Market Comparison of Three Companies

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Market Comparison of Three Companies

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• Hatsunaro (no middle name) Kiyanitza

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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

• Founded by Stanford Students, Bill Hewlett and
  Dave Packard in 1939
• First product was an audio oscillator
• Walt Disney Studios was one of their first
  customers who bought 8 oscillators to test and
  develop and innovative sound system for the movie
  fantasia

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HPQ Products

• Desktops and Workstations
• Notebooks Tablet PCs
• Printers
• Handheld Devices
• Monitors
• Fax, Copiers, Scanners

• Digital Photography
• Entertainment
• Storage
• Networking
• Servers
• Software Products

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HPQ Market Info

• Stock symbol HPQ
• Current Price 19.7
• Price 1 year ago 23.10
• 52 week low 16.08
• 52 week high 26.28

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Komag (KOMG)

• Founded in 1983 and is the leading independent
  supplier of thin-film disks
• Creates storage disks for computers, enterprise
  storage systems and other electronic equipment
• Research and Development center located in the
  U.S.
• Manufacturing center located in Malaysia
• Produce disks in high volume, strong quality, and
  low cost

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Komag Strategy

• Maintain its leadership in thin-disk development
• Improving advanced manufacturing processes
• Diversifying consumer base
• Balance capacity growth with customer demand

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Komag Market Info

• Stock Symbol KOMG
• Current Price 15.64
• Price 1 year ago 17.08
• 52 week low 9.42
• 52 week high 24.57

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International Business Machines (IBM)

• Incorporated at New York in 1911 as the
  Computing- Tabulating- Recording Company
• Created the first computing system and was the
  first dial recorder company
• IBM continued to grow through the Great
  Depression
• In October, IBM created "Regatta," the world's
  most powerful UNIX server

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IBM Products and Services

• Desktop PCs
• Monitors
• Notebooks
• Handheld Devices
• Disk storage systems
• Mainframes

• Tape storage systems
• Network attached storage systems
• Hard drives
• Application servers
• Software

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IBM Market Info

• Stock symbol IBM
• Current price 19.7
• Price 1 year ago 23.10
• 52 week low 16.08
• 52 week high 26.28

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Market Comparison Chart
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Current Price vs. 1 Year Ago