... der führenden Investment-Banken.
Passt irgendwie in diesen Thread.
Allerdings sollten wir für den derzeitigen Wertverfall in unseren Depots nicht diese Jungs verantwortlich machen; unsere Investmententscheidungen treffen wir ja hoffentlich immer noch selbst, oder ...?
Aber o.k., man schiebt die Schuld für eigene Fehlentscheidungen natürlich gern auf andere. Analysten sind dann sicher die idealen Sündenböcke ;-)
Quelle:
www.redmailorder.com/boerse/mag544.htmDas Börsenjahr 2000 ist sicher weder für Analysten noch für Anleger ein einfaches Jahr. Dennoch ist die Ignoranz mit der die führenden Investmentbanken über eindeutige Entwicklungen hinwegsehen, mitunter schockierend. So müsste sich die Aktie von Priceline.com (PCLN) vom gegenwärtigen Niveau versiebenundzwanzigfachen um das bis vor kurzem noch gültige Kursziel von Goldman Sachs zu erreichen. Und die weltführende Investmentbank stand mit ihrem utopischen Kursziel keineswegs alleine, die meisten Banken finden sich nun mit dreistelligen Zielmarken bei einer Pennystock-Aktie wieder.
Der Preis für das dämlichste Rating des Jahres gebührt aber zweifelsfrei CE Unterberg Towbin. Erst vor gut drei Monaten setzte Unterberg die Aktie von ICG Communications (ICGX) auf Strong Buy und schrieb: "pure Internet growth play; cash flow set to explode; with current backlog of 700,000 lines, ICGX should end year with 1.6 mln lines installed and lead any competitor in network deployment." Um das $39-Dollar Kursziel zu erreichen, müßte sich ICGX mittlerweile mehr als verhundertfachen - das Unternehmen ist so gut wie pleite.
Nachfolgend nun eine Auflistung der größten Analystenflops des Jahres, garniert mit ein paar Originalkommentaren zu ausgesuchten Werten. Eine eindrucksvolle Liste, die sich jedoch nahezu endlos fortsetzen ließe; die äußerste Spitze des Eisbergs.
Breakaway Solutions (BWAY)
CE Unterberg Towbin: "pure-play on the exploding growth of the Internet professional services market" (11.02.2000)
Dain Rauscher Wessels: "poised for tremendous growth in a market estimated to be worth more than $80 billion by 2003" (02.02.2000)
CE Unterberg Towbin: "dramatic increase in revenue expectations" (03.05.2000)
First Analysis Sec: "strong revenue growth, unique revenue model, excellent management, strong margins" (11.07.2000)
ICG Communications (ICGX)
Banc of America: "meaningful operating and financial momentum is not reflected in current public valuation." (07.06.2000)
CE Unterberg Towbin: "pure Internet growth play; cash flow set to explode" (15.06.2000)
Internet Capital Group (ICGE)
Robertson Stephens: "favorite pick in the B2B space, outstanding portfolio of B2B companies." (07.04.2000)
CSFB: "76% upside to current market levels of valuation." (20.04.2000)
Merrill Lynch: "gray clouds are beginning to clear, this may be an opportune entry point." (05.07.2000)
Net Perceptions (NETP)
Adams Harkness: "best buying opportunity in the eCRM group." (10.04.2000)
Barrington Resch: "overall strength of business" (06.06.2000)
Priceline.com (PCLN)
E*Offering: "significant room for appreciation." (07.04.2000)
Salomon Smith Barney: "best risk-reward ratio in the sector." (18.05.2000)
Thomas Weisel: "stock trades at a discount to other leading e-commerce companies." (23.06.2000)
Salomon Smith Barney: "under-anticipated upside potential in Q3 with new growth categories poised for take-off" (23.08.2000)
VerticalNet (VERT)
Merrill Lynch: "core B2B holding, would view any weakness in the stock as a buying opportunity." (15.03.2000)
Prudential Securities: "Single Best Idea" (27.04.2000)
W.R. Hambrecht: "early leadership status and strong track record of success" (27.06.2000)
Goldman Sachs: "The Street has yet to give VERT credit." (17.07.2000)
Ticker Aktie WKN Schluss'99 Analysten-Rating Kursziel akt. Kurs Differenz
BOUT About.com 919944 89,75 28.04.00 W.R. Hambrecht Strong Buy 150,00 28,00 536%
ACRU Accrue Software
924870 54,13 29.03.00 McDonald Invst Aggressive Buy 80,00 7,50 1067%
AKAM Akamai
928906 327,63 28.06.00 Kaufman Bros Strong Buy 185,00 36,19 511%
ALLR Allaire 918413 73,16 21.07.00 Needham & Co Strong Buy 75,00 6,72 1116%
APRS Apropos Technology
934860 46,00 27.07.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 45,00 6,81 661%
ASIA Asia Info Holdings
935314 99,56 24.04.00 Mrgn Stnly Dn Wttr Strong Buy 90,00 13,50 667%
ASKJ Ask Jeeves
924075 112,94 26.07.00 First Union Sec Strong Buy 94,00 14,81 635%
ASKJ Ask Jeeves
924075 112,94 10.04.00 Goldman Sachs Recommended List 85,00 14,81 574%
ADBL Audible 924567 15,00 31.03.00 Kaufman Bros Strong Buy 25,00 1,25 2000%
AVEA Avenue A 932470 72,00 27.03.00 Salomon Smth Brny Buy 80,00 4,75 1684%
BLSW Bluestone Software 925902 115,00 26.07.00 Legg Mason Strong Buy 120,00 14,75 814%
BWAY Breakaway Solutions
928268 36,50 03.05.00 CE Unterberg Towbin Strong Buy 70,00 3,38 2071%
BWAY Breakaway Solutions
928268 36,50 28.07.00 W.R. Hambrecht Strong Buy 75,00 3,38 2219%
CLRS Clarus
914580 66,00 24.07.00 Banc of America Sec Buy 165,00 21,00 786%
COVD Covad Communications
918421 37,29 13.04.00 Bear Stearns Buy 150,00 11,44 1311%
CYBS CyberSource
923885 51,75 05.04.00 Jefferies & Co Buy 75,00 8,94 839%
CYCO Cypress Communications 931635 20,50 01.08.00 Bear Stearns Buy 35,00 3,00 1167%
CYSV Cysive
928618 36,03 03.04.00 Legg Mason Buy 100,00 6,88 1453%
DDDC DeltaThree.com
925820 25,75 27.03.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 44,00 3,75 1173%
ISLD Digital Island 924016 95,13 06.04.00 FAC/Eqts First Albany Strong Buy 140,00 14,69 953%
DRIV Digital River
915918 33,31 28.04.00 Prudential Strong Buy 45,00 5,25 857%
DVNT Diversinet 913514 22,00 04.04.00 Tucker Anthny Clry Strong Buy 40,00 6,19 646%
DVIN Divine InterVentures 934240 8,78 07.08.00 Robertson Stephens Buy 35,00 2,69 1301%
DSCM Drugstore.com
924786 36,19 25.04.00 Gruntal & Co NT/LT Outperformer 40,00 3,13 1278%
DSLN DSL.Net
925901 14,44 09.05.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Buy 31,00 3,22 963%
EGAN Egain 925942 37,75 07.04.00 DLJ Buy 90,00 7,31 1231%
EEEE EMachines 925822 8,25 28.04.00 Salomon Smth Brny Buy 12,00 1,00 1200%
EMUS EMusic.com 918959 10,25 31.03.00 Pacific Growth Equities Buy 40,00 1,06 3774%
EONC eOn Communications 932104 23,00 01.05.00 Needham & Co Strong Buy 40,00 3,50 1143%
ATHM Excite@Home
908116 42,88 20.04.00 Prudential Strong Buy 80,00 10,44 766%
FAIM Fairmarket
934763 48,50 10.04.00 Deutsche Bc Alex. Br Strong Buy 40,00 2,63 1521%
FWIS First World Communication
935772 25,00 03.04.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 39,00 2,06 1893%
FCOM Focal Communications 924807 24,13 01.08.00 Salomon Smth Brny Buy 110,00 17,69 622%
GDEN Garden.com
925173 8,69 09.05.00 Thomas Weisel Buy 14,00 0,56 2500%
GRIC GRIC Communications
929289 25,38 26.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 80,00 5,31 1507%
HLIT Harmonic
895791 94,94 20.04.00 CE Unterberg Towbin Strong Buy 137,00 11,81 1160%
HLIT Harmonic
895791 94,94 16.05.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Buy 150,00 11,81 1270%
HLTH Healtheon/WebMD
919035 37,50 04.04.00 Gruntal & Co NT/LT Outperformer 100,00 9,69 1032%
HSTM Healthstream
927014 8,50 10.05.00 Robertson Stephens Buy 21,00 2,00 1050%
ICGX ICG Communications 902379 18,75 15.06.00 CE Unterberg Towbin Strong Buy 39,00 0,38 10263%
IMPV ImproveNet
932297 14,13 10.04.00 CSFB Strong Buy 16,00 1,25 1280%
IPIX Interactive Pictures 924948 23,31 18.04.00 Prudential Strong Buy 55,00 5,31 1036%
INIT Interliant
922526 26,00 28.03.00 CE Unterberg Towbin Strong Buy 60,00 6,44 932%
ICGE Internet Capital Group 924843 170,00 12.05.00 Banc of America Sec Buy 210,00 11,22 1872%
ICGE Internet Capital Group 924843 170,00 09.05.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 200,00 11,22 1783%
ISPD Interspeed
925940 17,69 19.04.00 Tucker Anthny Clry Strong Buy 46,00 3,84 1198%
ITRU InterTrust 928920 58,81 06.07.00 CSFB Strong Buy 75,00 6,19 1212%
INTW InterWorld 925184 85,38 25.04.00 Bear Stearns Buy 110,00 3,13 3514%
IPRT iPrint.com
932484 15,75 03.04.00 CSFB Strong Buy 35,00 2,72 1287%
TURF iTurf
920385 12,44 09.06.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Buy 20,00 1,19 1681%
ITXC ITXC Corp
926511 33,63 31.03.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Strong Buy 120,00 11,81 1016%
ITXC ITXC Corp
926511 33,63 30.06.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 140,00 11,81 1185%
IVIL IVillage
919733 20,25 28.07.00 First Union Sec Strong Buy 38,00 3,50 1086%
IIXL iXL Enterprises 922795 55,50 19.04.00 Dain Rauscher Wessels Strong Buy 50,00 3,91 1279%
IIXL iXL Enterprises 922795 55,50 02.08.00 DLJ Buy 44,00 3,91 1125%
LNTE Lante Corp. 934562 54,94 05.04.00 Friedman Billings Buy 60,00 4,00 1500%
LSPN Lightspan Partnership
931977 13,50 25.05.00 CSFB Strong Buy 28,00 2,38 1176%
LQID Liquid Audio
924258 26,25 18.04.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 100,00 5,31 1883%
LOIS Loislaw.com 928058 39,13 26.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Buy 31,00 3,63 854%
LOOK LookSmart
925221 27,00 27.07.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 94,00 9,06 1038%
LOUD Loudeye Technologies
935265 40,00 27.07.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Strong Buy 56,00 4,50 1244%
MAIL Mail.com 923381 18,75 27.03.00 Prudential Strong Buy 42,00 4,06 1034%
MKTW MarketWatch
918118 36,50 26.04.00 DLJ Buy 85,00 6,38 1332%
MPLX Mediaplex 925821 62,75 28.04.00 CSFB Buy 70,00 3,19 2194%
MCOM Metricom
885221 78,63 11.04.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 127,00 21,25 598%
MMPT Modem Media Poppe Tyson
918891 35,19 27.04.00 Banc of America Sec Buy 50,00 4,88 1025%
EGOV National Info Consortium
924381 32,00 22.05.00 CSFB Strong Buy 60,00 3,00 2000%
NBCI NBC Internet 917440 77,25 25.04.00 Banc of America Sec Buy 50,00 6,13 816%
NETP Net Perceptions
920878 42,00 17.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 100,00 4,44 2252%
NCNT Netcentives
926514 62,31 07.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 95,00 9,38 1013%
NTPA Netopia
901314 54,31 19.04.00 W.R. Hambrecht Strong Buy 100,00 10,88 919%
NPLI Netpliance 931807 22,06 13.04.00 DLJ Buy 50,00 1,91 2618%
NASC Network Access Solutions 922813 33,00 05.05.00 Bear Stearns Buy 50,00 3,75 1333%
NPLS Network Plus
924030 21,00 12.04.00 Merrill Lynch NT Buy/LT Buy 60,00 6,69 897%
NZRO NetZero 925613 26,94 25.04.00 DLJ Buy 50,00 2,44 2049%
NXCD NextCard
922269 28,88 20.04.00 DLJ Buy 70,00 8,19 855%
PCOR PcOrder.com 919379 51,00 03.04.00 Southwest Secs Buy 37,00 3,69 1003%
PFSW PFSweb
929257 37,50 10.04.00 Stephens Inc Buy 24,00 1,81 1326%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 16.05.00 DLJ Buy 190,00 5,56 3417%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 07.04.00 E*OFFERING Strong Buy 150,00 5,56 2698%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 25.04.00 Goldman Sachs Recommended List 150,00 5,56 2698%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 09.08.00 PaineWebber Buy 125,00 5,56 2248%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 04.04.00 Prudential Strong Buy 100,00 5,56 1799%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 18.05.00 Salomon Smth Brny Buy 130,00 5,56 2338%
PCLN Priceline.com
919819 47,38 25.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 150,00 5,56 2698%
PRME Prime Response 935967 23,88 29.03.00 Dain Rauscher Wessels Buy 40,00 3,31 1208%
PKSI Primus Knowledge
924414 45,31 28.04.00 Dain Rauscher Wessels Buy 75,00 6,19 1212%
PKSI Primus Knowledge
924414 45,31 07.08.00 First Union Sec Strong Buy 65,00 6,19 1050%
QKKA Quokka Sports 924811 13,13 20.04.00 USB Piper Jaffray Buy 30,00 3,06 980%
QUOT Quotesmith.com 924902 11,38 20.04.00 ABN AMRO Buy 21,00 1,88 1117%
RAMP Ramp Networks 923827 15,25 31.05.00 Dain Rauscher Wessels Strong Buy Aggress 24,00 2,19 1096%
RRRR Rare Medium Group 891555 34,13 27.03.00 CSFB Strong Buy 80,00 5,50 1455%
RRRR Rare Medium Group 891555 34,13 27.03.00 Deutsche Bc Alex. Br Buy 83,00 5,50 1509%
RAZF Razorfish
920928 47,56 30.03.00 JP Morgan Buy 47,00 5,00 940%
RCOM Register.com
934802 57,25 28.03.00 Banc of America Sec Strong Buy 115,00 8,75 1314%
RCOM Register.com
934802 57,25 15.05.00 Legg Mason Strong Buy 130,00 8,75 1486%
RTHM Rhythm Netconnections
920372 31,00 28.04.00 Salomon Smth Brny Buy 90,00 5,88 1531%
ROWE RoweCom 919541 45,38 25.04.00 Sands Brothers Buy 40,00 2,88 1389%
SONE S1
916664 78,13 07.04.00 ABN AMRO Buy 115,00 9,75 1179%
SONE S1
916664 78,13 04.04.00 ING Barings Strong Buy 150,00 9,75 1538%
SONE S1
916664 78,13 26.05.00 USB Piper Jaffray Strong Buy 122,00 9,75 1251%
SCNT Scient
922420 86,44 03.04.00 ING Barings Buy 140,00 12,81 1093%
SCNT Scient
922420 86,44 27.03.00 Wit SoundView Strong Buy 140,00 12,81 1093%
SQST Sciquest.com
929393 79,50 03.08.00 Sands Brothers Strong Buy 120,00 4,06 2956%
SNOW Snowball.com 934228 15,31 17.04.00 Chase H&Q Buy 19,00 1,00 1900%
SOFN Softnet Systems 853600 25,13 20.06.00 CIBC Wrld Mkts Buy 52,00 5,00 1040%
UPRO Uproar 924329 33,88 11.04.00 Banc of America Sec Strong Buy 35,00 3,25 1077%
USIT US Interactive
924815 43,00 28.07.00 Janney Mntgmy Scott Buy 35,00 1,88 1862%
VNTR Ventro (ehem. Chemdex)
923988 111,00 31.03.00 Deutsche Bc Alex. Br Strong Buy 160,00 8,00 2000%
VNTR Ventro (ehem. Chemdex)
923988 111,00 26.04.00 Sands Brothers Strong Buy 150,00 8,00 1875%
VERT Vertical Net 919020 82,00 20.04.00 Lehman Brothers Buy 175,00 21,75 805%
VIAN Viant 923418 49,50 03.04.00 ING Barings Buy 140,00 5,63 2487%
VNWK Visual Networks
912192 79,25 14.04.00 CE Unterberg Towbin Buy 125,00 5,75 2174%
VNWK Visual Networks
912192 79,25 26.05.00 Merrill Lynch NT Buy/LT Buy 93,00 5,75 1617%
VIXL Vixel
925990 17,06 26.04.00 Needham & Co Buy 40,00 5,56 719%
WEBS Web Street 929243 14,06 26.04.00 Pacific Crest Strong Buy 35,00 1,81 1934%