Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got kind of curious and wonder how the Leica as a public company is doing, I took a peak at how Leica stock has performed on Yahoo. I do not read or write German but after looking at the company profile on the following page http://de.biz.yahoo.com/p/l/lca.f.html I have a feeling that the stock may not be performing as good as the shareholders would like. The numbers get smaller across the table year after year. That is definitely not a good sign. How did the managements explain to the stockholders at the Annual Meetings ? I cannot even imagine what the meetings were like. Again I could be wrong due to a lack of knowledge in German. Can someone please summarize this and post to this message board? I will be very interested in the earning per share from year to year. Thank you in advance. Regards, PitakC > > InfinityDT@aol.com wrote: > > > > In a message dated 11/11/99 12:33:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, m6rf@yahoo.com > > writes: > > > > << Here is a quick conversion of Joseph's figures from > > Yen to US Dollars. > > > > Hexar RF body 168,000 Yen =............$1,584 > > HX-18W Flash 16,000 Yen =................$151 > > Leather Case 12,000 Yen =................$113 > > M-Hexanon 28/2.8 113,000 Yen =.........$1,066 > > M-Hexanon 50/2.0 72,000 Yen =............$679 > > M-Hexanon 90/2.8 75,000 Yen =............$707 > > >> > > > > Pardon me for perhaps missing a crucial point, but these prices are about 2/3 > > the price of new Leica and approximately the same as used. ><Snip> > > Leica is unfortunately viewed by many as a pretentious company about to go under > or be bought out. > Some will feel more comfortable with the Konica name and the more visible plastic. > Mark Rabiner > "The Lens alone is worth the Price" > - -- Pitak Chenkosol, Dept. Electrical Eng.,| " I was born not knowing and have Portland State University, | only had a little time to change P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. | that here and there." E-mail: pitakc@ee.pdx.edu | Richard P. Feynman