BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 30, 2000 ISSUE
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Slimmed Down


Dot-com stocks have crashed--but many still top their bricks-and-mortar 
rivals

TRAVEL
                        3/31/00             10/13/00
PRICELINE.COM (PCLN)
Price-to-sales ratio      16.0                0.9

SABRE GROUP (TSG)
Price-to-sales ratio      2.0                 1.5


STOCK TRADING
                        3/31/00             10/13/00
E*TRADE (EGRP)
Price-to-sales ratio      5.8                 2.3

MERRILL LYNCH (MER)
Price-to-sales ratio      1.1                 1.2


RETAIL
                        3/31/00             10/13/00
AMAZON.COM (AMZN)
Price-to-sales ratio      11.6                3.5

WAL-MART STORES (WMT)
Price-to-sales ratio      1.5                 1.1


DATA: BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL MARKETS


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