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NewMarket Technology, Inc. Announces Micros Report Update With $0.24 Target Price After Company Reports 36% Net Income Increase on $76 Million in Revenue
| Source: NewMarket Technology, Inc.
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - November 21, 2008) - NewMarket Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS : NMKT )
has been rated Speculative Buy with a price target of $0.24 by Micros
Report in an updated research note. Michael Willingham, Micros Report
Director of Research, initiated research coverage on the company a year
ago, publishing his first report on NewMarket in November 2007. In
September, Micros Report issued an updated report and today has issued an
updated research note in conjunction with NewMarket's filing of its third
quarter SEC Form 10-Q.
NewMarket reported $76 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2008
with net income of $3.7 million. Net income has increased 36% and revenue
has increased 20% in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same
period last year.
In the updated research note, Willingham stated, "Our most recent research
report in September assigned a fair market value of $0.78 per share for
NewMarket Technology, however the share price has fallen significantly
since the publishing of that report. During this same period, prices of
other equity securities worldwide have fallen by notable margins as well.
The company has reiterated the quality of its business through its 3rd
quarter financial results featuring a total of $76 million in sales for the
first nine months of 2008 and profit of $3.7 million over the same period.
Those are increases of 20% and 36% respectively year over year.
Notwithstanding these record results, a reduction in our price target is
warranted, not due to a deterioration of company fundamentals but instead
due to the collapse of applicable industry market multiples. Upon a
renewed analysis of market comparables, we have found a more appropriate
target price to be $0.24 per share. However, we expect to update this price
in the future as the company continues to successfully operate its business
and at such time market fundamentals experience a reversion to the mean."
In the report, NewMarket is compared against other companies in the
technology sector to include: Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Edgewater
Technology, Inc., TechTeam Global, Inc., Nci, Inc., Acxiom, iGATE Corp,
Computer Sciences Corp, Rightnow Technologies, Inc. and Perot Systems Corp.
Interested parties may contact ir@newmarkettechnology.com to receive a copy
of the report.
About NewMarket Technology, Inc. (www.newmarkettechnology.com)
NewMarket helps clients maintain the delicate balance between maintaining
legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology
innovations. NewMarket provides certified systems integration and
maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions
from companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Infor, Cisco Systems, SAP, Siebel
and Sun Microsystems. Concurrently, NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire
emerging technology assets to incorporate into an overall product portfolio
carefully packaged to complement the prevailing industry standard
solutions.
NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its
network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America and the
leading emerging markets around the world to include Latin America, China
and Singapore.
NewMarket ranked Number One in Texas, Number Three in the United States and
Number Five in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a
ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications
and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on
percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. The Company grew
from less than $1 million in revenue in 2001 to over $50 million in
profitable revenue in 2005.
The company has continued its rapid growth, reporting $77.6 million in
revenue with a net income of $5.8 million in 2006 and most recently $93.1
million in revenue with a net income of $7.3 million in 2007.
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OF 1995
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. The statements in this release are forward-looking
statements that are made pursuant to safe harbor provision of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results, events and
performance could vary materially from those contemplated by these
forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, which may cause NewMarket's actual results in
future periods to differ materially from results expressed or implied by
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among
other things, product demand and market competition. You should
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