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Daily Archives: February 12, 2008

Will Coke Match Pepsi’s Earnings Fizz? (KO, PEP)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 6:25 pm

On Wednesday morning, we’ll get to see earnings out of Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO). The estimates from First Call for the world's leading beverage giant are $0.55 EPS on $7.01 ...
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Blue Nile, Red Slaughterhouse (NILE)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) is seeing a total smack-down in after-hours trading.  The Seattle-based online jewelry retailer said Q4 net income rose considerably to $7.54 million which translates to ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (VRTX)(NT)(DY)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Dycom Industries (DY) Company lowers forecast. Falls to $15 from 52-week high of $34.13.Nortel Networks (NT) Sel-off at the end of the day. No news. Falls to $10.28 from 2-week ...
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Website Pros Remains Top Developing Web Property

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Website Pros (NASDAQ: WSPI) just posted what are actually very strong earnings when you consider the current climate right now.  The hosting, e-commerce, domain registrar (and more) posted earnings of ...
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Value & GARP in Buffalo Wild Wings Earnings (BWLD)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) is not really feeling the pinch of a recession.  The company posted EPS at $0.34 on a 9.7% rise in revenues to $91.4 million.  ...
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Applied Materials Beats Lowered Estimates; No Guidance (AMAT)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has just posted earnings of $0.25 EPS non-GAAP (GAAP $0.19 EPS) on $2.09 Billion in revenues; First Call had estimates pegged at $0.20 non-GAAP EPS ...
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Best Recent IPO: Titan Machinery (TITN)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 3:00 pm

If you have been following our IPO index over the last few weeks you have probably noticed that many IPO's are being withdrawn "due to market conditions" or that SPAC ...
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SunTrust: A Bank Raising Its Dividend! (STI)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Most banks have been having to be quiet as a church mouse not let their CDO and mortgage operation murder their books all at once.  many banks and financials have ...
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Why Apple (AAPL) Won’t Recover

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 1:07 pm

There is too much bad news in the pipeline and no good news likely to appear over the next three months for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to recover much from its ...
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Boutique Calling For Sirius-XM Approval (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 1:06 pm

There is an interesting note out of Stanford Group Company's Paul Gallant calling for the likely approval of the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio ...
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Julius Baer’s Artio Files For IPO (ART)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 12:23 pm

Julius Baer Americas Inc. has filed for its Artio Global Investors, Inc. to come public in an initial public offering. It has filed for registration purposes a sale of up ...
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Sun Micro Wants Deeper Virtualization (JAVA, CTXS, VMW)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 11:19 am

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) has announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire Stuttgart, Germany-based innotek.  Sun is calling innotek the provider of the leading edge, ...
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Claymore Launches Fixed Income ETF’s (UEM, UBD, ULQ)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 9:52 am

Claymore Securities Inc., has just launched three broad market exchange traded funds that are designed to track the value of the U.S. capital markets (bonds). The Claymore Capital Markets ETFs ...
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AIG Says, “Oops, We Didn’t Mean It” (AIG)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 9:34 am

American International Group (NYSE: AIG) saw one ugly Monday with a draw down to a new 52-week low after it disclosed an auditor's "material Weakness" and new round of decreased ...
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Another Bad Day For Boston Scientific (BSX)

Posted: February 12, 2008 at 9:20 am

The bad days never seem to end at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX). The company has a heavy debt load from a bad acquisition of Guidant. The BSX stent business has ...
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