Internet Stocks Regain Half Losses

When the market moves in mysterious ways it’s important to keep the spotlight on performance. Yesterday we highlighted the drop from top and today I back out for a weekly review of where ISDEX is now vs. then. Off 10.6% is the short answer.

Even after April 20’s buying binge in a majority of the 50 stocks here and the sector at large the 10.6% weekly softening gives us context for two things: 1) how much risk investors are willing to be exposed to vs. April 15 and 2) individual stocks in the group that have lost the most since then.

The former drives some valuation while the latter provides a benchmark for how much expectation investors may be willing to allocate any one of these stocks again. Let’s let the numbers show the shakeout:

ISDEX April 15 – April 20




















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































ISDEX ®

 

20-Apr-99

% change

Point change

% change

The Internet Stock Index

 

close

from

from

from

www.isdex.com

 

 

15-Apr-99

15-Apr-99

31-Dec-98

 

 

 

 

 

or 1999 IPO

ISDEX

 

539.01

-10.6%

-63.98

88.0%

NASDAQ

 

2,409.64

-4.4%

-112.13

9.9%

DJIA

 

10,448.55

-0.1%

-14.17

13.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

@Home Network

ATHM

$132.75

-13%

-$19.75

79%

24/7 Media

TFSM

$44.00

-12%

-$5.81

57%

Amazon.Com

AMZN

$172.00

3%

$4.75

61%

America Online

AOL

$128.69

-11%

-$15.19

66%

Axent

AXNT

$8.94

-12%

-$1.19

-71%

Beyond.com

BYND

$27.06

-15%

-$4.94

30%

Broadcast.com

BCST

$121.50

-14%

-$19.00

218%

Broadcom

BRCM

$64.38

-2%

-$1.13

7%

Broadvision

BVSN

$49.00

-5%

-$2.38

53%

CDnow

CDNW

$14.44

-9%

-$1.50

-20%

CheckPoint Software

CHKPF

$34.13

6%

$2.06

-26%

Cisco

CSCO

$101.56

-8%

-$8.75

9%

CMG Info

CMGI

$206.00

-25%

-$70.25

287%

CNET

CNET

$105.50

-17%

-$21.63

310%

Concentric

CNCX

$73.13

-17%

-$14.88

120%

CyberCash

CYCH

$17.81

-13%

-$2.63

19%

Cyberian Outpost

COOL

$14.06

-15%

-$2.44

-49%

Doubleclick

DCLK

$128.19

0%

$0.31

476%

E*TRADE

EGRP

$89.81

-11%

-$11.63

284%

Earthlink Network

ELNK

$65.25

-11%

-$7.75

14%

eBay

EBAY

$162.50

-9%

-$16.38

102%

Egghead.com

EGGS

$14.25

-9%

-$1.38

-32%

Excite

XCIT

$129.50

-12%

-$17.44

208%

Exodus

EXDS

$74.00

7%

$4.75

130%

GeoCities

GCTY

$112.75

-12%

-$15.25

235%

Go2Net

GNET

$148.13

-6%

-$9.75

737%

Infoseek

SEEK

$50.56

-22%

-$14.06

2%

Infospace.com

INSP

$115.00

-4%

-$4.19

202%

Inktomi

INKT

$92.44

-24%

-$28.44

43%

ISS Group

ISSX

$44.00

-15%

-$8.00

-20%

iVillage

IVIL

$80.00

-24%

-$24.88

233%

Lycos

LCOS

$73.88

-22%

-$20.69

33%

Mindspring

MSPG

$86.25

-16%

-$16.50

41%

Network Associates

NETA

$11.06

-27%

-$4.19

-83%

Network Solutions

NSOL

$60.00

-36%

-$33.50

-8%

Onsale

ONSL

$24.00

-32%

-$11.06

-40%

Open Market

OMKT

$13.06

-13%

-$1.94

12%

Preview Travel

PTVL

$20.75

2%

$0.38

13%

Prodigy

PRGY

$29.06

-18%

-$6.44

94%

PSINet

PSIX

$48.81

-11%

-$5.88

134%

RealNetworks

RNWK

$181.06

1%

$1.06

405%

Security Dynamics

SDTI

$17.63

7%

$1.13

-23%

Security First Technologies

SONE

$101.13

-12%

-$13.88

232%

Sportsline USA

SPLN

$43.63

-17%

-$9.13

180%

USWeb

USWB

$25.38

-6%

-$1.69

-4%

Verio

VRIO

$58.75

-10%

-$6.25

163%

Verisign

VRSN

$112.50

-28%

-$44.06

90%

VocalTec

VOCLF

$10.06

-7%

-$0.81

-11%

Xoom.com

XMCM

$70.25

-14%

-$11.75

113%

Yahoo!

YHOO

$171.00

-12%

-$23.63

44%

(c) 1999 internet.com

Of the above that have taken a beating it’s the ones that are off more than 20% the past week that some attention should perhaps be paid to. Some news behind the moves:

  • 99.04.20 – Lycos (NASDAQ:LCOS) for the first time ever beat Yahoo in number of unique monthly users according to online survey firm Media Metrix, 31.9 million in April vs. Yahoo’s 31.3 million. That puts Lycos (through its Tripod, Angelfire, Wired Digital and Lycos search guide properties) at more than 50% Internet reach.
  • 99.04.19 – Too many Internet initial public offerings finding too few buyers. More than 100 Internet stock offers have or are scheduled to ooze through the IPO pipe–too many offers, too many “.coms.” Investors pushed up new offers on zeal but the caffeine and enthusiasm had to wear off, it always does.
  • 99.04.18 – Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) finds believers in its embracing of the auction space, prompting DLJ to set a $280 per share target. I think the lineup of Web stocks is AOL (NYSE:AOL), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). So you can see who Amazon needs to beat if all these converge in the same space soon. I believe Amazon needs traffic though, more users, a community site, to match its book, music and movie fans with their own home pages.
  • 99.04.16 – RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) agrees to acquire Xing for $75 million stock. Those asleep at the wheel pushed down RNWK shares over the last two trading sessions since the news despite Xing jumpstarting Real in the white-hot MP3 market with Xing’s core compentency. Update: April 20 RNWK announces a 2-for-1 stock split which sends the stock soaring 41% tp $181.0625 per share.

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