Research Paper on:
Comparison Between TV Guide Gemstar and Ericsson

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(which allows people to simply program their VCRs) and Telafonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, simply known as "Ericsson," manufacturer of wireless network infrastructure, as well as corporate networking and communications systems, cable  and military electronics. This paper will examine each companys price-earnings ratio, market valuation, earnings per share; and will also examine what the stock did during the past year. Also in  this paper will be summaries of each company and explanations as to what the future for the companies and their industries will be.  For Ericsson, the companys EPS, for the year ending 2000 was $.28 per share, with a price-earnings ratio of 94 for the high and 37 for the low  (Hoovers Company Profiles (a), 2002). The market value of Ericsson is $88,516.7 (Hoover Company Profiles (a), 2002). Meanwhile, Gemstar-TV Guide had an earnings per share of $.64, with the price/earnings  ratio being 168 for the high and 52 for the low (Hoovers Company Profiles (b), 2002), with a market value of $14 million (McLaughlin and Pulfrey, 2002). See the accompanying  charts at the end of the report to determine each corporations 52 week share price history. Although both stocks trade on NASDAQ,  and both deal, in a way, with cutting-edge technology, as is evidenced by the numbers, both have different earnings per share as well as a price-earnings ratio. There are many  factors in these differences, one of which is that both companies deal with different areas of technology that have been impacted in different ways due to economic circumstances. Gemtstar-TV Guide,  for example, has maintained a strong grip on the market mainly through mergers (thus eliminating competition) and offering strong technologies (Hoovers Company Profiles (b), 2002). Gemstars purchase of TV Guide