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FeedPosted Oct 26th 2009 8:00AM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Expedia Inc (EXPE), Options
Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) closed at $26.36. EXPE is scheduled to discuss Q3 EPS on October 29. EXPE November option implied volatility of 53; December is at 49; near its 26-week average of 53 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) closed at $177.14. PCLN will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index effective at the start of trading on October 29. PCLN is expected to report Q3 EPS in early November. PCLN November option implied volatility is at 43, December and January is at 40; below its 26-week average of 45, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
Posted Oct 12th 2009 1:30PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International markets, Newsletters, Expedia Inc (EXPE), Stocks to Buy, Recession
"Vacationers and professionals finally appear to be hitting the road, and many are relying on Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) to handle the details," says Nathan Slaughter in Half-Priced Stocks.
The value investor explains, "Expedia's travel sites processed 15.3 million transactions during the second quarter, 18% above the same period last year. Howevver, the gross dollar amount of those bookings dipped slightly to $5.6 billion/
"Whenever you have more trips bringing in less money, it's a pretty good indication that prices are way down.
Continue reading Expedia (EXPE): Travel firm books gains
Posted Aug 10th 2009 2:00PM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Starbucks (SBUX), Coca-Cola (KO), Marketing and advertising, AT and T (T), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), Expedia Inc (EXPE), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)
Facebook is making the biggest ad splash since Google, according to an article in the Financial Times.
More than four-fifths of the largest advertisers in the United States have turned to the social networking platform to promote their wares -- after several years of fearing these types of communities. The lure of Facebook must have been too much to resist, with 340 million monthly unique visitors. Now, it's not unusual to see the likes of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Nike (NYSE: NKE), and AT&T (NYSE: ATT) advertising in this world.
Continue reading Major brands buying up Facebook ads
Posted Mar 26th 2009 4:40PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Google (GOOG)
Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:
GOOG) Has slowed down its acquisition juggernaut in the last six months. No small or medium companies have been purchased as the company hoards cash to add to its $16 billion pile. Does Google really need anything right now? Not really -- the advertising slowdown has affected it but the company is not hurting. If anything, more restrictive ad dollars are flowing into the internet due to its highly-targeted nature. Google commands this market with an iron fist.
Continue reading Google slows acquisitions down to nothing
Posted Mar 20th 2009 4:10PM by Douglas McIntyre (RSS feed)
Filed under: After the bell, General Motors (GM), Expedia Inc (EXPE), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Xerox Corp (XRX), S and P 500, DJIA, NASDAQ
After days of rallying, the market decided that bank stocks had gone much too far. With no first quarter earnings out, the fact is that the current quarter could still be tough. Financial shares could still reset lower. The market reacted accordingly.
The unofficial numbers for the day broke out like this:
Dow 7,278.38 -122.42 (-1.65%)
S&P 500 768.54 -15.50 (-1.98%)
Nasdaq 1,457.27 -26.21 (-1.77%)
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Continue reading Closing bell: End of bank rally brings the show down (AIG, EXPE, GM, MGM, XRX)
Posted Feb 21st 2009 3:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), CVS Corp (CVS), Expedia Inc (EXPE), Hormel Foods (HRL), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Goodyear Tire and Rubber (GT)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Walmart, Comcast, CVS, Sprint, Hormel, Priceline and more
Posted Feb 21st 2009 2:40PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Internet, Expedia Inc (EXPE)
Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) did not have a good week. The online travel site, which competes with Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) for attention, reported abysmal earnings for the fourth quarter this past Thursday. The company suffered a huge loss of $9.60 per share. That's right, $9.60 per share! Kind of rocks your world, doesn't it? And not in a good way. I mean, Expedia's share price closed at $7.74 on Friday.
As you can imagine, there was an accounting issue going on (not that it should make shareholders feel any better, mind you). Expedia took a huge goodwill write-down related to the significant drop in the market capitalization of the business. We're talking $3 billion. Wow. Of course, management adjusted the earnings to represent what Expedia would have made without the charge. That would be $0.22 per share. Unfortunately, that missed expectations by two pennies.
Continue reading Expedia misses expectations on its latest earnings trip
Posted Jun 30th 2008 1:11PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major movement, Analyst reports, Bad news, Industry, Expedia Inc (EXPE), Options, Technical Analysis
Priceline.com (NASDAQ:
PCLN) shares are falling today after
an analyst at Citi Investment Research reiterated his hold rating on PCLN and dropped his price target to $142, citing weakness in European travel. Citi also removed competitor
Expedia (NASDAQ:
EXPE) from its Top Picks Live list, cut the price target on EXPE as well. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on PCLN.
After hitting a one-year low of $59.50 in August, the stock hit a one-year high of $144.34 in May. This morning, PCLN opened at $119.78. So far today the stock has hit a low of $114.38 and a high of $121.95. As of 12:10, PCLN is trading at $117.95, down $7.18 (-5.7%). The chart for PCLN looks neutral and improving, while
S&P gives the stock a neutral 3 Stars (out of 5) Hold rating.
For a bearish hedged play on this stock, I would consider an August
bear-call credit spread above the $155 range. A bear-call credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of call options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns. For this particular trade, we will make a 5.3% return in seven weeks as long as PCLN is below $155 at August expiration. PCLN would have to rise by more than 32% before we would start to lose money. Learn more about this type of trade
here.
PCLN hasn't been above $145 at all in the past year and has shown resistance around $132 recently. This trade could be risky if the company's earnings (due out in early August) are a positive surprise, but even if that happens, this position could be protected by resistance PCLN might find around $140, where it topped out in May.
Brent Archer is an options analyst and writer at Investors Observer.
DISCLOSURE: Mr. Archer owns and/or controls diversified portfolios of long and short stock and option positions that may include holdings in companies he writes about. At publication time, Brent neither owns nor controls positions in PCLN or EXPE.Posted Apr 3rd 2008 1:30PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Good news, Industry, Expedia Inc (EXPE), Options, Technical Analysis
Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ:
EXPE) shares are trading relatively flat today even though
an analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners said in a note to investors that online travel sites like EXPE and
Orbitz (NYSE:
OWW) have quietly
boosted booking fees for flights on major airlines, which is likely to improve margins at the online travel companies. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on EXPE.
After hitting a one-year high of $35.28 in October, the stock hit a one-year low of $20.18 in March. EXPE opened this morning at $24.85. So far today the stock has hit a low of $24.85 and a high of $25.38. As of 12:15, EXPE is trading at $25.17, up 0.04 (0.2%). The chart for EXPE looks neutral and improving, while
S&P gives the stock a neutral 3 Stars (out of 5) Hold rating.
For a bullish hedged play on this stock, I would consider a July
bull-put credit spread below the $20 range. A bull-put credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of put options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns. For this particular trade, we will make an 8.7% return in just three and a half months as long as EXPE is above $20 at July expiration. Expedia would have to fall by more than 20% before we would start to lose money. Learn more about this type of trade
here.
EXPE hasn't been below at all in the past year and has shown support around $21 recently. This trade could be risky if the company's earnings (due out in early May) disappoint, but even if that happens, that position could be protected by support the stock might find just above $20, where it bottomed out a few weeks ago.
Brent Archer is an options analyst and writer at Investors Observer.
DISCLOSURE: Mr. Archer owns and/or controls diversified portfolios of long and short stock and option positions that may include holdings in companies he writes about. At publication time, Brent neither owns nor controls positions in EXPE or OWW.Next Page >