zum wiederholten male schlägt espeed die schätzungen seit dessen IPO
und rechtfertigt damit die vielen strong buys, die in der letzten zeit
von bekannten analysten ausgesprochen wurden (und von mir sowieso).
da die resonenz hier im forum auf beiträge, die etwas mehr sorgfalt
erfordern (zum lesen), hier deutlich gesunken ist, nachdem die IDs
explodiert sind, verzichte ich aus ergonomischen gründen auf eine
einbführung, warum espeed zu den top-performern der nasdaq in 2000
gehören könnte und verweise auf die suchfunktion bei ARIVA mit dem
suchbegriff "espeed", hier kann erfahren werden, die leute, die mich
noch kennen und nicht erst eine woche hier im board 2000 postings
tätigen, werden eh wissen, warum ich so geil auf espeed bin:
Q2-Zahlen
Tuesday July 25, 7:42 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
eSpeed Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $29.7 Million, 181% Increase Over Prior Year
New Partnerships and Additional Vertical Offerings Continue to Strengthen Business
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000--eSpeed, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESPD - news), a leading provider of real-time B2B electronic
marketplaces, today announced revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 totaling $29,659,000, vs. second quarter 1999 revenue of $10,569,000. Fully electronic
transaction revenues this quarter totaled $20,413,000 compared to $1,153,000 in the second quarter of 1999. Transaction revenues for the second quarter of 2000 nearly
quadrupled from the second quarter of 1999.
The company reported a net loss of $9,222,000, or $(0.18) per diluted share, for the second quarter 2000 (excluding a non-operating charge related to the issuance of
business partner warrants), exceeding First Call's consensus of $(0.23). For the second quarter of 1999, eSpeed reported a net loss of $2,684,000, or $(0.06) per share.
Commenting on eSpeed's performance, Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and CEO said, ``We believe the growth strategy we have put in place for the Company continues
to drive our business on several fronts, continuing the transition of financial instrument trading to eSpeed's electronic marketplaces and expanding into new vertical
markets, both financial and non-financial. Through new agreements with Dynegy Inc. (DYN) and The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) to create seven non-financial
electronic marketplaces, we demonstrated the enormous potential for the application of our technology outside of traditional financial instruments. These agreements
will allow us to fully demonstrate the flexibility and scalability of our electronic trading technology, real-time global private T1/E1 network, and integrated Internet
distribution throughout the online B2B environment.''
Frederick T. Varacchi, eSpeed's President and COO said, ``Another growth opportunity for eSpeed is in retail online bond trading. Through agreements with twelve
online brokers including Charles Schwab & Co. (SCH), A.B. Watley, Inc. (ABWG), Muriel Siebert & Co. (SIEB), Tradescape.com, and Web Street Securities (WEBS),
we will bring online bond trading to the individual investor, illustrating our commitment to developing and maintaining our leading position in B2B e-commerce
marketplaces.''
Commenting further on today's earning report, Mr. Varacchi added, ``While we continue to invest in technology and marketing related areas, we expect our overall
operating expenses will grow at reduced rates going forward. We believe this will allow us to realize the substantial margins that this business can offer.''
Second Quarter Highlights
Dynegy Inc. and The Williams Companies, Inc. agreed to invest $25 million each in eSpeed. Together with eSpeed, Dynegy and Williams will develop at least four new
commodity specific electronic spot and futures trading marketplaces. Such products include natural gas, electricity, natural gas liquids, petrochemicals, crude oil, and
bandwidth. eSpeed anticipates that its electronic marketplace for natural gas and electricity will be operational in the fourth quarter of this year. The transaction closed
in June.
eSpeed signed agreements with 12 online brokers - Charles Schwab & Co., A.B. Watley, Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Tradescape.com, Web Street Securities, ScoTTrade,
Mr. Stock, Inc., MostActives.com, Bondpage.com, The NET Investor, Sutton Online, Inc., and myTrack. These agreements allow customers of these online brokers to
access eSpeed's technology to trade in all of eSpeed's markets, including US and European government bonds, foreign currency, and futures. These agreements open up
new online electronic marketplaces to the millions of retail customers of these online brokers.
New products rolled out onto eSpeed's platform included a suite of mortgage backed securities including GNMAs, FNMAs, and CMOs, European corporate bonds and
Eurobonds, and emerging market debt including Brady bonds. In June, eSpeed announced that it is now operating the first electronic trading marketplace for UK
government securities (Gilts). eSpeed currently has 32 financial marketplaces on its electronic trading platform and expects to have over 40 financial marketplaces
trading by the end of this year.
During the quarter, eSpeed launched a national advertising campaign with the theme ``Now You Can Trade Everything Like Stocks. Everything.'' The theme focuses on
eSpeed's ability to extend its patented electronic trading platform into virtually any B2B market.
About eSpeed, Inc.
eSpeed, Inc. operates multiple buyer/multiple seller real-time B2B electronic marketplaces. eSpeed's suite of marketplace tools provides an end- to-end solution --
transaction processing, network distribution, risk management, back-end processing and billing -- for the trading of products via the Internet or over eSpeed's global
private network. eSpeed currently provides the marketplace infrastructure for most of the world's fixed income financial markets, transacting over $150 billion of
financial instruments daily. The eSpeed(SM) system is one of the most robust, large scale, instantaneous, mission critical trading systems in the world. eSpeed is
headquartered in New York. Additional information on eSpeed is available via the Internet at www.espeed.com.
Statements contained in this Press Release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently
anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to: the limited operating history of eSpeed, Inc., its expected incurrence of future losses and
negative cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future, its ability to enter into marketing and strategic alliances, to effectively manage its growth, to expand the
use of its electronic systems, and to induce customers to use its marketplaces and services and other factors that are discussed in eSpeed's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999
June 30, 2000 December 31, 1999
------------- -----------------
(unaudited)
Assets
Cash $ 564,995 $ 201,001
Securities purchased under reverse
repurchase agreements 147,141,828 134,644,521
------------- -------------
Fixed assets, at cost 22,108,664 12,556,627
Less accumulated depreciation
and amortization (5,305,775) (3,086,555)
------------- -------------
Fixed assets, net 16,802,889 9,470,072
Prepaid expenses, principally
computer maintenance agreements 1,933,053 11,495
Other assets 833,679 0
------------- -------------
Total assets $ 167,276,444 $ 144,327,089
============= =============
Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities
Payable to affiliates, net $ 8,428,877 $ 6,743,929
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities 12,915,537 2,071,347
------------- -------------
Total liabilities 21,344,414 8,815,276
------------- -------------
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per
share; 50,000,000 shares authorized,
no share issued or outstanding - -
Class A common stock, par value
$0.01 per share; 200,000,000 shares
authorized; 16,103,490 and 10,350,000
shares issued and outstanding 161,035 103,500
Class B common stock, par value
$0.01 per share; 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 35,685,581 and 40,650,000
shares issued and outstanding 356,856 406,500
Additional paid in capital 201,954,111 147,588,726
Accumulated deficit (56,539,972) (12,586,913)
------------- -------------
Total stockholders' equity 145,932,030 135,511,813
------------- -------------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $ 167,276,444 $ 144,327,089
============= =============
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended June 30, 2000 and June 25, 1999
(unaudited)
For the three months ended
--------------------------
June 30, 2000 June 25, 1999
------------- -------------
Revenues:
Transaction revenues
Fully electronic $ 20,413,009 $ 1,153,471
Voice assisted 3,370,116 3,900,345
Open outcry 688,844 1,376,962
------------- -------------
Total transaction revenues 24,471,969 6,430,778
Interest income 2,085,751 -
System service fees from affiliates 3,100,997 4,138,578
------------- -------------
Total revenues 29,658,717 10,569,356
------------- -------------
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits 14,440,660 6,403,446
Occupancy and equipment 4,955,490 2,854,350
Professional and consulting fees 3,299,605 1,596,097
Communications and client networks 1,009,638 1,103,081
Fulfillment service fees 7,156,955 403,715
Administrative fees 1,708,428 461,266
Marketing 3,670,492 -
Other 2,531,786 500,034
------------- -------------
Total operating expenses 38,773,054 13,321,989
------------- -------------
Loss from operations before
income taxes (9,114,337) (2,752,633)
------------- -------------
Income tax provision/(benefit):
Federal - -
State and local 107,500 (68,849)
------------- -------------
Total tax provision/(benefit) 107,500 (68,849)
------------- -------------
Net loss from operations (9,221,837) (2,683,784)
Non-cash, business partner warrants 29,805,305 -
------------- -------------
Net loss $ (39,027,142) $ (2,683,784)
============= =============
Per share data:
Basic and diluted net loss per
share from operating activities $ (0.18) $ (0.06)
Non-cash, business partner
warrants per share (0.58) -
------------- -------------
Basic and diluted net
loss per share $ (0.76) $ (0.06)
============= =============
Weighted average shares of
common stock outstanding 51,225,449 44,000,000
============= =============
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the six months ended June 30, 2000 and the period from March 10,
1999 (date of commencement of operations) to June 25, 1999
(unaudited)
For the six For the
months ended period ended
June 30, 2000 June 25, 1999
------------- -------------
Revenues:
Transaction revenues
Fully electronic $ 34,915,297 $ 1,230,092
Voice assisted 7,231,356 4,564,942
Open outcry 1,571,712 1,756,278
------------- -------------
Total transaction revenues 43,718,365 7,551,312
Interest income 3,928,525 -
System service fees from affiliates 6,262,054 4,966,294
------------- -------------
Total revenues 53,908,944 12,517,606
------------- -------------
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits 25,778,446 7,671,284
Occupancy and equipment 9,655,239 3,530,373
Professional and consulting fees 5,758,693 1,782,082
Communications and client networks 1,849,332 1,324,240
Fulfillment service fees 12,232,756 430,532
Administrative fees 3,312,579 554,967
Marketing 4,799,565 -
Other 4,470,088 515,269
------------- -------------
Total operating expenses 67,856,698 15,808,747
------------- -------------
Loss from operations before
income taxes (13,947,754) (3,291,141)
------------- -------------
Income tax provision/(benefit):
Federal - -
State and local 200,000 (82,319)
------------- -------------
Total tax provision/(benefit) 200,000 (82,319)
------------- -------------
Net loss from operations (14,147,754) (3,208,822)
Non-cash, business partner warrants 29,805,305 -
------------- -------------
Net loss $ (43,953,059) $ (3,208,822)
============= =============
Per share data:
Basic and diluted net loss per
share from operating activities $ (0.28) $ (0.07)
Non-cash, business partner
warrants per share (0.58) -
------------- -------------
Basic and diluted net
loss per share $ (0.86) $ (0.07)
============= =============
Weighted average shares of
common stock outstanding 51,112,724 44,000,000
============= =============
Contact:
eSpeed, Inc., New York
Media Contact:
Amy Nauiokas, 212/938-2768
Analyst/Investor Contact:
Douglas Gardner, 212/938-2535
und rechtfertigt damit die vielen strong buys, die in der letzten zeit
von bekannten analysten ausgesprochen wurden (und von mir sowieso).
da die resonenz hier im forum auf beiträge, die etwas mehr sorgfalt
erfordern (zum lesen), hier deutlich gesunken ist, nachdem die IDs
explodiert sind, verzichte ich aus ergonomischen gründen auf eine
einbführung, warum espeed zu den top-performern der nasdaq in 2000
gehören könnte und verweise auf die suchfunktion bei ARIVA mit dem
suchbegriff "espeed", hier kann erfahren werden, die leute, die mich
noch kennen und nicht erst eine woche hier im board 2000 postings
tätigen, werden eh wissen, warum ich so geil auf espeed bin:
Q2-Zahlen
Tuesday July 25, 7:42 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
eSpeed Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $29.7 Million, 181% Increase Over Prior Year
New Partnerships and Additional Vertical Offerings Continue to Strengthen Business
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000--eSpeed, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESPD - news), a leading provider of real-time B2B electronic
marketplaces, today announced revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 totaling $29,659,000, vs. second quarter 1999 revenue of $10,569,000. Fully electronic
transaction revenues this quarter totaled $20,413,000 compared to $1,153,000 in the second quarter of 1999. Transaction revenues for the second quarter of 2000 nearly
quadrupled from the second quarter of 1999.
The company reported a net loss of $9,222,000, or $(0.18) per diluted share, for the second quarter 2000 (excluding a non-operating charge related to the issuance of
business partner warrants), exceeding First Call's consensus of $(0.23). For the second quarter of 1999, eSpeed reported a net loss of $2,684,000, or $(0.06) per share.
Commenting on eSpeed's performance, Howard W. Lutnick, Chairman and CEO said, ``We believe the growth strategy we have put in place for the Company continues
to drive our business on several fronts, continuing the transition of financial instrument trading to eSpeed's electronic marketplaces and expanding into new vertical
markets, both financial and non-financial. Through new agreements with Dynegy Inc. (DYN) and The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) to create seven non-financial
electronic marketplaces, we demonstrated the enormous potential for the application of our technology outside of traditional financial instruments. These agreements
will allow us to fully demonstrate the flexibility and scalability of our electronic trading technology, real-time global private T1/E1 network, and integrated Internet
distribution throughout the online B2B environment.''
Frederick T. Varacchi, eSpeed's President and COO said, ``Another growth opportunity for eSpeed is in retail online bond trading. Through agreements with twelve
online brokers including Charles Schwab & Co. (SCH), A.B. Watley, Inc. (ABWG), Muriel Siebert & Co. (SIEB), Tradescape.com, and Web Street Securities (WEBS),
we will bring online bond trading to the individual investor, illustrating our commitment to developing and maintaining our leading position in B2B e-commerce
marketplaces.''
Commenting further on today's earning report, Mr. Varacchi added, ``While we continue to invest in technology and marketing related areas, we expect our overall
operating expenses will grow at reduced rates going forward. We believe this will allow us to realize the substantial margins that this business can offer.''
Second Quarter Highlights
Dynegy Inc. and The Williams Companies, Inc. agreed to invest $25 million each in eSpeed. Together with eSpeed, Dynegy and Williams will develop at least four new
commodity specific electronic spot and futures trading marketplaces. Such products include natural gas, electricity, natural gas liquids, petrochemicals, crude oil, and
bandwidth. eSpeed anticipates that its electronic marketplace for natural gas and electricity will be operational in the fourth quarter of this year. The transaction closed
in June.
eSpeed signed agreements with 12 online brokers - Charles Schwab & Co., A.B. Watley, Inc., Muriel Siebert & Co., Tradescape.com, Web Street Securities, ScoTTrade,
Mr. Stock, Inc., MostActives.com, Bondpage.com, The NET Investor, Sutton Online, Inc., and myTrack. These agreements allow customers of these online brokers to
access eSpeed's technology to trade in all of eSpeed's markets, including US and European government bonds, foreign currency, and futures. These agreements open up
new online electronic marketplaces to the millions of retail customers of these online brokers.
New products rolled out onto eSpeed's platform included a suite of mortgage backed securities including GNMAs, FNMAs, and CMOs, European corporate bonds and
Eurobonds, and emerging market debt including Brady bonds. In June, eSpeed announced that it is now operating the first electronic trading marketplace for UK
government securities (Gilts). eSpeed currently has 32 financial marketplaces on its electronic trading platform and expects to have over 40 financial marketplaces
trading by the end of this year.
During the quarter, eSpeed launched a national advertising campaign with the theme ``Now You Can Trade Everything Like Stocks. Everything.'' The theme focuses on
eSpeed's ability to extend its patented electronic trading platform into virtually any B2B market.
About eSpeed, Inc.
eSpeed, Inc. operates multiple buyer/multiple seller real-time B2B electronic marketplaces. eSpeed's suite of marketplace tools provides an end- to-end solution --
transaction processing, network distribution, risk management, back-end processing and billing -- for the trading of products via the Internet or over eSpeed's global
private network. eSpeed currently provides the marketplace infrastructure for most of the world's fixed income financial markets, transacting over $150 billion of
financial instruments daily. The eSpeed(SM) system is one of the most robust, large scale, instantaneous, mission critical trading systems in the world. eSpeed is
headquartered in New York. Additional information on eSpeed is available via the Internet at www.espeed.com.
Statements contained in this Press Release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently
anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to: the limited operating history of eSpeed, Inc., its expected incurrence of future losses and
negative cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future, its ability to enter into marketing and strategic alliances, to effectively manage its growth, to expand the
use of its electronic systems, and to induce customers to use its marketplaces and services and other factors that are discussed in eSpeed's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999
June 30, 2000 December 31, 1999
------------- -----------------
(unaudited)
Assets
Cash $ 564,995 $ 201,001
Securities purchased under reverse
repurchase agreements 147,141,828 134,644,521
------------- -------------
Fixed assets, at cost 22,108,664 12,556,627
Less accumulated depreciation
and amortization (5,305,775) (3,086,555)
------------- -------------
Fixed assets, net 16,802,889 9,470,072
Prepaid expenses, principally
computer maintenance agreements 1,933,053 11,495
Other assets 833,679 0
------------- -------------
Total assets $ 167,276,444 $ 144,327,089
============= =============
Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities
Payable to affiliates, net $ 8,428,877 $ 6,743,929
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities 12,915,537 2,071,347
------------- -------------
Total liabilities 21,344,414 8,815,276
------------- -------------
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per
share; 50,000,000 shares authorized,
no share issued or outstanding - -
Class A common stock, par value
$0.01 per share; 200,000,000 shares
authorized; 16,103,490 and 10,350,000
shares issued and outstanding 161,035 103,500
Class B common stock, par value
$0.01 per share; 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 35,685,581 and 40,650,000
shares issued and outstanding 356,856 406,500
Additional paid in capital 201,954,111 147,588,726
Accumulated deficit (56,539,972) (12,586,913)
------------- -------------
Total stockholders' equity 145,932,030 135,511,813
------------- -------------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $ 167,276,444 $ 144,327,089
============= =============
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended June 30, 2000 and June 25, 1999
(unaudited)
For the three months ended
--------------------------
June 30, 2000 June 25, 1999
------------- -------------
Revenues:
Transaction revenues
Fully electronic $ 20,413,009 $ 1,153,471
Voice assisted 3,370,116 3,900,345
Open outcry 688,844 1,376,962
------------- -------------
Total transaction revenues 24,471,969 6,430,778
Interest income 2,085,751 -
System service fees from affiliates 3,100,997 4,138,578
------------- -------------
Total revenues 29,658,717 10,569,356
------------- -------------
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits 14,440,660 6,403,446
Occupancy and equipment 4,955,490 2,854,350
Professional and consulting fees 3,299,605 1,596,097
Communications and client networks 1,009,638 1,103,081
Fulfillment service fees 7,156,955 403,715
Administrative fees 1,708,428 461,266
Marketing 3,670,492 -
Other 2,531,786 500,034
------------- -------------
Total operating expenses 38,773,054 13,321,989
------------- -------------
Loss from operations before
income taxes (9,114,337) (2,752,633)
------------- -------------
Income tax provision/(benefit):
Federal - -
State and local 107,500 (68,849)
------------- -------------
Total tax provision/(benefit) 107,500 (68,849)
------------- -------------
Net loss from operations (9,221,837) (2,683,784)
Non-cash, business partner warrants 29,805,305 -
------------- -------------
Net loss $ (39,027,142) $ (2,683,784)
============= =============
Per share data:
Basic and diluted net loss per
share from operating activities $ (0.18) $ (0.06)
Non-cash, business partner
warrants per share (0.58) -
------------- -------------
Basic and diluted net
loss per share $ (0.76) $ (0.06)
============= =============
Weighted average shares of
common stock outstanding 51,225,449 44,000,000
============= =============
eSpeed, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the six months ended June 30, 2000 and the period from March 10,
1999 (date of commencement of operations) to June 25, 1999
(unaudited)
For the six For the
months ended period ended
June 30, 2000 June 25, 1999
------------- -------------
Revenues:
Transaction revenues
Fully electronic $ 34,915,297 $ 1,230,092
Voice assisted 7,231,356 4,564,942
Open outcry 1,571,712 1,756,278
------------- -------------
Total transaction revenues 43,718,365 7,551,312
Interest income 3,928,525 -
System service fees from affiliates 6,262,054 4,966,294
------------- -------------
Total revenues 53,908,944 12,517,606
------------- -------------
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits 25,778,446 7,671,284
Occupancy and equipment 9,655,239 3,530,373
Professional and consulting fees 5,758,693 1,782,082
Communications and client networks 1,849,332 1,324,240
Fulfillment service fees 12,232,756 430,532
Administrative fees 3,312,579 554,967
Marketing 4,799,565 -
Other 4,470,088 515,269
------------- -------------
Total operating expenses 67,856,698 15,808,747
------------- -------------
Loss from operations before
income taxes (13,947,754) (3,291,141)
------------- -------------
Income tax provision/(benefit):
Federal - -
State and local 200,000 (82,319)
------------- -------------
Total tax provision/(benefit) 200,000 (82,319)
------------- -------------
Net loss from operations (14,147,754) (3,208,822)
Non-cash, business partner warrants 29,805,305 -
------------- -------------
Net loss $ (43,953,059) $ (3,208,822)
============= =============
Per share data:
Basic and diluted net loss per
share from operating activities $ (0.28) $ (0.07)
Non-cash, business partner
warrants per share (0.58) -
------------- -------------
Basic and diluted net
loss per share $ (0.86) $ (0.07)
============= =============
Weighted average shares of
common stock outstanding 51,112,724 44,000,000
============= =============
Contact:
eSpeed, Inc., New York
Media Contact:
Amy Nauiokas, 212/938-2768
Analyst/Investor Contact:
Douglas Gardner, 212/938-2535