Is it a company with EPS greater than 1 billion dollars? Or assests or sales greater than a billion?
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Actually large cap(cap stands for capitalization which is number of shares X price) is considered to be any stock that has market cap over 5-10 billion.  Some people consider 5 billion to be mid cap, however majority considers it to be large cap already.  \nIt doesn't depend on earnings (which fluctuate) or sales.\n\nAleks
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Anything is too much. Taxpayers foot the bill, and some company reaps the profits. When demand exceeds supply, innovations follow.
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"Reasonable" is completely subjective.  Exxon's profit margins have floated between 5-10% for the last 20 years.  The nominal amount of profit has gone up because their raw materials (crude oil) have gone up in price.  They should actually scale linearly with the price of crude oil assuming fixed net margins.\n\nTheir profit margin is actually pretty small compared to other companies.  It's just that they do massive sales.  370B in the ttm.  Even McDonald's (symbol MCD has higher margins).\n\nI posted a more complete argument over here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Agt6_O2xvS55gC8q24AuWYfsy6IX?qid=1006042628391\n\nAnyway, the question seems so one-sided that any form of logical argument isn't going to convince you.
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It is a Australian company
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Sure, if your skills can compensate for the increase.\n\nIt can be addressed such as "well, that's a wonderful offer, but I was expecting something in the range of XXX."\n\nOr perhaps, you could use another "competitor" of the company, such as "well, that's a wonderful offer, but XYZ is offering me XXX."\n\nIt is tricky, but it is ok to address this issue.
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If it's not on the 10K, then maybe you'll have to look at something like Gartner Dataquest to find estimates for microprocessor sales in China and then assume a marketshare number and an average selling price.  That should give you a decent idea.  You could also build an estimate by looking for numbers about PC sales in China.  I would think most would be run by Intel processors.
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Most likely it's a scam.  You will want to do much research before getting involved in any such companies.
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Let's see.\n\nIf you actually do any form of primitive Google search, the chairman got a golden parachute of 400M, not 1B.  Even if it was 1B, it wouldn't really matter that much.\n\nLast year, Exxon had 330B in revenues, so if you add back in 400M, that's around .1%.\n\nAssume you bought gas around 3$ per gallon.  .1% of that is 3/10 of a cent.  Depending on your usage, I'd say the typical person uses around 600 gallons a year.  So, you gave him $1.80.  Off 1B, it would have been closer to $5 last year.  The actual number is probably slightly higher because things that needed transport would have been passed on, but you get the general idea.\n\nPeople get hung up on someone's pay but never get around to figuring out how much it actually affects them.  Do you still worry about how much Bill Gates makes or the CEO of Google (who's made billions in the last couple years also), etc.?
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I suggest you visit Yahoo finance and check some of the info from the companies that sell their stock shares.
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??\n\nDo you mean the company?  If so, check Hoovers or MSN for the SEC 10K filings.
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I'm sure you can find the more specific yourself.\n\nIn terms of the general company,\nUPS made 3.87B last year\nFDX made 1.45B\nDHL which is Deutsche Post World Net is kind of lagging behind.  I'm not sure of the exact income, but it's not that great.  More info here: http://www2.financialreports.dpwn.com/2005/ar/en/groupmanagementreport/revenueandearningsdevelopment/corporatedivisions
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This sounds like a private placement to me. You must look at the number or shares / net worth of the company. Have the financial been certified? If not stay away from it. The books could be cooked. Listed stocks are sold on an exchange with a bid and asking price. You just have to determine if it is a good value if you wish to purchase it.
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You need to know whether or not your company is going to match dollar for dollar what percentage is the company going to top off at? How many employees? What type of retirement-investments-bonds-stocks \nGet with the company below go to contact and just ask\nHow do I get started they will go from there.\nThere are also independent dealers look in your phone book
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Because the company charter states how many shares are needed to sell the company.  Often times, it says 2/3rd or something much greater than 1/2, so they just get the shares that they need and some extra buffer room and then the company is sold.
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I of course do not know the answer to that question, I can speculate. It might be that they like having a stock with a very high price. I remember when IBM always sold about $400 a share year after year. There is a certain mystique with having such a high stock price. It is a status symbol.
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Usually the term "enterprise" in this context refers to very large companies.  I think your conclusion that Enterprise IT would be the major players like Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, Cisco, etc. is correct.
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Yes.........esp. when it's a profit base company.