E-FINANCE - training companies' financial performance
Training & Development, Oct, 2001 by Peter L. Martin
Company Price 52 Week eLearning Rating Ticker 8/31 High Centra Software Inc Accum CTRA $9.85 $17.14 Insightful Corp NR IFUL $3.70 $4.44 Skillsoft Corp NR SKIL $28.00 $38.94 VCampus Corp NR VCMP $0.99 $7.38 Wire One Technologies Inc NR WONE $4.53 $11.56 Rwd Technologies Inc NR RWDT $3.00 $8.69 Dow Jones & Co Inc NR DJ $54.88 $64.75 Wiley (John) & Sons NR JW.A $20.15 $23.89 Webex Inc Accum WEBX $17.27 $58.00 SmartForce Pub Ltd Buy SMTF $29.01 $57.25 DigitalThink Inc NR DTHK $12.20 $47.23 Raindance Communications Inc NR RNDC $1.21 $11.06 Factset Research Systems Inc NR FDS $25.35 $47.49 Polycom Inc NR PLCM $20.28 $72.25 Eloquent Inc NR ELOQ $1.14 $5.09 Itc Learning Corp NR ITCCE $0.11 $1.53 Adobe Systems Inc NR ADBE $33.61 $87.31 Docent Inc NR DCNT $4.95 $27.13 Saba Software Inc Buy SABA $8.25 $33.00 Innodata Corp NR INOD $2.45 $9.25 Stellent Inc NR STEL $21.80 $64.00 Click2learn Inc Accum CLKS $3.80 $18.25 Vignette Corp NR VIGN $6.83 $39.50 Documentum Inc NR DCTM $14.70 $63.88 Interwoven Inc NR IWOV $8.15 $68.47 Nuance Communications Inc NR NUAN $10.44 $153.00 Mentergy Ltd NR MNTE $0.47 $14.44 Macromedia Inc NR MACR $13.93 $85.25 Speechworks Intl Inc NR SPWX $8.26 $99.50 Prosofttraining.com Inc Hold POSO $1.03 $15.00 Corporate eLearning Average New Horizons Worldwide Inc NR NEWH $13.37 $23.38 Corporate Executive Brd Co NR EXBD $34.75 $47.25 Learning Tree Intl Inc NR LTRE $23.88 $78.88 Provant Inc Hold POVT $1.60 $9.00 Corporate Traditional Average Total Corporate Average Indices Russell 2000 $468.56 $542.82 S&P 500 Composite $1,133.58 $1,530.01 Nasdaq Composite Index $1,805.43 $4,259.87 Company 52 Week Mkt Mon Avg eLearning Low Cap (mm) Trdg Vol Centra Software Inc $2.75 $247.6 466,855 Insightful Corp $1.25 $39.9 36,632 Skillsoft Corp $11.75 $443.7 179,105 VCampus Corp $0.38 $14.0 5,274 Wire One Technologies Inc $1.44 $97.1 83,945 Rwd Technologies Inc $2.35 $45.9 14,470 Dow Jones & Co Inc $48.10 $3,548.9 252,459 Wiley (John) & Sons $17.90 $995.2 42,633 Webex Inc $5.06 $679.5 637,4329 SmartForce Pub Ltd $18.13 $1,615.9 1,099,892 DigitalThink Inc $5.34 $431.0 506,759 Raindance Communications Inc $0.74 $57.0 261,529 Factset Research Systems Inc $22.65 $842.1 194,270 Polycom Inc $10.75 $1,694.0 1,013,676 Eloquent Inc $0.50 $21.1 96,568 Itc Learning Corp $0.10 $0.4 2,267 Adobe Systems Inc $24.56 $8,028.2 3,999,528 Docent Inc $2.75 $209.3 246,456 Saba Software Inc $3.56 $381.8 634,418 Innodata Corp $2.12 $52.4 130,964 Stellent Inc $14.75 $487.9 484,229 Click2learn Inc $1.00 $75.8 101,556 Vignette Corp $3.63 $1,687.2 3,487,075 Documentum Inc $5.88 $555.6 509,555 Interwoven Inc $5.84 $844.0 3,253,814 Nuance Communications Inc $8.23 $342.8 906,782 Mentergy Ltd $0.35 $5.7 27,548 Macromedia Inc $13.14 $805.9 877,312 Speechworks Intl Inc $4.81 $265.2 390,015 Prosofttraining.com Inc $1.00 $24.2 268,471 Corporate eLearning Average $818.0 673,716 New Horizons Worldwide Inc $11.00 $136.1 43,685 Corporate Executive Brd Co $24.25 $1,207.5 294,777 Learning Tree Intl Inc $14.50 $459.5 133,568 Provant Inc $1.40 $34.9 56,606 Corporate Traditional Average $459.5 132,159 Total Corporate Average $775.8 610,004 Indices Russell 2000 $419.70 S&P 500 Composite $1,081.19 Nasdaq Composite Index $1,619.58 Company Return (%) eLearning 1-Mo. 3-Mo. 6-Mo. Centra Software Inc -39.8 -29.1 64.2 Insightful Corp 16.0 73.7 107.7 Skillsoft Corp -19.2 -9.5 71.0 VCampus Corp -37.1 -41.4 5.1 Wire One Technologies Inc -20.5 -15.5 34.2 Rwd Technologies Inc -9.1 -36.0 -30.4 Dow Jones & Co Inc -3.6 -1.6 -10.9 Wiley (John) & Sons -1.2 -0.2 -4.1 Webex Inc -24.6 9.0 54.4 SmartForce Pub Ltd -25.1 3.6 -20.4 DigitalThink Inc -15.9 48.8 41.4 Raindance Communications Inc -1.6 -6.2 -44.7 Factset Research Systems Inc -23.5 -36.8 -18.8 Polycom Inc -20.3 -18.2 -6.8 Eloquent Inc 13.9 54.1 14.0 Itc Learning Corp -15.4 -45.0 -58.6 Adobe Systems Inc -10.3 -15.5 15.6 Docent Inc -21.6 -36.5 -36.6 Saba Software Inc -35.8 -30.6 -5.7 Innodata Corp -26.4 -59.1 -51.0 Stellent Inc -7.5 -39.6 -14.9 Click2learn Inc -25.8 133.1 19.2 Vignette Corp -14.0 -16.5 10.9 Documentum Inc -1.7 5.2 -31.2 Interwoven Inc -20.8 -55.0 -50.8 Nuance Communications Inc -22.1 -30.9 -54.6 Mentergy Ltd -14.5 -71.5 -76.5 Macromedia Inc -19.0 -37.5 -52.5 Speechworks Intl Inc -27.2 -36.6 -49.7 Prosofttraining.com Inc -16.3 -51.4 -91.1 Corporate eLearning Average -14.6 -13.1 -9.1 New Horizons Worldwide Inc -2.3 -27.7 -9.7 Corporate Executive Brd Co -16.4 2.9 -2.8 Learning Tree Intl Inc 4.0 1.2 -46.9 Provant Inc -11.1 -34.7 -71.2 Corporate Traditional Average -6.5 -14.6 -32.7 Total Corporate Average -13.7 -13.3 --11.8 Indices Russell 2000 -3.3 -5.6 -1.2 S&P 500 Composite -6.4 -9.7 -8.6 Nasdaq Composite Index -10.9 -14.5 -16.1 Company Return (%) eLearning 12-Mo. YTD Centra Software Inc 7.2 154.2 Insightful Corp 64.4 132.2 Skillsoft Corp 57.7 49.3 VCampus Corp -86.4 16.7 Wire One Technologies Inc -41.5 -0.7 Rwd Technologies Inc -62.8 -2.0 Dow Jones & Co Inc -12.3 -3.1 Wiley (John) & Sons 1.4 -6.3 Webex Inc -68.8 -17.3 SmartForce Pub Ltd -44.2 -22.8 DigitalThink Inc -64.2 -28.5 Raindance Communications Inc -89.0 -30.9 Factset Research Systems Inc -25.9 -31.6 Polycom Inc -63.9 -37.0 Eloquent Inc -76.8 -37.1 Itc Learning Corp -92.3 -38.9 Adobe Systems Inc -48.3 -42.2 Docent Inc NA -43.4 Saba Software Inc -71.2 -47.6 Innodata Corp -3.8 -55.5 Stellent Inc -51.9 -57.3 Click2learn Inc -75.0 -61.0 Vignette Corp -82.1 -62.1 Documentum Inc -58.9 -70.4 Interwoven Inc -83.0 -75.3 Nuance Communications Inc -92.1 -75.8 Mentergy Ltd -96.2 -76.5 Macromedia Inc -79.8 -77.1 Speechworks Intl Inc -89.2 -83.2 Prosofttraining.com Inc -92.3 -91.5 Corporate eLearning Average -52.5 -27.4 New Horizons Worldwide Inc -37.3 -3.6 Corporate Executive Brd Co -2.1 -12.6 Learning Tree Intl Inc -65.1 -51.8 Provant Inc 76.5 -62.6 Corporate Traditional Average -45.3 -32.7 Total Corporate Average -51.6 -28.0 Indices Russell 2000 -12.9 -3.1 S&P 500 Composite -25.3 -14.1 Nasdaq Composite Index -57.1 -26.9
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