and financial services. The company’s profit margins are increasing to over 9% (not bad for a production and capital heavy company). The P/E ratio of about 16.5 is under the industry’s 18.5. We’ve seen the stock take a beating from $51 down to $40 and back up to $49.97 this morning. Now with the acquisition news - we’re down to $46. Preliminary reports say the acquisition sticker price is at $12 billion. [...] […] Firstly - HP has been a solid company that has been able to grow extremely fast (from the tech drop in 2002 of $11.45 to a recent $55 per share). They’re pulling together over $100 billion in annual revenue from a number of offerings - Enterprise Storage and Servers for businesses, IT Services, Software Solutions, Personal System Computers, Imaging and Printing, and financial services. The company’s profit margins are increasing to over 9% (not bad for a production and capital heavy company). The P/E ratio of about 16.5 is under the industry’s 18.5. We’ve seen the stock take a beating from $51 down to $40 and back up to $49.97 this morning. Now with the acquisition news - we’re down to $46. Preliminary reports say the acquisition sticker price is at $12 billion. […]

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