After two consecutive weeks in which most of our 13 Internet sectors gained, upward movement has stalled amid confusion and uncertainty surrounding this week’s presidential election, with the Nasdaq falling 5.4% on Wednesday.
The real question is whether ‘Net stocks will resume their comeback or begin looking for yet another bottom. Trouble is, we may not know that answer for some time, since legal challenges to Tuesday’s vote loom in Florida and elsewhere.
Until we know who the next president will be, expect Internet stocks to be trapped in a lockbox of investor anxiety and doubt.
*Market Cap figure is in millions unless otherwise noted.
PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR Ave. 7-Day % Change Search/Portals +6.6% Financial Services +6.3% Wireless +3.3% Speed/Bandwidth +3.2% Content/Communities +1.9% Advertising/Marketing -0.5% E-commerce Enablers -0.7% Security -1.3% Internet Services -1.8% Performance Software -1.9% E-tailers -4.0% ISPs/Access Providers -6.3% Consultants/Designers -6.9% TOP 10 GAINERS 7-Day % Gain Category SGNT Sagent Tech. 59.5% Performance Software RAMP Ramp Networks 57.1% Speed/Bandwidth TPN TownPagesNet 54.0% Content/Communities GDEN Garden.com 53.8% E-tailers PKTR Packeteer 51.6% Speed/Bandwidth TREE LendingTree 46.9% Financial Services INIT Interliant 46.2% Internet Services AHWY audiohighway 37.5% E-tailers CLAI Claimsnet.com 37.5% Internet Services PPOD Peapod 36.4% E-tailers TOP 10 LOSERS 7-Day % Loss Category PSIX PSINet -68.4% ISPs/Access Providers XPDR Xpedior -59.0% Consultants/Designers ZIPL Ziplink -56.5% ISPs/Access Providers IPET Pets.com -52.9% E-tailers PCLN priceline.com -47.5% E-tailers SRCH US SEARCH.com -35.7% Internet Services MAIL Mail.com -34.5% Internet Services ETYS eToys -32.8% E-tailers NETZ Netzee -32.3% Internet Services ARTG Art Technology -31.4% E-Commerce Enablers KNOT The Knot -30.7% Content/Communities ******************************************************************** WIRELESS PRODUCTS/SERVICES 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap AETH Aether Systems 115.44 29.38 34.1% -38.0% 24.6% 4.5B IIIM i3 Mobile 6.75 1.13 20.0% -21.2% N/A 153.9 HAND Handspring 83.31 11.50 16.0% 69.3% N/A 10.5B GWRX Geoworks 5.19 0.69 15.3% -52.7% -68.3% 112.3 VYYO Vyyo 26.75 3.50 15.1% -27.3% N/A 1.0B RIMM Research/Motion 109.88 14.00 14.6% 46.5% 171.0% 7.9B PALM Palm 57.88 3.31 6.1% 6.6% N/A 32.8B PHCM Phone.com 96.88 5.00 5.4% 1.1% -11.7% 8.0B ULCM Ulticom 51.31 2.44 5.0% -18.1% N/A 1.9B PUMA Puma Technology 14.81 0.56 3.9% -32.3% -76.7% 626.7 IWAV interWAVE 4.31 0.13 3.0% -49.0% N/A 208.9 AVGO Avantgo 10.75 0.25 2.4% N/A N/A 358.5 INSP InfoSpace 23.06 0.13 0.5% -50.1% -62.1% 6.7B WFII Wireless Facil. 48.00 -3.44 -6.7% -24.7% 35.1% 2.0B GOAM GoAmerica 10.19 -0 .88 -7.9% 6.7% N/A 523.4 SVNX 724 Solutions 26.81 -2.31 -7.9% -38.0% N/A 1.0B PRTH Parthus Tech. 30.00 -4.50 -13.0% -8.7% N/A 1.5B MCOM Metricom 14.38 -3.13 -17.9% -45.5% -75.8% 441.6 OMNY OmniSky 9.91 -3.47 -25.9% N/A N/A 645.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireless Ave. +3.3% Aether Systems is one of the few Internet companies that wasn't driven to new lows in September and October, though shares did slump. AETH is up 43% so far this month, thanks in large part to a Q3 report showing strong revenue growth but widening losses. OmniSky dips below $10 for the first time since going public in late September. Handspring boasts the best numbers for the month, with a 69% gain. SEARCH/PORTALS 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap STRM StarMedia 8.00 1.50 23.1% -42.3% -85.4% 526.6 CHINA Chinadotcom 12.31 2.13 20.9% -63.0% -81.1% 1.1B ASKJ Ask Jeeves 15.63 1.56 11.1% -51.7% -88.6% 557.4 NTES Netease.com 4.94 0.44 9.7% -46.4% N/A 148.6 AOLA AOL/Latin Amer. 6.63 0.56 9.3% -39.3% N/A 1.7B AOL America Online 56.30 4.30 8.3% -22.1% -37.0% 130.8B BOUT About.com 26.50 1.77 7.1% -50.9% -77.6% 478.4 SINA SINA.com 7.13 0.25 3.6% -71.0% N/A 291.7 GOTO GoTo.com 15.50 0.25 1.6% -52.3% -84.0% 809.0 TRLY Terra Networks 23.25 0.25 1.1% N/A N/A N/A YHOO Yahoo! 65.00 0.64 1.0% -54.7% -75.4% 35.7B LOOK LookSmart 8.38 -0.03 -0.4% -55.2% -75.1% 750.7 SOHU Sohu.com 3.06 -0.06 -2.0% -44.0% N/A 95.6 DIG Disney-Internet 7.63 -0.19 -2.4% -50.2% -67.6% 1.2B ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search/Portals Ave. +6.6% This sector tops all others for the second straight week, and posts its third big gain in a row. And yet there isn't one stock here that is up over the past month. The best monthly performer, America Online, is down 22% as shares continue to hover in limbo pending the FTC ruling on its merger with Time Warner. For the year, AOL is the only ticker here that hasn't totally melted down, with a YTD loss of 37%. Runner-up is Walt Disney Internet Group, which has lost two-thirds of its value. And it just gets uglier after that. Latin portal StarMedia Network reports wider Q3 losses, but beats street estimates. CONTENT/COMMUNITIES 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap TPN TownPagesNet 1.25 0.44 54.0% -44.0% -81.4% 12.0 VDAT Visual Data 3.50 0.75 27.3% -41.2% -76.3% 29.4 SCRM ScreamingMedia 5.91 1.22 26.0% -39.2% N/A 221.0 HCEN HealthCentral 1.23 0.23 23.4% -52.2% -80.0% 55.7 EWBX EarthWeb 17.56 3.13 21.6% -8.3% -79.2% 182.8 SNOW Snowball.com 1.59 0.28 21.4% -54.4% N/A 59.7 STAD Student Advantage 4.44 0.69 18.3% -42.9% -80.4% 160.3 TGLO theglobe.com 0.63 0.09 17.6% -56.4% -93.1% 19.4 MKTW MarketWatch.com 5.31 0.78 17.2% -64.2% -88.4% 87.2 SALN Salon.com 1.38 0.19 15.8% -46.7% -78.2% 19.1 TSCM TheStreet.com 4.13 0.56 15.8% -39.8% -79.1% 110.6 TCTY Talk City 0.69 0.06 10.0% -46.0% -96.5% 17.2 ONES OneSource 12.94 0.75 6.2% -18.4% -17.0% 151.2 HOOV Hoover's 3.50 0.19 5.7% -27.3% -44.0% 48.4 NETR NetRadio 0.69 0.03 4.8% -44.0% -88.5% 6.9 IVIL iVillage 2.88 0.13 4.5% -72.1% -91.9% 85.4 ARTD Artistdirect 0.78 0.03 4.2% -61.9% N/A 28.8 HOMS Homestore.com 37.38 1.25 3.5% -30.6% -49.0% 3.1B HSTM HealthStream 2.13 0.06 3.0% -5.6% N/A 42.5 INFO Infonautics 1.31 0.03 2.4% -41.3% -73.8% 16.0 NBCI NBC Internet 7.31 0.06 0.9% -31.9% -93.2% 457.3 IASIA Asiacontent.com 1.88 0.00 0.0% -59.6% N/A 64.4 SWBD Switchboard 6.75 0.00 0.0% -17.4% N/A 166.4 EDGR EDGAR Online 3.75 -0.13 -3.2% -28.8% -52.0% 46.7 HGAT HealthGate 0.72 -0.03 -4.2% -25.6% N/A 12.8 KOOP drkoop.com 0.81 -0.06 -7.1% -28.9% -90.8% 28.4 INTM internet.com 20.00 -1.63 -7.5% -35.5% -61.7% 501.9 CNET CNET Networks 30.50 -2.50 -7.6% -28.6% -62.3% 2.7B MPPP MP3.com 3.75 -0.31 -7.7% -45.7% -90.6% 255.7 IMPV ImproveNet 1.13 -0.13 -10.0% -51.5% N/A 18.8 SPLN SportsLine.com 8.19 -0.94 -10.3% -48.6% -82.2% 216.3 LOIS Loislaw.com 2.00 -0.25 -11.1% -70.1% -93.4% 42.1 LAUN Launch Media 3.31 -0.44 -11.7% -36.0% -74.5% 44.9 PASA quepasa.com 0.47 -0.06 -11.8% -57.1% -96.0% 8.8 TURF iTurf 0.88 -0.13 -12.5% -42.9% -93.4% 18.5 QKKA Quokka Sports 2.59 -0.47 -15.3% -36.8% -72.0% 120.2 VERT VerticalNet 24.38 -4.63 -15.9% -45.0% -70.8% 2.1B DTHK DigitalThink 29.61 -6.08 -17.0% 15.0% N/A 1.0B MLTX Multex.com 10.44 -2.19 -17.3% -38.1% -62.9% 317.2 WOMN Women.com 1.16 -0.34 -22.9% -37.5% -85.7% 54.1 KNOT The Knot 1.91 -0.84 -30.7% -2.3% -65.3% 27.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Content/Comm. Ave. +1.9% British local online news site TownPagesNet.com has doubled in price since Oct. 30: Easy to do when you're rebounding from a new low closing price of 63 cents per share. Online video and audio content provider Visual Data nearly fell below $2 per share on Oct. 19 before slowly reversing direction. Wedding planning site The Knot unravels in the wake of Q3 report showing widening losses. E-learning company DigitalThink is the only monthly gainer in this group of 41 stocks. E-TAILERS 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap GDEN Garden.com 0.31 0.11 53.8% -75.0% -95.3% 5.5 AHWY audiohighway 0.69 0.19 37.5% -41.9% -92.8% 4.4 PPOD Peapod 1.88 0.50 36.4% -44.4% -88.2% 33.7 VSHP VitaminShoppe.com 0.64 0.14 28.1% -41.2% -92.5% 13.0 DSCM Drugstore.com 3.59 0.78 27.8% -44.0% -92.1% 190.8 EXPE Expedia 15.56 2.19 16.4% -33.2% -66.8% 750.3 AMEN Crosswalk.com 1.38 0.19 15.8% -23.1% -73.5% 10.7 WBVN Webvan Group 1.38 0.19 15.8% -53.8% -89.9% 476.8 ROOM Hotel Network 37.13 2.00 5.7% -29.5% N/A 2.0B SKDS SmarterKids.com 2.00 0.06 3.2% -3.5% -73.7% 41.2 CTIX Cheap Tickets 10.50 0.31 3.1% -27.3% -36.4% 254.5 BGST BigStar 0.28 0.00 0.0% -59.2% -96.1% 2.9 COOL Cyberian Outpost 3.03 0.00 0.0% -30.0% -66.5% 95.9 INSW InsWeb 2.28 -0.03 -1.3% -1.7% -92.3% 80.3 ADBL Audible 0.94 -0.03 -3.2% -43.9% -92.7% 25.8 TMCS Ticketmaster 15.00 -0.56 -3.6% -46.5% -68.5% 1.3B EFTD FTD.COM 3.25 -0.13 -3.7% -25.8% -68.3% 158.1 EBAY eBay 51.63 -2.41 -4.5% -19.7% -8.3% 13.9B ESTM E-Stamp 0.59 -0.03 -5.0% -52.4% -96.9% 23.7 EBKR Ebookers.com 4.13 -0.25 -5.7% -17.8% -68.2% 70.2 FASH Fashionmall.com 2.06 -0.13 -5.7% -14.1% -48.6% 15.5 ALOY Alloy Online 7.75 -0.50 -6.1% -9.8% -50.1% 162.0 EMUS EMusic.com 0.75 -0.06 -7.7% -58.6% -92.0% 32.3 EGGS Egghead.com 2.03 -0.19 -8.4% -32.2% -87.6% 86.0 FATB Fatbrain.com 3.69 -0.34 -8.5% -3.2% -83.7% 48.1 PLRX PlanetRx.com 0.31 -0.03 -9.1% -34.4% -97.5% 16.1 AMZN Amazon.com 33.88 -3.50 -9.4% -46.2% -68.6% 12.1B TIXX Tickets.com 0.88 -0.09 -9.7% N/A -90.3% 51.7 ASFD Ashford.com 2.00 -0.25 -11.1% -27.0% -77.4% 90.5 SFTY eSAFETYWORLD 1.81 -0.25 -12.1% -18.2% N/A 5.4 BFLY Bluefly 2.06 -0.31 -13.2% -21.4% -71.0% 10.2 VSTY Varsity Group 0.44 -0.09 -17.6% -28.6% N/A 6.9 BNBN barnesandnoble.com 3.16 -0.72 -18.5% -40.0% -72.7% 461.3 LMIN Lastminute.com 6.50 -1.56 -19.4% -13.1% N/A 195.4 BUYX BUY.COM 1.66 -0.41 -19.7% -46.0% N/A 217.3 HITS Musicmaker.com 0.34 0.69 -20.1% -40.0% -93.1% 11.4 BYND Beyond.com 0.56 -0.16 -21.7% -20.6% -88.2% 21.5 SQST SciQuest.com 3.09 -1.20 -28.0% -61.2% -95.6% 89.7 ETYS eToys 2.56 -1.25 -32.8% -38.6% -85.0% 312.6 PCLN priceline.com 3.25 -2.94 -47.5% -79.5% -88.2% 541.6 IPET Pets.com 0.25 -0.28 -52.9% -46.9% N/A 7.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-tailers Ave. -4.0% Poor Sock Puppet. How could such a beloved marketing icon suffer such a cruel fate? You'll never see the Energizer Bunny put out on the street like this. Then again, the bunny's corporate owner is a real business, while Pets.com, which closed its doors this week, was yet another money-bleeding cyber-mirage. Where's all the holiday buzz surrounding companies such as eToys and priceline.com? Stolen by those Grinchy analysts, who insist on downgrading shares of these and other beleaguered e-tailers. FINANCIAL SERVICES 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap TREE LendingTree 5.19 1.66 46.9% -48.3% N/A 93.5 NXCD NextCard 9.94 1.88 23.3% -11.8% -70.1% 527.3 LINE onlinetrading.com 4.31 0.50 13.1% -43.0% -72.2% 49.5 CMGI CMGI 21.81 1.13 5.4% -59.0% -87.9% 6.4B ICGE Internet Capital 16.25 0.75 4.8% -60.7% -93.4% 4.6B NTBK Net.B@nk 8.81 0.38 4.4% -32.4% -48.5% 261.5 AMTD Ameritrade 15.25 0.50 3.4% -31.4% -34.8% 2.7B ECMV E Com Ventures 0.94 0.03 3.4% -13.9% -68.7% 9.3 WITC Wit Soundview 6.81 0.19 2.8% -42.3% -65.6% 616.7 EELN E-LOAN 2.75 0.03 1.1% -3.6% -77.8% 145.5 DIR DLJdirect 4.88 0.00 0.0% -33.3% -62.9% 500.4 MDCM Mortgage.com 0.06 0.00 0.0% -39.5% -86.5% 2.8 DVIN divineInterventures 3.00 0.00 0.0% -49.5% N/A 412.3 EGRP E*TRADE 13.44 -0.94 -6.5% -35.7% -49.7% 4.0B WEBS Web Street 1.38 -0.13 -8.3% -38.1% -85.7% 35.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Services Ave. +6.3% One of the few losing sectors last week turns it around, with only two companies sinking further. Group leader LendingTree has gained 87% since hitting a new all-time low close of $2.78 on Oct. 13. Key catalyst: A Q3 report issued Oct. 18 that showed losses being reduced to 81 cents per share from $1.04 per share in the second quarter. Top YTD sector performer is Ameritrade, down 35%, but up a sliver (0.5%) over the past three months, making it the only gainer for any measured time period beyond a week. E-COMMERCE ENABLERS 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap CKCM Click Commerce 37.00 9.56 34.9% 0.8% N/A 1.4B NEOF Neoforma.com 2.19 0.56 34.6% -50.3% N/A 277.5 XCAR XCare.net 7.25 1.75 31.8% -18.4% N/A 117.8 BBSW Broadbase 15.88 3.63 29.6% -34.5% -78.2% 754.3 IMNY I-Many 27.25 5.31 24.2% 23.3% N/A 871.3 PRTS PartsBase.com 3.50 0.63 21.7% -2.2% N/A 49.3 FIRE FirePond 10.63 1.75 19.7% -48.0% N/A 377.8 ROWE Rowecom 2.88 0.44 17.9% -46.2% -93.7% 35.6 INTW InterWorld 2.50 0.22 9.6% -80.8% -96.8% 73.0 BVSN BroadVision 34.38 3.00 9.6% -19.2% -50.0% 9.2B BTBC b2bstores.com 1.50 0.13 9.1% -16.7% N/A 12.9 EPAY Bottomline 38.38 2.88 8.1% -1.8% 4.7% 493.5 LQID Liquid Audio 4.72 0.34 7.9% -36.3% -83.2% 105.6 DRIV Digital River 6.88 0.47 7.3% -41.4% -88.2% 150.6 ELCO Elcom Inter. 3.47 0.22 6.7% -24.7% -87.5% 106.6 CYCH CyberCash 3.00 0.19 6.7% -52.5% -75.7% 77.6 DDDC Deltathree.com 3.19 0.19 6.3% -46.0% -86.5% 91.9 SLTC Selectica 27.63 1.50 5.7% -20.3% N/A 992.7 NETP Net Perceptions 3.75 0.19 5.3% -63.9% -88.2% 100.2 AGIL Agile Software 77.88 3.25 4.4% -18.9% -35.8% 3.6B RETK Retek 41.00 0.75 1.9% -4.8% -39.4% 1.9B FAIM FairMarket 2.09 0.03 1.5% -42.9% N/A 59.2 CMRC Commerce One 64.00 0.44 0.7% -6.2% -28.3% 12.1B ZNGN Zengine 12.31 0.06 0.5% N/A N/A 202.8 PCOR pcOrder.com 6.19 0.03 0.5% -36.2% -93.2% 104.5 QUOT Quotesmith.com 0.94 0.00 0.0% -12.5% -83.3% 18.0 SBYN SeeBeyond Tech. 16.00 -0.06 -0.4% N/A N/A N/A PRVW Preview Systems 4.94 -0.06 -1.3% -57.2% -93.5% 84.5 NVDC Navidec 4.13 -0.06 -1.5% -14.5% -46.7% 45.4 CYSV Cysive 7.81 -0.13 -1.6% -3.6% -79.8% 218.6 WEBM webMethods 85.88 -1.38 -1.6% -31.4% N/A 4.0B QSFT Quest Software 41.00 -1.13 -2.7% 7.2% 14.6% 3.5B GSPT Global Sports 8.47 -0.28 -3.2% -17.2% -39.9% 183.8 ONVI Onvia.com 2.44 -0.13 -4.9% -52.9% N/A 196.8 ARBA Ariba 114.13 -6.44 -5.3% -18.1% 55.9% 27.5B AWEB Autoweb.com 0.53 -0.03 -5.5% -38.2% -89.4% 15.7 OMKT Open Market 3.06 -0.19 -5.8% -63.4% -93.6% 142.7 ORCC Online Resources 3.88 -0.25 -6.1% 4.7% -73.0% 44.9 TANN Tanning Tech. 4.75 -0.38 -7.3% -57.7% -88.2% 100.0 USIT U.S. Interactive 1.19 -0.09 -7.3% -71.9% -97.2% 30.8 ITWO i2 Technologies 157.00 -14.50 -8.5% -1.2% 101.0% 31.1B CORI Corillian 13.06 -1.44 -9.9% 12.3% N/A 417.1 IMPV ImproveNet 1.13 -0.13 -10.0% -51.5% N/A 18.8 CYBS CyberSource 5.00 -0.69 -12.1% -37.8% -84.9% 174.0 OPUS Opus360 1.53 -0.22 -12.5% -49.0% N/A 76.9 ITRA Intraware 6.50 -1.13 -14.8% -45.6% -93.1% 170.5 EPNY E.piphany 82.06 -14.25 -14.8% -16.0% -66.3% 3.7B CLIC Calico Commerce 2.88 -0.50 -14.8% -52.5% -94.0% 100.9 SNHK Sunhawk.com 11.75 -2.25 -16.1% -31.3% N/A 35.4 BRNC Braun Consulting 7.41 -1.53 -17.1% -27.2% -79.6% 149.0 PPRO PurchasePro.com 21.94 -4.81 -18.0% 30.4% -36.3% 1.4B DGIN Digital Insight 15.88 -3.50 -18.1% -14.5% -25.9% 458.7 ABTL Autobytel .com 4.50 -1.06 -19.1% 32.4% -57.0% 91.4 PRSW Persistence 8.88 -2.13 -19.3% -39.3% -56.2% 173.5 PFSW PFSweb 1.47 -0.53 -26.6% -44.2% -95.6% 26.2 HCOM HomeCom 0.22 -0.09 -30.0% -40.0% -87.2% 2.0 ARTG Art Technology 45.75 -20.98 -31.4% -16.5% 32.5% 3.1B --------------------------------------------------------------------- E-commerce Enablers Ave. -0.7% Click Commerce gets a belated bump from Q3 earnings showing strong revenue growth and a net loss of 4 cents per share. Medical e-commerce marketplace software provider NeoForma soars on a 10-year agreement with Medbuy, Canada's largest national medical group purchasing organization. Another software maker targeting the healthcare industry, Xcar.net, strikes a development deal with transaction systems vendor MedUnite. Art Technology Group plummets as the market punishes the company for selling $9.6 million in accounts receivable at a discount and not mentioning it in its recent Q3 report. SECURITY 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap CYLK Cylink 4.94 1.06 27.4% -41.9% -45.6% 152.3 NSSI Network-1 3.75 0.63 20.0% -34.0% -61.0% 23.4 LTNX Litronic 7.50 0.63 9.1% -21.1% -49.0% 74.1 ALDN Aladdin Knowledge 7.00 0.50 7.7% -36.9% -55.6% 79.2 CHKP Check Point 159.81 7.00 4.6% -6.0% 221.9% 24.5B ISSX Internet Security 90.38 2.38 2.7% 8.4% 31.9% 3.8B AXNT AXENT 18.19 0.00 0.0% -5.4% 7.2% 526.2 NETE Netegrity 73.00 -0.25 -0.3% 0.8% 59.9% 2.2B ENTU Entrust 30.00 -0.31 -1.0% -20.0% -61.0% 1.9B ITRU InterTrust 9.88 -0.13 -1.3% -62.6% -88.7% 851.0 RSAS RSA Security 52.25 -5.34 -9.3% 10.4% -22.8% 2.1B VLCT ValiCert 14.06 -2.31 -14.1% -19.3% N/A 311.5 PILT Pilot Network 2.69 -0.69 -20.4% -45.6% -72.2% 40.5 WGRD WatchGuard 38.88 -11.13 -22.3% -24.6% 29.3% 936.5 VONE V-ONE 1.45 -0.42 -22.5% -46.4% -74.5% 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Security Ave. -1.3% No sooner had Cylink gained some altitude by announcing the reduction of its workforce by 12%, it starts losing it after its CFO departs to join a start-up. Shares were headed back down Thursday, closing at $4. V-ONE reports narrowing Q3 losses, but sharply declining revenue sinks shares. WatchGuard, one of the year's top-performing Internet stocks, stumbles badly after Network Associates announces plans to challenge WGRD with new anti-hacker products. PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap SGNT Sagent Tech. 3.69 1.38 59.5% -70.9% -90.7% 105.4 CTRA Centra Software 7.69 1.75 29.5% -28.9% N/A 185.8 EPRS Eprise 3.63 0.66 22.1% -73.3% N/A 91.2 AVSR Avistar 4.41 0.72 19.5% -16.5% N/A 110.6 IMAN iManage 4.00 0.47 13.3% -61.3% -86.9% 93.1 OBAS Optibase 13.75 1.38 11.1% -28.1% -58.1% 146.3 BWEB BackWeb 10.94 1.00 10.1% -55.7% -83.5% 410.7 RNWK RealNetworks 23.06 1.94 9.2% -48.4% -60.8% 3.6B VOCL VocalTec 9.47 0.72 8.2% -33.2% -43.5% 114.7 RWAV Rogue Wave 5.00 0.38 8.1% -10.8% -29.4% 54.5 VMDC VantageMed Corp. 1.75 0.13 7.7% -4.4% N/A 15.1 TIBX Tibco Software 63.56 3.56 5.9% -2.0% 47.0% 12.4B NESY NEON Systems 7.00 0.31 4.7% -39.5% -79.0% 66.1 SWCM Software.com 154.06 6.66 4.5% 2.2% 71.5% 7.5B WEBT WebTrends 33.94 1.44 4.4% -33.3% -31.5% 889.0 LBRT Liberate Tech. 19.44 0.81 4.4% -14.4% -80.7% 2.0B BLSW Bluestone 21.63 0.88 4.2% -19.5% -85.2% 449.3 WBSN Websense 18.81 0.69 3.8% 3.9% N/A 367.3 OTEX Open Text 24.88 0.75 3.1% -20.5% 14.1% 503.2 PKSI Primus Knowledge 8.63 0.19 2.2% -73.9% -87.4% 154.5 MNDO Mind C.T.I. 11.63 0.25 2.2% -27.3% N/A 233.8 SABA Saba Software 22.13 0.44 2.0% 7.0% N/A 971.9 IWOV Interwoven 109.88 0.63 0.6% 1.5% 91.5% 5.4B TMNT Telemate.Net 1.56 0.00 0.0% -44.1% -91.0% 12.3 DTEC Delano Tech. 13.00 -0.06 -0.5% 11.4% N/A 391.9 VIGN Vignette 29.00 -0.31 -1.1% -13.8% -43.7% 6.7B IPIX Internet Pict. 2.13 -0.06 -2.9% -74.4% -86.0% 128.2 RHAT Red Hat 14.88 -0.44 -2.9% -35.7% -86.1% 2.3B EXTN Extensity 11.88 -0.38 -3.1% -32.8% N/A 283.3 SMPL SimPlayer.com 1.81 -0.06 -3.3% -47.5% 24.4% 16.5 BLUE Blue Martini 33.25 -1.25 -3.6% -10.5% N/A 2.3B NTOP Net2Phone 18.75 -0.75 -3.8% -27.6% -56.9% 1.0B COBT Cobalt Networks 49.69 -2.81 -5.4% -3.7% -44.7% 1.5B NSPK NetSpeak 7.06 -0.44 -5.8% -42.9% -66.4% 100.2 OTGS OTG Software 28.75 -2.00 -6.5% 32.2% N/A 740.8 ALLR Allaire 7.41 -0.59 -7.4% -31.3% -89.6% 201.8 VCIX Virtual Communities 0.38 -0.03 -7.7% -49.9% -85.3% 6.3 EVLV Evolve Software 14.38 -1.44 -9.1% -33.2% N/A 525.5 VIAD Viador 4.31 -0.44 -9.2% -46.3% -87.3% 76.8 LOUD Loudeye 3.67 -0.39 -9.6% -54.9% N/A 135.9 SSSW SilverStream 20.19 -2.69 -11.7% -5.2% -78.3% 413.5 EMBT Embarcadero 52.75 -7.25 -12.1% 17.9% N/A 1.4B NTGX net.Genesis Corp 3.50 -0.55 -13.5% -3.8% N/A 74.0 PASW PASW 1.06 -0.19 -15.0% -45.6% -70.7% 4.8 SONE S1 Corp. 10.25 -2.13 -17.2% -39.7% -87.0% 565.8 CWLD CrossWorlds 9.63 -2.00 -17.2% -30.7% N/A 249.7 VSTY Varsity Group 0.44 -0.09 -17.6% -28.6% N/A 6.9 PRSF Portal Software 29.88 -6.47 -17.8% -28.8% -35.6% 4.9B CLRN Clarent 24.94 -5.63 -18.4% -15.1% -54.3% 831.2 MONE MatrixOne 22.50 -5.81 -20.5% -16.5% N/A 958.5 SQSW Sequoia Software 4.06 -1.19 -22.6% -37.3% N/A 124.8 FVCX FVC.com 2.13 -0.63 -22.7% -62.2% -80.2% 36.7 WAVO WAVO 0.38 -0.13 -25.0% -31.8% -86.8% 16.6 SVCW ServiceWare 4.31 -1.59 -27.0% -45.7% N/A 101.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Performance Software Ave. -1.9% Sagent Technology grabs the No. 1 slot among all 'Net tickers this week, thanks to a deal with Siemens in which the German technology giant will use SGNT's customer data analysis software. Shares zoomed up 47% on Monday alone, but are still down 91% for the year to date. Web-based service and support software provider ServiceWare continues to fall since going public in late August. Shares are down 51% from Aug. 25 first-day close of $8.75. INTERNET SERVICES 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap INIT Interliant 10.69 3.38 46.2% -45.4% -79.1% 511.2 CLAI Claimsnet.com 3.44 0.94 37.5% -43.3% -76.9% 31.6 CLKS click2learn.com 17.44 3.56 25.7% 1.5% 22.9% 294.0 IPRT iPrint.com 1.78 0.31 21.3% -36.0 % N/A 53.4 WNET WHEREVER.net 1.81 0.31 20.8% -40.4% N/A 44.8 ILND Interland 5.50 0.75 15.8% -26.3% N/A 256.9 WEBX WebEx 48.88 6.56 15.5% 29.2% N/A 1.8B CONV Convergent 4.19 0.47 12.6% -13.6% -75.6% 123.9 ITXC ITXC Corp. 11.50 1.19 11.5% -34.4% -66.0% 443.1 SKIL SkillSoft 20.25 1.94 10.6% -9.2% N/A 268.3 EGRT Egreetings 0.34 0.03 10.0% -45.7% -93.6% 12.2 DRTN Data Return 13.00 0.97 8.1% -35.6% -70.1% 462.2 HHNT HeadHunter.NET 10.56 0.69 7.0% -8.2% -51.8% 196.4 CAVN Cavion 2.47 0.16 6.8% -35.6% -58.7% 12.3 LFMN Lifeminders 13.44 0.75 5.9% -63.1% -82.0% 320.5 ECRU E-Cruiter.com 2.94 0.16 5.6% -24.6% -56.1% 22.6 USIX USinternetworking 3.41 0.16 4.8% -50.0% -90.7% 329.9 KANA Kana Comm. 25.75 0.94 3.8% -45.0% -81.5% 2.4B CTCH CommTouch 12.50 0.44 3.6% -26.7% -69.2% 190.8 MDLI MedicaLogic 3.56 0.09 2.7% -31.9% -84.8% 196.8 RCOM Register.com 7.13 0.13 1.8% -23.8% N/A 227.9 ACRU Accrue Software 4.69 0.03 0.7% -48.7% -83.0% 137.1 LIOX Lionbridge 9.13 0.00 0.0% -13.2% -56.0% 249.2 VRSN VeriSign 127.13 -0.19 -0.1% -15.8% -9.7% 24.7B EXDS Exodus 33.00 -0.88 -2.6% -43.5% -14.7% 13.8B CRIO Corio 4.66 -0.12 -2.6% -57.8% N/A 225.8 HLTH WebMD 12.13 -0.38 -3.0% -27.7% -72.1% 2.7B IBAS iBasis 8.66 -0.34 -3.8% -50.3% -64.7% 295.1 WQNI WorldQuest 3.13 -0.19 -5.7% -1.7% N/A 19.9 NAVI NaviSite 11.38 -0.69 -5.7% -75.2% -79.0% 643.0 SVVS Savvis 3.63 -0.25 -6.5% -50.0% N/A 337.0 EVOK Evoke 4.38 -0.31 -6.7% -37.5% N/A 204.7 DIGX Digex 38.19 -2.75 -6.7% -15.6% -24.5% 2.4B CHRD Chordiant 5.88 -0.47 -7.4% -32.9% N/A 216.3 SAPE Sapient 31.88 -2.64 -7.7% -14.5% -42.9% 3.8B HOTJ HotJobs.com 14.50 -1.50 -9.4% -24.6% -67.6% 524.1 CPTH Critical Path 44.50 -4.75 -9.6% -34.1% -45.4% 2.8B KEYN Keynote Systems 22.38 -2.80 -11.1% -26.3% -71.0% 619.3 CRFH Crayfish Co. 1.81 -0.25 -12.1% -70.3% N/A 92.2 STMP Stamps.com 3.03 -0.44 -12.6% -50.0% -92.2% 148.9 MRBA Marimba 5.13 -0.81 -13.7% -63.3% -87.0% 120.1 BWAY Breakaway Sol. 4.88 -0.81 -14.3% -51.8% -82.9% 219.5 EQIX Equinix 8.06 -1.69 -17.3% -30.6% N/A 594.8 LPSN LivePerson 2.00 -0.44 -17.9% -68.1% N/A 58.9 FUSN Fusion Networks 0.56 -0.13 -18.2% -21.0% N/A 20.8 VCNT Vicinity 8.06 -2.31 -22.3% -14.4% N/A 226.4 EGAN eGain 4.75 -1.41 -22.8% -34.3% -80.4% 169.6 NTWO N2H2 1.00 -0.38 -27.3% -31.8% -91.3% 22.5 NETZ Netzee 1.97 -0.94 -32.3% -16.2% -74.6% 43.4 MAIL Mail.com 2.38 -1.25 -34.5% -32.4% -77.0% 141.9 SRCH US SEARCH.com 0.56 -0.31 -35.7% -44.7% -88.2% 10.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Services Ave. -1.8% Application services provider Interliant climbs on third-quarter report, even though its net loss widened to 88 cents per share from 37 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Investors must have been impressed by the near-quadrupling of revenue to $44.3 million. Growing losses, shrinking revenue explain US SEARCH.com's residency in the sector's basement. SRCH, truth be told, is close to flatlining. Messaging services provider Mail.com tries throwing things overboard to generate investor support, announcing it would sell "non-core" asset s such as Asia.com and India.com. Instead, shares continue to fall. ADVERTISING/MARKETING 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap CBLT Cobalt Group 4.00 0.67 20.2% -38.6% -68.8% 70.7 HPOL Harris Interactive 4.50 0.75 20.0% -18.9% -68.8% 153.9 BFRE Be Free 4.81 0.78 19.4% -36.5% -91.1% 313.8 VCLK ValueClick 4.58 0.64 16.3% -56.2% N/A 128.2 APLN @Plan.Inc 6.50 0.56 9.5% -38.2% -56.6% 73.5 LNTY L90 6.00 0.19 3.2% -22.9% N/A 134.2 CSAV coolsavings.com 1.38 0.03 2.3% -37.8% N/A 53.8 PRME Prime Response 4.25 0.06 1.5% -38.5% N/A 87.9 DCLK DoubleClick 18.75 0.25 1.4% -74.8% -91.2% 2.3B APTM Aptimus 2.00 0.00 0.0% -22.9% -95.8% N/A NTCR NetCreations 7.91 -0.09 -1.2% -57.3% -89.6% 122.5 NCNT Netcentives 7.06 -0.13 -1.7% -3.3% -85.8% 300.9 MYPT MyPoints.com 2.06 -0.25 -10.8% -71.1% -96.8% 60.6 DIGI Digital Impact 4.50 -0.63 -12.2% -39.7% -88.9% 111.6 AVEA Avenue A 3.88 -0.61 -13.6% -57.1% N/A 225.0 MPLX Mediaplex 1.75 -0.31 -15.2% -54.5% -95.0% 58.9 NTRT NetRatings 14.50 -2.63 -15.3% 8.0% -61.7% 471.0 TFSM 24/7 Media 4.64 -0.92 -16.6% -56.1% -90.4% 165.2 ENGA Engage 3.47 -0.72 -17.2% -53.7% -85.7% 623.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertising/Marketing Ave. -0.5% The Cobalt Group continues its steady climb since releasing Q3 numbers on Oct. 23. But CBLT remains much closer to its all-time low close of $2.43 (set two weeks ago) than the $24.13 high from early January. Two earnings report disasters crowd the cellar. CMGI-owned Engage Technologies blows its Q1 sales forecast, triggering the resignation of CEO Paul Schaut. Meanwhile, 24/7 Media gets clobbered after missing Q3 estimates, announcing layoffs and forecasting slower growth. It's shakeout time in this sector. CONSULTANTS/DESIGNERS 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close Change %Change %Change Cap RAZF Razorfish 5.75 1.06 22.7% -61.6% -89.1% 546.3 GENI GenesisIntermedi 18.19 2.88 18.8% 0.4% 182.0% 117.5 INFT Inforte Corp. 32.13 1.75 5.8% -26.4% N/A 403.8 VIAN Viant 5.78 0.16 2.8% -10.8% -86.9% 277.2 MMPT Modem Media 7.00 0.13 1.8% -38.5% -87.6% 171.6 CVGP Convergent 7.88 -0.06 -0.8% 76.7% N/A 341.9 PECS PEC Solutions 6.75 -0.13 -1.8% -6.8% N/A 150.3 OGNC Organic 3.09 -0.09 -2.9% -38.7% N/A 272.1 SCNT Scient Corp. 17.38 -0.88 -4.8% -40.1% -79.9% 1.3B LUMT Luminant 1.78 -0.09 -5.0% -66.7% -95.7% 48.3 PXCM Proxicom 12.50 -0.69 -5.2% -51.0% -80.8% 705.4 MSPR Mainspring 6.81 -0.38 -5.2% -41.9% N/A 128.1 ACOM AGENCY.COM 10.19 -0.81 -7.4% -39.5% -76.3% 362.7 PRFT Perficient 11.75 -1.75 -13.0% 9.5% 11.0% 71.3 DTAS Digitas 10.81 -1.69 -13.5% -18.0% N/A 622.1 LNTE Lante Corp. 3.13 -0.50 -13.8% -40.6% N/A 123.5 IIXL iXL Enterprises 2.00 -0.38 -15.8% -49.4% -95.1% 151.4 MRCH marchFIRST 5.00 -1.19 -19.2% -42.2% -78.8% 751.1 IISX Integrated Info. 2.31 -0.69 -22.9% -49.0% N/A 47.3 XPDR Xpedior 1.00 -1.44 -59.0% -57.8% -92.7% 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Consulta nts/Designers Ave. -6.9% Xpedior: Declining revenues, deep losses, management changes, lines of credit...need I say more? Razorfish rises despite ratings cut by Credit Suisse First Boston. GenesisIntermedia, the marketing and mall kiosk company, escapes from its $15 per share lockbox and climbs nearly 19%. Large share purchase by CEO may have helped. SPEED/BANDWIDTH 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap RAMP Ramp Networks 3.44 1.25 57.1% -62.0% -86.6% 74.5 PKTR Packeteer 35.63 12.13 51.6% -56.8% -67.8% 969.3 RDWR Radware 28.88 6.31 28.0% -20.1% -39.9% 457.8 CFLO CacheFlow 136.00 16.50 13.8% -3.0% 3.3% 5.4B FFIV F5 Networks 36.50 3.56 10.8% -30.9% -73.7% 785.2 AVCI Avici Systems 44.02 4.08 10.2% -23.0% N/A 2.1B IBEM iBEAM 6.44 0.44 7.3% -29.1% N/A 697.3 INAP InterNAP 17.94 1.19 7.1% -45.3% -78.3% 2.6B RSNT Resonate 43.50 2.63 6.4% 24.0% N/A 1.2B SONS Sonus Networks 40.50 1.63 4.2% -29.1% N/A 7.4B AKAM Akamai Technology 52.00 1.69 3.4% -20.7% -83.7% 5.5B JNPR Juniper Networks 188.19 4.81 2.6% 9.2% 340.2% 59.3B ATHM At Home 11.25 0.13 1.1% -43.1% -76.6% 4.5B CSCO Cisco Systems 52.13 0.00 0.0% -12.0% 10.9% 367.1B SCMR Sycamore Network 60.00 -1.25 -2.0% -25.9% -16.2% 14.7B HSAC High Speed Access 2.94 -0.09 -3.1% -46.5% -85.3% 163.6 COVD Covad Comm. 5.66 -0.31 -5.2% -42.0% -74.9% 875.8 INKT Inktomi 63.00 -4.19 -6.2% -34.3% -0.9% 7.2B WGAT WorldGate 16.63 -1.13 -6.3% -29.2% -59.1% 360.2 TERN Terayon 20.63 -2.06 -9.1% -9.3% 42.1% 1.3B TUTS Tut Systems 30.56 -3.31 -9.8% -35.8% 5.3% 477.4 NENG Network Engines 26.00 -4.75 -15.4% -17.3% N/A 888.4 COSN Cosine Comm. 25.81 -4.81 -15.7% N/A N/A 2.6B CAIS CAIS Internet 3.38 -0.94 -21.7% -12.8% -81.8% 78.0 BRCM Broadcom 151.81 -63.53 -29.5% -4.7% 79.2% 33.7B ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Speed/Bandwidth Ave. +3.2% Last year Ramp Networks delivered a Q3 earnings warning to disastrous effect. This year RAMP delivered a Q3 earnings warning to disastrous effect. That was a month ago, but it explains RAMP's sector-leading turn this week. It's called bouncing off a new bottom. Since announcing its first quarterly profit on Oct. 19, Packeteer has soared 78%. I'd say Juniper Networks is due for a big fall, but it had one recently, when shares nosedived 32% from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30. But they regained much of those losses, and JNPR remains the No. 1 Internet stock this year with a 340% advance. ISPs/ACCESS PROVIDERS 11/8 7-Day 7-Day 1-Month YTD Market Company $Close $Change %Change %Change Cap ELNK EarthLink 8.00 1.69 26.7% -37.0% -83.4% 999.5 IAWK Iasiaworks 8.94 1.25 16.3% -28.1% N/A 351.2 GIGM GigaMedia 5.75 0.75 15.0% -29.9% N/A 280.8 VNWI VIA NET.WORKS 7.97 0.97 13.8% -30.6% N/A 475.6 JWEB Juno Online 3.06 0.28 10.1% -48.3% -91.2% 119.0 LOAX Log On America 2.00 0.13 6.7% -26.0% -88.1% 17.6 PCNTF Pacific Internet 7.38 0.44 6.3% -61.1% -88.3% 93.2 DDDC Deltathree.com 3.19 0.19 6.3% -46.0% -86.5% 91.9 IGLD Internet Gold 3.00 0.13 4.3% -46.9% -84.4% 55.3 IIJI Internet/Japan 28.00 0.19 0.7% -21.0% -65 .3% 1.3B IZAP ZapME! 2.09 0.00 0.0% N/A -75.5% 94.6 NPLI Netpliance 1.63 0.00 0.0% -48.7% N/A 98.2 TLCT Telocity Delawar 2.75 -0.06 -2.2% -54.4% N/A 233.4 KOREA Korea Thrunet 6.06 -0.19 -3.0% -36.2% -92.6% 436.3 DSLN DSL.net 2.75 -0.09 -3.3% -35.7% -78.8% 181.2 RMII RMI.Net 1.25 -0.06 -4.8% -46.8% -86.5% 27.4 PRGY Prodigy 4.25 -0.31 -6.8% -45.6% -74.0% 296.9 QSCG QS Comm. 11.00 -0.88 -7.4% -30.4% N/A 560.7 GEEK Internet America 1.50 -0.13 -7.7% -54.5% -85.6% 14.6 IDTC IDT 31.94 -3.06 -8.8% -17.8% 80.2% 1.2B AGCX Asia Global 6.50 -0.63 -8.8% N/A N/A 3.5B HANA Hanaro Telecom 4.25 -0.44 -9.3% 11.0% N/A 1.1B FREE Freeserve 22.00 -2.69 -10.9% -35.9% -70.1% 2.2B NZRO NetZero 1.63 -0.25 -13.3% -45.5% -92.4% 198.9 FSST FASTNET 1.00 -0.25 -20.0% -16.0% N/A 15.0 PNVN PNV 0.38 -0.09 -20.0% -44.4% -91.7% 6.0 ISLD Digital Island 11.31 -3.19 -22.0% -46.2% -84.9% 788.3 ATHY AppliedTheory 4.13 -1.25 -23.3% -36.8% -82.3% 102.4 ZIPL Ziplink 0.78 -1.02 -56.5% -42.4% -79.3% 10.1 PSIX PSINet 2.13 -4.61 -68.4% -42.2% -79.5% 403.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ISP/Access Provider Ave. -6.3% Earthlink reports wider Q3 losses, but manages to beat estimates, thus getting a boost from investors. However, ELNK warned that revenue growth from its dial-up business will slow. This week's biggest loser is PSINet, which posted mediocre quarterly results and may have to sell assets to raise much-needed cash and attempt to pay debt. The shareholder lawsuits have begun. Ziplink can't pay its debt to WorldCom and is looking or a buyer. ****************************************************************** For more of Chris Nerney's Internet stock analysis, check out his Internet StockTracker on The Internet Stock Report at: http://www.internetstockreport.com/tracker/