Yahoo!, Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)

Once they hire a CEO, a Microsoft deal is immanent.

I'm figuring YHOO will probably get bought out here pretty soon at a decent premium to its current price. Not a horrible company regardless. In the long term i think online advertising is currently undervalued by businesses and will probably be more sought after in the future.

A stock I haven't rated despite doing CAPS for over 1 year. Nice price point to start rating at. I'm thinking it may go down under $10 given this rollar coaster market, but with M & A rumors maybe up again. Also, think about what (the masses) people have for their start up page. I think MSN, Yahoo, and Google. I still think Google is overpriced and MSN is an after thought. So I go with Yahoo and watch and see.

tHE STOCK HAS LOW DEBT TO HOLDINGS, THEY ARE #2 IN THE SEARCH SECTOR & THE INTERNET WILL ONLY GET BIGGER. IF MICROSOFT DOESN'T BUY THEM, THEY WILL STILL SUCEED.

Google and Amazon has them nailed to the wall. Stock will continue to fall until it hits below $5

Bill Gates is going to have himself a BARGAIN.

Right now, he can "rescue" Y! for $12 a share and look like Santa Claus.

(He will save 67% on what he would have paid 6 months ago)

Yahoo is undervalued

Yahoo is trying to keep its head above water,, microsoft buyout is not coming anytime soon in few months forward. .

Hell at $5 a share I'll buy a few...

Still has good fundamentals, an enormous audience, and a priceless brand - eventually something's gotta happen!

MSFT will acquire in the mid teens

Google deal will go through, and revenue will go up. That and their activity in the open source world will make them a favorite of developers and startups.

will be bought up in the next 12 months!

The company is in BIG trouble and no willing lenders or buyers, I think taht the train has left long ago - they should have accepted MSFT bid long time ago - now there's no bid...

Microsoft will buy.

When the CEO of a company is called a "Chief Yahoo", investors should worry. Textbooks should be written on how poorly this company has been managed.

However, Yahoo is now begging Microsoft to buy them, and I'm betting on that happening. While I really don't see a bright future for Yahoo's products in any outcome, Microsoft desperately needs them if they have any hope of truly competing with Google in the on-line world.

This is simply a bet on a buy-out, I HATE Yahoo as a firm itself... what a disaster.

Yahoo has been in a struggling period, and with the recent online advertisement cuts, especially in the graphical oriented Yahoo type ads, this company will probably be under S&P for some months. With the Google / Yahoo ad deal called off, I think this company will under perform for now.

Its on sale.

Job cuts should help reduce some costs. Has a solid advertising platform (yes, Google's is more widespread, but you can't discount Yahoo entirely). BOSS should produce some results in the future (if only to serve to reduce Google's marketshare). Yahoo can survive without Microsoft, and the job cuts all but ensure that Yahoo will minimally remain profitable.

Technicaly, P/E ratio is still quite high. Stock is trading quite highly above book value for this market - 1.5 x - and if you take out goodwill, it's actually trading at 2.33 x book value. The astute observer will note, however, that that is very low compared to most technology companies (for reference MSFT has a book value of $3.74 per share). Looking at the positives, debt is very low compared to current assets. Quick and current ratio of 2.6. To summarize: If Yahoo could *just* get its act together and use its R&D dollars to generate more revenue, Yahoo could skyrocket.

I wouldn't count on a Microsoft deal, but I think that this stock has been beat down a little too much (I can't see it reaching $5 anytime soon - maybe $10). Combine that with the fact that owners can write insanely high-premium covered calls makes this stock a virtual goldmine for any investor, even if there is no capital appreciation.

Outperform in my book. Can definitely see this returning to $15 a share or maybe even a little higher with greater profitability.