Epicor Conducts Its Own ROI Acquisition Rationale
P.J. Jakovljevic - August 22, 2003

Event Summary

A true mid-market incumbent vendor, Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), has not had much upbeat news for the last several years following on its progenitors’ (i.e., Platinum Corporation and Dataworks) merger in 1998 and subsequent name change from Platinum into Epicor in 1999. Nevertheless Epicor has seemingly at long last achieved a turnaround both in terms of its financial performance and of its strategy clarity. It has also recently reverted to its acquisition streak starting with the Clarus acquisition at the end of 2002 (see Epicor Picks Clarus' Bargain At The Software Flea Market)...