The Titans are Coming to AC Top 5

[the_truthmonger]

IGT versus VIP

Well,

Looks like it'll be between IGT and VIP...hmmmm

I've covered VIP pretty well above...don't forget that sales growth should be 26.5% next year...EPS to jump up over 2.50 from this year to next...the PEG is 0.58...a great number!...all these point to a tremendous jump...I think that many people are afraid because the stock is 100.00 a share...rest assured, that means nothing! The sky's the limit with this stock...

Now onto IGT...hmmmm...all things being the same, the sales growth is only supposed to be about 8%....this isn't so good!....15% over 5 years is a liitle better so not all is lost!...PEG is a dismal 2.33 as trailing PE is 39 and forward PE is 30...the ROE is good as are other fundamental indicators, but I don't think growth potential touches VIP...the weekly chart shows the stock price climbing just above its 50 DMA...not too shabby, and it's tight, whereas the ascending base of VIP is a little more loose...I'd say the charts are a virtual wash-out...

MrMarket...depending on how you pick these apart will decide where you put your (and perhaps our) money...do you like Russian wireless's future or do you like the gaming industry? Although stock price should never matter in, I would tend to think that IGT may have a little more short-term upside potential...however, the RS line for VIP is a little more convincing than IGT...

Good choice either way...which do you like, MrMarket?

[par3bo]

IGT

I pick IGT.
As a fairly new investor who is finally following a system, this is the one thing that did not get rained out here in Texas.
Thanks for PDX Mr Market, and HZO looks good tho I did not go in.

You are HUGE, and I will send some fine meats! (no cheese, I'm not in that business)

Bo

[WCu]

I pick VIP

I pick VIP.

VIP is strong fundamentally, no insider transactions and it dominates the Russian telecomm market. It also has the larget market potential.

According to Yahoo! Finance, "VimpelCom's license portfolio covers approximately 92% of Russia's population (134 million people), including Moscow and St. Petersburg."

It added "As of the end of 2002, the Company's total subscriber base was approximately 5.15 million, with approximately 3.71 million subscribers in Moscow and 1.44 million outside Moscow."

There is just so much room for growth for VIP, with its current number of subscribers (5.15 million) accounting for a mere 4% of Russia's total population.

And that's finest meats and cheeses for Mr. Market... :P

/WCu

[Pip]

I like VIP. So much so that I bought it last week. This company makes cash. However most of it's business is in Moscow where the need for infrastructure is least. As they expand into other parts of the Russia they wiil need those rubles for infrastructure.

Another company that is the 500 pound gorilla of Russian wireless is MBT. It is also showing nice momentum.

Steve

[MEA_1956]

Its a close one between VIP and IGT. I like VIP's TA more, but I'm wary of its high price (probably silly novice investory psychology) as it is pretty much straight up, I don't know if it can go much higher. Then again, a split usually gives a stock a little boost.

Silly Novestor Investory Phychology..... ??? I Like It. ?????

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