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7/24/2008 2:21 PM

Novell, Inc. (NOVL)

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The Company designs, develops, maintains, implements and supports proprietary and open source software for use in business solutions.

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177 Outperforms
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S&P 500 (481), Utah (15), Services (251), Application Software (70), Security Software & Services (22), Linux (4), Small Cap (1922), Options Backdating (?) (115), Software (36)
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Novell, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $5.85
Last Trade Time: 7/24/2008 2:21 PM
Open: $6.03
Previous Close: $6.02
Daily Range: $5.85 - $6.06
52-Week Range: $5.29 - $8.10
Volume: 992,913
Market Cap: $2.13B
P/E Ratio: 301.00
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Novell, Inc. (NOVL)

Avatar lilsim89 (< 20) Submitted: 8/08/07 2:33 PM

Novell, a mid-cap tech stock, has had its price beaten down hard by uncertainty of its future, and competition in its current market- support for the deployment of its SuSE Linux operating system, and Novell's middleware applications, such as the once ever-popular GroupWise, and eDirectory. Novell's...More

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Novell, Inc. (NOVL)

Avatar SavvyMoneyMan (< 20) Submitted: 8/29/07 2:50 PM

I can see this company going to zero. MSFT has been investing heavily to create a dominant platform in the enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 will likely be the final blow to Linux. I expect that if NOVL doesn't ship some exciting new inovations very soon, they will have a serious going concern pro...More

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Avatar bwd81 (32.76) Submitted: 6/27/08 9:39 AM : Outperform Start Price: $6.00 NOVL Score: -1.14

just rated "buy"

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Avatar reptammal (37.02) Submitted: 6/18/08 9:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $6.23 NOVL Score: 0.23

a potential take over target by IBM? Red Hat.....

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Avatar nedliug (98.79) Submitted: 6/16/08 11:40 AM : Underperform Start Price: $6.26 NOVL Score: -0.94

I don't have a whole lot to go on, I just hate Novell. Actually, look at that P/E...312? Netware is dead, SuSE Linux is horrible when compared to Red Hat, and their support is even worse. Linux is only about 10% of their steadily decreasing revenues, which are mostly made up of their directory products. Eventually somebody is going to realize that the world runs Active Directory and isn't going to need to synch eDirectory, openldap, nis, etc, etc.

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Avatar hspk (< 20) Submitted: 6/05/08 11:53 PM : Underperform Start Price: $6.89 NOVL Score: 4.89

The company is not having clear strategy for marketing the product. There is lack of people who can support the company's product. When compared with peer competitor, RedHat the market acceptance of the SuSE Linux is very low.

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Avatar imadethis (< 20) Submitted: 5/30/08 4:17 AM : Outperform Start Price: $6.90 NOVL Score: -4.87

The Comeback Kid

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TrackJefferies 90.46 06/27/08 Outperform NS $6.11-3.85%-1.42%-2.43
TrackBroadpointC 84.88 03/18/08 03/18/08 Outperform NS $6.14-4.32%-3.09%-1.23
TrackUBS 94.39 11/12/07 11/12/07 Outperform NS $6.93-15.22%-12.82%-2.40
TrackHAndW < 20 09/30/07 09/30/07 Outperform NS $7.64-23.10%-17.03%-6.07 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackSusquehanna < 20 02/08/07 02/08/07 Underperform NS $7.15-17.83%-12.61%+5.23
TrackBofASec 97.17 01/29/07 01/29/07 Outperform NS $7.08-17.02%-10.97%-6.05
TrackSunTrustRH 85.46 01/22/07 01/22/07 Outperform NS $6.87-14.48%-11.52%-2.96
TrackFirstAlbany 77.72 01/17/07 01/17/07 Outperform NS $6.81-13.73%-11.38%-2.35
TrackJMP < 20 01/09/07 01/09/07 Outperform NS $6.50-9.62%-10.42%+0.80
TrackCreditSuiss 95.33 11/20/06 11/20/06 Underperform NS $6.22-5.55%-9.74%-4.19
TrackJPMorgan 90.25 09/28/06 09/28/06 Outperform NS $6.14-4.32%-5.42%+1.10
TrackJimCramer 81.64 04/27/06 04/27/06 Underperform 3W $8.42-30.23%-2.87%+27.36

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