Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: Online Vacation Speculative Buy Rating In Update Coverage By Dutton Associates.EL DORADO El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. HILLS, Calif. -- Dutton Associates updates its coverage of Online Vacation Center Holdings (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ONVC) maintaining a Speculative Buy rating and a 12 month price target of $3.25. The 10-page report by Dutton senior analyst Richard W. West Richard W. West was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1932 to 1936. Preceded by Harry Reyner Mayor of Newport News 1932–1936 Succeeded by B. G. James , CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. is available at www.jmdutton.com as well as from First Call, Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. , Zacks, Reuters, Knobias, and other leading financial portals Financial Portal A website that provides a variety of financial data and information, acting as an information hub for clients who are individual investors requiring timely financial news and data to make their investment decisions. . Online Vacation Center is a true holding company that, through its subsidiaries, attacks the Internet travel market from several directions. Online Vacation Center's multi-directional business strategy is grounded on Internet-based travel information, personal-based contact travel service through its call center, home-based travel agents, and consumer travel based publications. The recent seven acquisitions were purchased for approximately $4.1 million in cash and stock and added approximately $3.8 million in revenue to Online Vacation Center's core business. It reported strong revenue growth for 2Q ended June 30, 2007, with revenues up 12.2% to $2.0 million over the 2006 2Q. Net income was ($444,787), versus $306,703 in 2Q 2006. Online Vacation Center strategy is evolving away from additional acquisitions toward beefing up internal spending to support its recently acquired companies. Management believes the combination of these businesses has created more internal growth opportunities, and they have decided to delay further acquisitions at this time and to invest more heavily in these businesses. Its strategy remains to grow into a combination of Expedia, Travel Zoo, and a major travel publisher. We expect it to be profitable in 2008 with revenues of $13.1 million and EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. of $.01, up from $10 million revenues and EPS of $(.02) in 2007. About Dutton Associates Dutton Associates is one of the largest independent investment research firms in the U.S. Its 30 senior analysts are primarily CFAs and have expertise in many industries. Dutton Associates provides continuing analyst coverage of over 140 enrolled companies, and its research, estimates, and ratings are carried in all the major databases serving institutions and online investors. The cost of enrollment in our one-year continuing research program is US $35,000 prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay ment n. for 4 Research Reports, typically published
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