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- From: keith@iscp.bellcore.com (Keith Hawkins)
- Subject: Re: Dr. Pepper
- Organization: Bellcore
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:01:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.200154.22692@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <C12nxr.7I4@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <1993Jan19.185118.22908@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- A not too favorable article about the Dr. Pepper offering
- appeared in today's IBD.
-
- The article stated that Dr.Pepper is still recovering from
- the leveraged buy-out days of the late 80s. The company
- is still burdened with a ton of debt from the purchase
- of Seven-Up from Phillip-Morris and has been losing
- money in recent years. However, Diet Dr. Pepper has
- been coming on strong as of late.
-
- Just FYI,
- Keith
-
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- In article <1993Jan19.185118.22908@cbnews.cb.att.com>,
- ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:
- |> In article <C12nxr.7I4@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
- |> dwagner@babbage.ece.uc.edu (David Wagner) writes:
- |> >I read in the newspaper that Dr. Pepper is going public
- |> soon.
- |> >Suppose I can buy at $14 a share now without commission,
- |> considering
- |> >prices for Coca Cola and Pepsi are both around
- |> $40/share.
- |> >
- |> >Now, 1) Is this information correct?
- |>
- |> pretty much. But saying Dr Pepper is a better buy
- |> because it is
- |> $14 while Pepsi is $40 is sort of meaningless.
- |>
- |>
- |> > 2) Why are the stocks cheaper before they go
- |> public?
- |>
- |>
- |> Often, certainly not always, this is true. The
- |> underwriters are
- |> very conservative and want to guarantee they can sell all
- |> offered
- |> shares, and maybe even a 10% oversubscription.
- |>
- |> But quite a few times the price falls after the offer.
- |>
- |> > 3) Things I should be careful when I buy it.
- |>
- |> Is the price justified by past earnings and future
- |> earnings
- |> potential? Is the P/E comparable to Pepsi/Coke? WHat
- |> are the
- |> risks? How much of the stock will be offered to the
- |> public?
- |> Will the company be expected to pay dividends?
- |>
- |> > 4) How many shares do people normally buy?
- |>
- |> People often buy in round lots -- a round lot is 100
- |> shares.
- |> How much money do you want to risk?
- |>
- |> --
- |> Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories,
- |> Columbus
-