Investors put IDB shares in orbit as telecom firm's revenues rocket.IDB (ITS Data Bus) An interface between devices in an automobile endorsed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Designed to fulfill the goal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), the ITS Data Bus enables engine diagnostic equipment, GPS navigation systems, Communications Group Inc. is becoming a darling of the Wall Street crowd. The Culver City-based telecommunications company See telecom company. has caught the eye of industry analysts as its revenue has zoomed from $20 million in 1988 to a projected $300 million this year. Net income and earnings per share rebounded significantly last year and their pace now exceeds the growth in revenue. In its first quarter results, which were reported last week, IDB said revenue went up 121 percent to $64.4 million and net income leaped 237 percent, before preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. dividend, to $4.4 million, or 25 cents a share. The company's stock, meanwhile, has been climbing as well. Two weeks ago it gained more than $4 to rise to $34.50 and two days later it matched its 52-week high of $35 in the over-the-counter market over-the-counter market Trading in stocks and bonds that does not take place on stock exchanges. Such trading occurs most often in the U.S., where requirements for listing stocks on the exchanges are strict. . Last week, on news of the first quarter results, IDB's stock shot up again, by $2.75, to a new high of $37.75. The company's 52-week low is $12.34 compared to a selling price of $8.50 at the end of 1989 and $6.25 on Dec. 31, 1990. "I'm a very big fan of IDB," said Charles Schelke, an industry analyst with brokerage firm Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "They are developing a telecommunications strategy of niche marketing that puts them in a very good position for exploiting the international growth in that area." Another analyst noted that after surviving a downturn and period of uncertainty in 1990-91, which was brought on mainly because of its rapid expansion, IDB has stabilized and shows strong earnings potential. "They have shown that they can produce predictable earnings growth through their international long-distance and broadcast services," said Mark Roberts
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The company has also not been afraid to publicize itself. Over the last 18 months IDB has been pumping out a steady stream of press releases touting its latest piece of business or acquisition. In the last 18 months, the company has been featured in Forbes, BusinessWeek and Inc. magazines. "Yes, we have sent out a lot of press releases. We are a very open company and will talk to anyone who is interested," said IDB President Edward Cheramy during an interview in his office decorated with arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. from the Southwest. "Anyone who is interested can call me and I'll talk to them," he said. "I get many calls from small, individual investors who are interested in us and want to call and find out for themselves." IDB was founded in 1983 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Sudikoff, who borrowed $15,000 to provide live broadcasts of rock concerts. The company quickly expanded into transmitting baseball games for radio broadcast and then in 1985, with the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., moved into the telephone business by offering long-distance voice and data transmissions. IDB's two primary businesses are still telecommunications and broadcasting. In the telecommunications field, IDB competes against such industry giants as AT&T, MCI Communications This article is about MCI before it merged with WorldCom. For other uses, see MCI. MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and Corp. and Sprint Corp. in providing international telephone service. The company is not in the domestic telephone business but is considering moving into the market. In broadcasting, IDB is the conduit for international and domestic satellite broadcasts. It provides the satellite "uplink" and "downlink" between sellers and buyers of television shows. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , IDB transports through satellites television pictures that go out to networks and cable channels. The company is involved in transmitting live news and sports events, as well as taped television programs. The most distinguishing thing about IDB's Culver City Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. headquarters, which is a former flower shop and shoe store, is the small farm of satellite dishes that surround the administrative building and the transmission station. The transmission center, or teleport, is one of three operated by IDB. The other teleports are on Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. in New York and in Houston. IDB, which in 1992 reported $155.3 million in revenue and $8.5 million, or 76 cents a share, in net income, started its fourth public offering on May 3. The $30 million offering could raise $35 million and will be used to reduce company debt brought on by the acquisitions, said Cheramy. The previous offerings were in 1986, which raised $4 million, 1987, that raised $10 million, and in 1991, when the company sold $31 million worth of stock. Since 1991, the number of shareholders has gone from 1,000 to 5,000 and outstanding shares have more than doubled to 15.5 million. Cheramy, a 49-year-old accountant who once was a partner at Price Waterhouse, said revenue could grow to $450 million in 1994 through continued acquisitions and the possibility of entering the domestic telephone business. But Cheramy said the company does not yet have ambitions to become a household name. "We would rather be rich than famous," he said. |
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