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[roadrunner81]

Nach langem hin und her dieser Aktie oder nach den Vielen Empfehlungen (z.b.Der Aktionär...) ist es sehr ruhig geworden.

Trotz alledem hab ich diesen Thread aufgemacht für interessierte Leute dieser Aktie oder für die die noch drin sind.

Dieser Thread ist nur zur NEWS-Sammlung gedacht. Und Jeder kann seine Analyse hier reinposten.
KEINE PUSHER BITTE

[conmuchomani]

Associated Press

Art Technology Raises 3Q Sales Outlook
Wednesday October 6, 12:32 pm ET
Art Technology Raises 3Q Sales Outlook, Expects Revenue to Grow by at Least 19 Percent


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Art Technology Group Inc., a maker of marketing software, raised its third-quarter sales guidance Wednesday, saying it expects revenue to grow by at least 19 percent from the second quarter.
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In July, the company predicted third-quarter revenue would increase more than 10 percent from the previous quarter. ATG said it now expects sales of $17 million to $17.5 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $14.3 million in the second quarter and $16 million during the year-ago period.

Shares rose 11 cents, or 11.1 percent, to $1.10 in midday trading on the Nasdaq.

ATG said the sequential revenue growth came mostly from a multi-million-dollar contract originally slated to close in the second quarter. The company, which posted a loss the past two quarters, said it expects to break even. At the end of the second quarter, ATG said it expected to return to profitability in the second half of 2004.

ATG also said it had short-term assets of $29.7 million at the end of the July-August period, hitting the high end of an earlier forecast of $28 million to $30 million. ATG continues to expect operating expenses of between $17.5 million and $18 million.

The company designs software for Web sites that integrates promotional, sales and informational content. Its clients include AMR Corp.`s American Airlines, Best Buy Co., Target Corp., the U.S. Army and Wells Fargo & Co.

ATG stock hit a 52-week low of 70 cents on Aug. 13, a few days after it announced a $30 million deal to buy rival Primus Knowledge Solutions. The company is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Oct. 21.

its all about the money man...

-conmuchomani-

[roadrunner81]

Das ist doch schon mal ein guter anfang. Danke @conmuchomani

[roadrunner81]

Mal sehen, interessantes chartverhältnis:

-Schwankungspotential von 0,7 bis 0,9€
-Kurs in München schon über 4%

Wird Frankfurt mithalten?
Wie reagiert die Aktie auf den Start der Nasdaq?

[conmuchomani]

Press Release

Source: Art Technology Group, Inc.

ATG Wins ISS Support for Primus Acquisition

Monday October 11, 7:30 am ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2004--ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG) today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that ATG stockholders vote FOR the Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PKSI - News) acquisition at the special meeting of ATG shareholders scheduled for October 22, 2004. ISS is widely recognized as the leading independent proxy advisory firm in the nation. Its recommendations are relied upon by hundreds of major institutional investment firms, mutual funds, and other fiduciaries throughout the country.

In recommending that ATG stockholders vote FOR the Primus acquisition, ISS stated that it had taken into account all of the concerns and arguments presented by the dissident shareholder group to date. In its October 7, 2004 report, ISS stated that:

"Based on the strategic merits of this transaction and the stronger platform for developing long-term sustainable profitability, we recommend a vote FOR the merger agreement."

"We are pleased ISS recognizes that ATG`s acquisition of Primus is in the best interests of both ATG and Primus stockholders," said Bob Burke, president and CEO of ATG. "Adding Primus` products and technical expertise to ATG will create an e-business powerhouse, enhancing our technology and providing the critical mass that we believe will greatly strengthen the combined company`s prospects for growth and profitability."

ATG urges all stockholders to follow ISS` recommendation and vote today FOR the merger with Primus. ATG stockholders who have questions or need assistance voting their shares should call MacKenzie Partners at [phone].


stop bush!
-conmuchomani-

[conmuchomani]

Press Release

Source: Art Technology Group, Inc.

ATG Introduces a New Generation e-Marketing Application to Fully Integrate Inbound Web Interactions with Outbound E-Mail

Monday October 11, 7:35 am ET

New Application Enables More Effective Customer Communications

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2004--ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG) the software provider behind the Web`s richest customer experiences today introduced ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach, the first e-marketing product designed specifically to leverage the rich understanding of a company`s customers gained through their Web interactions, preferences, and behaviors. ATG`s new application uses this customer insight to create more relevant, compelling, and personalized e-marketing and proactive customer service campaigns.

ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach draws from a rich set of customer profile information, interaction or purchase history and segmentation rules to execute highly targeted, highly personalized, multi-stage e-marketing and proactive customer service campaigns. The close integration of the Web and e-mail channels represents a new generation of e-marketing solutions that businesses are now demanding in the face of new, increasingly restrictive e-mail marketing legislation. e-Mail campaigns must now rely heavily on the Web and other channels as a basis for receiving the customer permission necessary to conduct successful e-marketing.

"ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach supports our strategy of providing applications for marketing, commerce and customer service across the channels of web, email, contact centers and physical locations," said Bob Burke, president and CEO, ATG. "ATG`s strength in web applications and commerce is well-established. Outreach greatly enhances our position in email as a channel and in marketing applications. Our proposed acquisition of Primus will further strengthen our position in the call center and in customer service applications, bringing our comprehensive vision very close to full reality."

ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach can be configured to initiate customer communication in response to a customer`s activity on a Web site, with a call center or from back-office applications. For example, after a customer completes an online purchase, ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach can automatically send a thank you e-mail with a targeted up-sell or cross-sell offer, appropriate to the buyer`s purchase, segment, and interaction history. ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach can also be configured to monitor a customer`s account balance or portfolio status and, based on activity or events that take place in the account (such as a low balance or new fund option), automatically send an e-mail advising the customer take particular action.

"Direct communications -- particularly interactive ones -- require messages that are finely tuned to each customer," wrote Elana Anderson, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research in her September 2004 report, The Marketing Technology Backbone. "If marketers abuse these channels with irrelevant, disruptive and intrusive messages, consumers will do whatever it takes to avoid those messages. Technology can help marketers navigate these challenges."

ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach campaigns adapt to the response of the customer. Using information gained from inbound customer interactions on the web and email, ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach enables companies to create more relevant and compelling outbound marketing and proactive service campaigns that increase conversion rates.

"ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach extends the power of the web site to outbound email," said Cliff Conneighton, senior vice president of marketing, ATG. "Next, as we combine ourselves with Primus, we will integrate inbound email response as well, producing by far the industry`s most complete customer interaction hub."

In addition to the introduction of ATG Adaptive Customer Outreach, ATG recently enhanced its Customer Experience Platform to version 7.0. Significant enhancements to the platform include improved usability and flexibility in deployment topologies within ATG Content Administration, and the ATG Business Control Center, which is the new unifying user interface for all of the products comprising the ATG e-Business Application Suite.

viel Erfolg weiterhin...
-conmuchomani-

[roadrunner81]

06.10.2004 / 17:41
Art Technology mit Vorab-Ergebnis

Art Technology Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTG; WKN: 924636): Die Art Technology Group (ATG) gab heute die Vorab-Ergebnisse für das am 30. September beendete dritte Quartal des laufenden Geschäftsjahres bekannt. Demnach gehe man derzeit von einem Umsatz in Höhe von 17 bis 17,5 Mio. US-Dollar aus, verglichen mit einem Umsatz von 14,3 Mio. US-Dollar im Vorquartal und 16 Mio. US-Dollar in dritten Quartal 2003. Der sequentielle Umsatzzuwachs sei in erster Linie auf einen Vertragsabschluss im entsprechenden Zeitrahmen zurückzuführen, so das Unternehmen. Was die Höhe der Betriebsaufwendungen anbelangt, rechnet man bei ATG für das dritte Quartal 2004 mit Kosten von 17,5 bis 18 Mio. US-Dollar gegenüber Aufwendungen in Höhe von 18,6 Mio. US-Dollar im zweiten Quartal 2004. Der Cash-Bestand habe sich zum 30. September diesen Jahres auf 29,7 Mio. US-Dollar belaufen.
Für das dritte Quartal wird nun ein ausgeglichenes Ergebnis angestrebt. Die Bekanntgabe der endgültigen Ergebnisse ist für den 21. Oktober angesetzt. (nab)
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So, das habe ich noch gefunden. Diese Meldung ist vom 06.10.2004.
Meine Meinung:
Im nachhinein kann man das Ergebnis gutheißen. Und der Kurs ist dafür mehr als ok

[b742418]

8:47am 12/27/04
Art Technology Group increases revenue view (ARTG) By Dan Burrows
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Art Technology Group (ARTG) on Monday raised its fiscal 2005 revenue forecast to $90 million to $100 million, reflecting the initial integration of Primus Knowledge Solutions Inc. ATG also affirmed its outlook to be profitable and cash-flow positive in fiscal 2005. Shares closed up 5 cents to $1.08 Thursday.