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$9.02 -0.26 (-2.80%)
10/7/2008 3:44 PM

MSC.Software Corp. (MSCS)

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The Company designs, produces and markets proprietary enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and related professional services.

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Total Members

13 Outperforms
14 Underperforms
 

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System Software (23), Small Cap (1922), Technical & System Software (35)
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MSC.Software Corp. At A Glance

Current Price: $9.02
Last Trade Time: 10/7/2008 3:44 PM
Open: $9.25
Previous Close: $9.28
Daily Range: $9.00 - $9.51
52-Week Range: $8.96 - $14.50
Volume: 216,476
Market Cap: $523.02M
P/E Ratio: 581.00
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Avatar ActiveValueFund (99.55) Submitted: 6/15/07 11:20 AM

First mover, great cross functional collaboration tools.

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Avatar bartcaramba100 (69.27) Submitted: 8/22/07 4:18 AM

Company's reputation among its customers is poor despite the numerous PRs they put out claiming successes. Even though they claim that their customers are transitioning from one product line to another, the reality is that their main source of revenue is drying up even as there is increasing competi...More

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Avatar richmouse (< 20) Submitted: 10/09/07 6:00 PM : Outperform Start Price: $13.45 MSCS Score: 2.96

weak bearish symbol on Stochastics, currently a strong bullish symbol on MACD. But over all volume movement has slowed.

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Avatar bartcaramba100 (69.27) Submitted: 8/22/07 4:18 AM : Underperform Start Price: $12.94 MSCS Score: -1.20

Company's reputation among its customers is poor despite the numerous PRs they put out claiming successes. Even though they claim that their customers are transitioning from one product line to another, the reality is that their main source of revenue is drying up even as there is increasing competition for the newer product lines.

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Avatar FEAUSER (< 20) Submitted: 3/01/07 2:08 PM : Underperform Start Price: $13.35 MSCS Score: 3.36

I have been using various CAE software from MSC for about 15 years now and the company’s product line is so messed up from years of mismanagement. From my experience and talking with other users we are very frustrated with the just everything they do. We very nearly dropped them... we are going to revaluate it next year if they increase prices again. They have a new product line out that supposedly is better/easier to use but they are not offering any cost effective migration path for existing users of the legacy software. Meanwhile the legacy software just sits undeveloped while we (existing users) fund development of the new product lines with our yearly maintenance payments. I wonder if they numbers look so bad because so many users are dropping them in disgust. I’d agree with the other rating that they have completely ignored the middle market… my sales manager nearly flat out told me our company wasn’t’ important.

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