Shorting Internet Security Stocks May 2007

How long has it been since we have received worldwide web reports of a massive web attack, or a DNS attack, or a major virus, or a Trojan Horse? It’s been some time, so there hasn’t really been any major hype to pump the names in online and internet security.  We are entering the summer hacking season as more teenage and college-age kids now have way too much free time on their hands.  There is no real pattern seen here, but this is the list:

Stock (Ticker)                            MAY     APRIL   Change
Symantec (SYMC)                  44.2M    42.2M     4.8%
Checkpoint (CHKP)               6.14M    6.26M     -1.9%
VeriSign (VRSN)                    11.1M    10.3M      7.4%
McAfee (MFE)                          2.99M    3.67M     -18%
Websense (WBSN)               4.85M    3.86M      25%
VASCO Data Sec. (VDSI)      3.18M    3.3M        -3.5%

Jon C. Ogg
May 25, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.