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barrons3	Seligman portfolio manager Rich Parower likes Symantec (SYMC). He's betting the company's new CEO, Enrique Salem, will light a fire under the sales force. "There have been changes in the sales-force compensation plans, giving them more incentives to sell higher volumes," Parower says. Symantec, which sells anti-virus and enterprise-storage software, is rolling out new products and updates, including a refresh for Altiris, a desktop-systems-management offering. Parower thinks Symantec could trade at 16 times 2011 estimated earnings of $1.60, for a price target around 25. Symantec shares traded last week at about 16.	Love	October 24, 2009
kahahn	Belief that computer security products will continue to be in demand	Love	July 26, 2009
barrons3	Outperform - Price 16.14 on May 26 by Pacific Crest Symantec is still seeing some uncertainty surrounding [information-technology] spending....While SYMC doesn't believe that conditions will worsen, it is hesitant to call a recovery for the June quarter, as many customers still appear to be in wait-and-see mode....We believe SYMC shares will appreciate if the company can show stabilization in its business and some predictability on the top line...[and] we believe that the magnitude of cost control...remains underappreciated by investors and that the current consensus estimate, which calls for 40 basis points of margin compression this year relative to fiscal 2009...represent[s] a worst-case scenario [rather] than provid[ing] a probable outcome. While shares have now reset to our initial upgrade price, we are increasingly confident in the story and new management's ability to drive a return to organic growth in key areas such as security and compliance. We reiterate our Buy rating and 21 [target] on these shares -- roughly 12 times our [calendar] 2010 estimate of $1.73. Market cap: $11.75 billion.	Love	May 30, 2009
archerguard-finance@yahoo.com	Nowhere to go but down in market share.	Hate	February 03, 2009
barrons3	The entire mindset of this market is that the worst is over for tech and that we are in 2003, when Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Oracle (ORCL) and Cisco (CSCO) just took off, taking a ton of players with them, like Citrix (CTXS) or Corning (GLW) or Symantec (SYMC) and Adobe (ADBE).	Love	December 18, 2008
barrons3	But how about the stocks on the Nasdaq? The Nazz futures are indicating down huge. Does that make sense? Just because it is happening, does that make sense? Symantec (SYMC), positive article this weekend -- a buy? If the futures take it down, yes. Amgen (AMGN) with new data coming up? Yes. Celgene (CELG), which wouldn't come down last week? Yes.	Love	September 18, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "Classic 'old' tech, I see nothing that makes me want to buy it."	Love	May 22, 2008
barrons2	Shares of Symantec (SYMC) were among the most actively trades stocks on the Nasdaq Tuesday.	Love	May 21, 2008
plong	ended up with sumc as result of several buyout. all of which cost stock holders	Hate	January 11, 2008
baileyks	poor tech stock	Hate	January 09, 2008
marshgw	great product, but has not performed well in the last few years	Hate	December 30, 2007
barrons2	However, he adds, Symantec (SYMC), which sells Norton-branded software, is more exposed, due to its storage and data-center products.	Love	December 29, 2007
Wood1024	Whats the vision?	Hate	December 19, 2007
magisterspox	backward engineer and code faster	Hate	October 17, 2007
memocobo	CNBC..............20.72...............0.63%...............10/16/07	Love	October 16, 2007
motiontec	prices	Hate	August 18, 2007
Dan the Barbarian	They used to be good	Hate	August 08, 2007
learned	losing focus	Hate	July 26, 2007
Geri Graves	Another way into Tech	Love	July 23, 2007
dtrencher	own it	Love	July 16, 2007
Big_Poppa	7/25/07	Love	July 15, 2007
EnoOnmai	7/25	Love	July 13, 2007
lwinfield	good fundamentals	Love	July 07, 2007
Mayran	research	Love	June 26, 2007
lvclvc	hum...	Love	June 26, 2007
stockerblog	20	Love	June 23, 2007
sarah z	The Cupertino, CA based security software giant recently announced a new $2 billion dollar stock buyback program. This is on the heels of a $1 billion dollar program it began in January whereby it purchased 54 million shares for an average price of $18.51 per share. Not bad. The security software giant also recently reiterated both its Q1 and full year fiscal 2008 outlook. This was a breath of fresh air and much needed as the company had a very tough 2007 where growth in key business units had flattened. However, the company has added to its product line, invested in infrastructure and also believes the successful acquisition of storage company Veritas could move things in the right direction. CEO John Thompson noted that “in the long term, this is a company that can grow in the range of 8% to 12%...and our EPS growth should be two to three points above the revenue growth we produce in any given year.”	Love	June 20, 2007
Ehilo	Symantec	Love	June 19, 2007
stockerblog	Earnings ratio of 48 and a Price Earnings to Growth ratio of 1.	Love	June 09, 2007
fnftynftynu	44.3 Million	Love	May 25, 2007