Just throwing it out there...

[Sean Thomas <sthomas@web.restaurant.org>]

A question, for group discussion:

Given that the NAIC stock evaluation form (and if I had it in front of
me I'd be more specific) is based on a comparison of recent performance
to five-year performance, what are our feelings about stocks with IPOs
within the last five years? Some of the companies I had in mind to
research (Red Hook, Pixar) have only gone public in the last year or so.

Obviously, there's nothing wrong with learning about these stocks, but
what's the consensus on this? Should we get to know the NAIC forms first
with more established stocks before we try to rate the newbies? Has
anyone else run into this in their research?

Sean