Welcome investors to the nanotechnology business section of my website. Here I will provide information on nanotechnology companies and provide reccommendations for the companies that I think will have the most impact on the "technology" sector of the economy. To support my reccommendations I will post graphs, tables, financial statistics, and other relevant information about each company.

⁽¹⁾The dividend yield only protains to companies that pay dividends to shareholders.

Market Indicators:

Price-Earnings (PE) Ratio - this ratio indicates the market price for $1 of earnings.
Usually a high PE ratio means investors believe that the company has the potential for significant growth. However, if the PE ratio is above 50, some analysts believe the stock is overpriced. A stock with a low PE ratio maybe underpriced.

Dividend Yield - this ratio gives the percentage return on the investment in a share of stock via dividends.

Merger:

Merger - The acquisition of one company by another company whereby the companies combine as one legal entity, with the acquired company going out of existence.

Risks associated with a merger are the following:

1. Diversion of management's attention to the assimilation of the technology and personnel acquired businesses
2. Costs related to the merger
3. Integration of acquired products, technologies and employees into a companies business and product offerings

In order for a company to acquire the tangible benefits of a merger they must be able to (in part) effectively and efficiently integrate acquired products, technology, and employees into their current operations and culture. The difficulties of integrating products, technology, and employees may be increased by the following:

1. The necessity of coordinating geographically disparate organizations,
2. The complexity of the technologies being integrated, and
3. The necessity of integrating personnel with disparate business backgrounds and combining different corporate cultures.

One example of a company that went through a merger without acknowledging most of these characteristics (mentioned above) is Boeing. A case study written by me has been posted about the McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merger in July 7, 1997. To read about the Boeing case study please click here.

For Information about the companies that are currently being researched please choose from the following:

1. Nanogen Inc.
2. Nanophase
3. Zyvex Corp.