Investors are hungry for new names with promise in today's tough market.
The stock hasn't been savaged but neither has it sparkled. And it is assumed by some to be a takeover bet. Investors savor the company's earnings turnaround. In the third quarter, the company earned 14 cents a share, up from 8 cents a year ago. For all of 2000, analysts say earnings will jump to 38 cents, and to 59 cents in 2001, up from 18 cents in 1999.