Stock Rebounds For a California Bank Tech Firm

As many publicly traded bank technology companies suffer in the volatile stock market, Computer Sciences Corp. is enjoying a resurgence.

Shares of the El Segundo, Calif.-based computer services company lost about 10% of their value in the days leading up to last month's crash. They closed at $69 on Oct. 27.

But the shares have bounced back and were trading in the $79 range late Friday, up $5 for the week.

Karl Keirstead, analyst at Lehman Brothers in New York, said investors consider CSC a relatively safe haven in the volatile computer services sector. "I think the stock was oversold at $70," Mr. Keirstead said. As a result, bargain hunters have embraced it.

Computer Sciences is in the final stages of installing an enterprise- wide financial accounting system from SAP AG at First Chicago NBD Corp. Most of the bank's general ledger operations have been converted, as have systems for fixed assets, purchasing, and accounts payable.

In other news affecting bank technology companies, CFI Proservices Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based home banking and branch automation software developer, named Kurt Ruttum vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Fred Hall, who is leaving the company for personal reasons.

The company's stock was trading at $12.125 late Friday, up 12.5 cents for the week.

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