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Digital River (DRIV)
Back when Joel Ronning founded Digital River in 1994, the world of electronic commerce barely existed. Little wonder then that the company, which designs and hosts e-tail Web sites, lost money nonstop through 2002. Chief Executive Ronning is no longer ahead of his time, however. With Internet retailing growing overall at a clip of more than 20%, Digital River posted record profits of $54.3 million in 2005 as revenue tripled since 2002 to an all-time high of $220.4 million. Its 2006 numbers were better still, with first-quarter net income up 17%, even as the company got hit with a higher income-tax rate and had to book options expenses for the first time. Ronning is predicting $300 million in sales in 2006, but he warns that his 950-employee company is extraordinarily dependent on a single client: Symantec and its end users accounted for 44.1% of revenue in 2005.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | NR |
| Market Value* ($ Millions) | 1,525.4 |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 243.9 |
| Sales Growth (3-yr. avg. annual) |
42.6 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 56.7 |
| Profit Growth (3-yr. avg. annual) | 78.1 % |
| Return on Inv. Capital (3-yr.) | 11.0 % |
| Share Price 12-Mo. Hi/Lo | 48/22 |
| Share Price As of 4/28/06 | 44 |
| Return on Equity | 11.1 % |
| P/E Ratio | 31 |
| No. of Employees | 948 |
| Industry | Internet Software & Services |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | DRIV > |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
| Location | Eden Prairie, Minn. |
| Phone | 952 253-1234 |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 4/28/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Digital River provides e-commerce outsourcing solutions primarily to the software and high-tech products markets. Its services include online store design, development and hosting, store merchandising and optimization, order management, fraud prevention screening, export controls and management, tax management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, multilingual customer service, e-mail marketing, Web-site optimization, Web analytics, and reporting. In addition, the company also offers paid search advertising, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, store optimization, and email optimization. Digital River was founded by Joel A. Ronning in 1994 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minn.
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