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FeedPosted Nov 7th 2009 9:40AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Activision Inc (ATVI), Polo Ralph Lauren'A' (RL)
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Cisco, Ford, Humana, MasterCard, Starbucks, Toyota ...
Posted Nov 6th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Motorola (MOT), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM)

Today was a surprise considering the news. There was not great economic news to hang on, particularly considering that the 10.2% unemployment was the worst reading since 1983. As the market did not crater and as it went positive throughout the day, it almost felt as though the 10.2% of the officially unemployed don't matter to the economy as everyone keeps noting the 'lagging indicator' effect. Still, stocks held their own for most of the day and where the real direction for the end of the day bells felt uncertain until the end of the day.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 10,023.19 +17.23 (0.17%)
S&P 500 1,069.30 +2.67 (0.25%)
Nasdaq 2,112.44 +7.12 (0.34%)
Top Analyst CallsTop Stock Rumors Continue reading Closing Bell: Unemployment must not be relevant (GE, ACOM, FNM, ZIOP, MOT, NVDA)
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 11:40AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Best Buy (BBY), Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- FBR Capital upgraded Overseas Shipholding (NYSE: OSG) to Outperform from Market Perform following the Q3 results as it believes the worst quarters are behind the company. The firm raised its target on shares to $48 from $35.
- Deutsche Bank upgraded Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD) to Hold from Sell following the Q3 results to reflect the company's lower costs. The firm raised its target on shares to $22 from $18.
- RBC Capital upgraded Enbridge (NYSE: EEQ) to Sector Perform from Underperform after the company's partnership produced significantly higher than expected DCF. In addition, the firm raised its price target by $5 per unit to $46 to reflect an improved distribution schedule and more favorable debt leverage.
- Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.
- BioForm Medical (NASDAQ: BFRM) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Alliance Data Systems (NYSE: ADS) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at SunTrust.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ART, BBY, HEV, NVDA, OSG, RDS.A ...
Posted Oct 28th 2009 10:30AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Intel (INTC), Target Corp. (TGT), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- Target (NYSE: TGT) was upgraded two ratings to Buy from Sell at Citigroup, and it raised its price estimate on shares to $61 from $44. The firm sees significant earnings upside as the company's same-store sales improve and finds the valuation attractive at current levels.
- Motorola (NYSE: MOT) was upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital citing valuation, new product launches, and expectations that the Mobile Devices division will be profitable. The price target is $11.
- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup as it believes the company's Q3 results were solid and the China steel market is stabilizing. The firm raised its target to $21 from $17.
- Ceradyne (NASDAQ: CRDN) was upgraded at Wells Fargo to Market Perform from Underperform. The firm thinks that earnings expectations for the company have now reached more reasonable levels, limiting risk.
- FormFactor (NASDAQ: FORM) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital ahead of the company's Q3 results due to valuation as it views the risk/reward on shares compelling. The firm raised its price target to $25 from $19.
- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) was upgraded at Goldman to Buy from Neutral, citing 2H10 margin expansion and analog share gains. Target was raised to $29 from $27.
- Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ: BBSI) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Roth Capital as the firm thinks the company will benefit from a labor market recovery next year. Roth notes that the stock's valuation has lagged behind most of its peers in recent months and it set an $18 target.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ADM, CIEN, INTC, MOT, TGT, TXN ...
Posted Aug 7th 2009 4:10PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hansen Natural (HANS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Crocs Inc (CROX)

Today was simple. It's all about employment. A better than expected labor report sent shares soaring. The notion that a late day report showing that
credit to Americans is still declining was largely ignored. The unemployment data was good enough that some might even question it. Either way, it looks like the only group losing droves of jobs now is the group of market bears. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
DJIA:9,730.07(+1.23%)
S&P500:1,010.47(+1.35%)
NASDAQ:2,000.25(+1.37%)
Top 10 Analyst CallsOpexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:
OPXA) sold some stem cell technology to
Novartis (NYSE:
NVS) for $3 million up front, but it is getting another $1 million over six months and the company
could get another $50 million from royalties and milestone hurdles. Shares were up a sharp and whopping 300% at $1.89 right before the close.
Continue reading Closing Bell: Bears become victim of jobs report (OPXA, AIG, NVDA, PAYX, CROX, HANS)
Posted Jul 16th 2009 11:40AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Motorola (MOT), American Express (AXP), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Oracle Corp (ORCL), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Analyst initiations, Raytheon Company (RTN)
Analyst upgrades:
- Citigroup upgraded Sunoco Logistics (NYSE: SXL) to Buy from Hold on valuation and raised its target on shares to $60 from $56.50. The firm sees better value in Sunoco Logistics than Enbridge Energy Partners (NYSE: EEP), which it downgraded to Hold.
- BofA/Merrill believes Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) offers the most potential upside in the larget cap defense sector. The firm upgraded shares to Buy from Neutral and has a $62 target on the stock.
- Roth Capital upgraded Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to Buy from Hold based on seasonality, multiple product cycles, and valuation. Roth's target remains $15.
- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Societe Generale.
- EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) was upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at RW Baird.
- American Express (NYSE: AXP) was upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JP Morgan.
Continue reading Analyst calls: RTN, NVDA, ORCL, AXP, MOT, PM, CSCO, QCOM, DRI ...
Posted Mar 27th 2009 11:00AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Intel (INTC)
Late yesterday, chip maker
Nvidia (NASDAQ:
NVDA)
announced a countersuit against
Intel (NASDAQ:
INTC), as the two quarrel over what should be covered by a license agreement reached in 2004. NVDA's suit is in a Delaware Chancery Court, and it alleges that INTL breached a license agreement wherein the two companies had access to each other's technologies.
The dispute began a month ago, as INTC filed a motion against NVDA (in the same court), noting that the agreement didn't allow NVDA to make chipsets with certain INTC chips. NVDA has dismissed this notion, claiming that INTC is blocking them from "making use of the very license rights that they agreed to provide."
Continue reading Nvidia issues a countersuit against Intel
Posted Feb 14th 2009 3:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Viacom (VIA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Research in Motion (RIMM), Level 3 Communications (LVLT), Qwest Communications Intl (Q)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Viacom, UBS, RIM, ArcelorMittal, Lions Gate, McAfee and others
Posted Feb 13th 2009 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Dell (DELL), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Palm Inc (PALM), Analyst initiations, Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)
Analyst upgrades:
- UBS upgraded STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) to Neutral from Sell and Advanced Semiconductor (NYSE: ASX) to Buy from Neutral as it is seeing early signs of stabilization in the semiconductor industry.
- Jefferies upgraded VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) to Hold from Underperform as it does not see significant downside in the stock given the low expectations. It raised its target price to $22 from $15.
- Baird upgraded Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target to $16 from $9 as it expects revenue growth to resume in 2009 driven by IPTV end-demand.
- Goldman removed Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) from the Conviction Sell List.
- Portfolio Recovery (NASDAQ: PRAA) was raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Keefe Bruyette.
- Post Properties (NYSE: PPS) was upgraded at Deutsche Bank to Hold from Sell.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: DELL, JAVA, POT, PALM ...
Posted Feb 11th 2009 8:17AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Bank of America (BAC), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Dean Foods (DF), Research in Motion (RIMM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Activision Inc (ATVI), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP), Initial public offerings
Before the bell: Stocks to rebound, but investors remain cautious
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) swung to a
surprising $2.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter -- its first ever -- as it experienced a collapse in demand and a sharp drop in prices. It wrote down $4.4 billion in pre-tax charges. The steel giant is also shedding some 9,000 workers. MT shares jumped over 6% in premarket trade.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) warned late Tuesday that chipmakers will spend 50% less this year for its products. The maker of semiconductor production equipment also posted a
fiscal first-quarter loss of $3 million, excluding charges, and said it will cut 14% of its workforce, or about 2,000 jobs, as well as production. AMAT shares declined some 2% in premarket trade.
Continue reading Stocks in the news: MT, AMAT, NVDA, MJN, SIRI, CS, DF, NKE, RIMM, RTP ...
Posted Jan 29th 2009 8:45AM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Options, Honeywell Intl (HON)
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) closed at $34.71. HON is scheduled to report Q4 EPS on January 30. HON January option implied volatility of 41 is below its 26-week average of 49, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) closed at $8.79. NVDA is scheduled to report Q4 EPS on February 10. NVDA is scheduled to introduce new notebook chips in late spring. NVDA February option implied volatility is at 74; June is at 69; near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Continue reading Options Update: Volatility decreases as shares rally
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