Posts for Ticker ‘FUL’

Earnings Warnings Hardly Affecting Many Stocks (LSCC, UTX, STLD, FUL, WAT)

Burning_money_pic_3Earnings warnings are generally bad omens that rarely have a one quarter impact.  But with many of these stocks already pricing in really bad scenarios.  So when companies come in and say that revenues are down 3% or 12%, in many cases these are being rewarded by bottom-fishing traders who are trying to get into the stocks when the shares have sold off in many cases 50% or 75% (or more).  Some companies which issued earnings warnings are Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD), H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) and Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT)

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Posted on: December 12, 2008 – 10:40 am in Earnings Warning, Economy, Trading Alert, , , , ,

Top 10 Early Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (FUL, OZM, REP, TOL, DOV, EMR, GA, GSK, MEDX, RDS-A)

Money_stack_picThese are ten of the top pre-market early bird upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from analysts this Friday morning:

  • H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Och-Ziff Capital (NYSE: OZM) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • Repsol YPF (NYSE: REP) Raised to Buy from Hold at ING; Raised to Hold from Sell at Soc-Gen.
  • Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) Started as Outperform at KBW.
  • Dover (NYSE: DOV) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • GlaxoSmithkline (NYSE: GSK) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • Medarex (NASDAQ: MEDX) Started as Sell at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) Cut to Hold from Buy at ING.

Jon C. Ogg
November 14, 2008

Posted on: November 14, 2008 – 7:26 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AUDC, BDX, FUL, LEH, MEDX, NVDA, PDLI)

These are some of the early bird analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • AudioCodes (AUDC) cut to neutral at Merrill Lynch.
  • Becton Dickinson (BDX) cut to neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • H.B. Fuller (FUL) cut to neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Lehman Brothers (LEH) cut to neutral at Goldman Sachs; cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Medarex (MEDX) cut to neutral at JPMorgan.
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) cut to equal weight at Lehman.
  • PDL BioPharma (PDLI) cut to underweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
September 11, 2008

Posted on: September 11, 2008 – 6:19 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , ,

52-Week Low Club (ABK, AKAM, C, CPKI, EBAY, FFIV, FUL, NMX, PMI, ZQK, SGMS, STXS, TTI, XRX, ZBRA)

After the financial meltdown and after the new tech wreck, many of the same stocks and same REIT’s keep appearing over and over on the list of new 52-week lows.  Here are some others that might not have normally caught your eye:

  • AMBAC Financial (ABK) was down big after it came clean and ran the gauntlet, but this one went from bad to worse by closing down a whopping 38% at $12.97.  Ouch!
  • Akamai Tech (AKAM) closed down almost 4% at $25.88; prior 52-week range was $25.97 to $59.69….. so much for pushing out online video and media faster being a solid business.
  • Citigroup (C) just cant catch a break with a new year low close of $26.24.  Maybe being a stronger manager might help Pandit.  Dear Vikram, Welcome to running a troubled public company.
  • California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) after its warnings closed down over 17% at $10.10; $12.20 to $25.23 prior range.
  • eBay (EBAY) was a bit of a shock to see, although if you take the retail, tech, and internet angle it’s not a huge stretch.  The good news is that this was only intra-day with a low of $27.67 at the open.  It closed up 0.5% at $28.09 and the prior 52-week range was $27.85 to $40.73.
  • F5 Networks (FFIV) took a downgrade to Hold from Buy at Jefferies; shares closed down 8% to $20.68; prior range $21.07 to $46.94.
  • H B Fuller (FUL) manufactures and markets adhesives and specialty chemical products worldwide.  It fell 11.3% to $19.57; prior low $20.56; posted lower Q4 earnings
  • NYMEX Holdings (NMX) closed down 7.5% at $103.98, 52-week range is $105 to $148; maybe that raised CEO bonus might not be the best idea.
  • PMI Group (PMI) won’t find any sympathy anywhere, shares closed down 7.5% at $7.77.
  • Quicksilver (ZQK) can’t be a big shock since it warned on earnings yesterday; -5.3% at $7.04.
  • Scientific Games (SGMS) wasn’t just bad, it was a slaughter at -30% to $19.45; prior range $28.15 to $40.70.  It lost a contract and took a downgrade.
  • Stereotaxis (STXS) received an additional approval from FDA but it warned on earnings in a significant manor that caused an investor and trader revolt in what was already down and out.  It fell down 22% to $8.84; prior range $9.66 to $16.88.
  • Tetra Technologies (TTI) is a geographically diversified oil and gas services company that provides niche products and services focused on well completion and on late-life production enhancement and decommissioning.  Maybe that business isn’t great anymore?  It warned Monday about a shortfall and today was just as bad or worse. This one closed down 8% to $14.38, and its prior 52-week range was $14.38 to $30.20.
  • Xerox (XRX) hit intra-day 52-week lows and if this isn’t an endorsement of a slowdown in the big business climate then what the hell is?  Shares hit a low of $13.59, but closed barely over the prior 52-week low at $13.88; 52-week range $13.84 to $20.18.
  • Zebra Tech (ZBRA) can’t be too big of a shock with retail slowing and its bar code tech is retail dependent (sans-drugs); stock fell almost 3% to $30.17; prior range is $30.95 to $42.50.

Jon C. Ogg
January 16, 2008

Posted on: January 16, 2008 – 4:31 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Week of Stock Buybacks (DELL, KDE, IBM, ACL, WU, IAAC, HBIO, PMRY, EDGW, KNXA, TRF, MT, CLDN, HGRD, FUL, PNSN)

This was an active week in share repurchases, and many key stocks announced new buyback plans or gave updates to their buyback plans.  Below are the key buybacks 247WallSt.com reviewed:

  • Kenexa (Nasdaq: KNXA) announced on November 8, 2007 that it authorized the repurchase of up to 2 million shares of the company’s common stock, and it has already completed the repurchase of over 1 million shares since the approval of the repurchase program.  It only has about 25.5 million shares outstanding.
  • Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGW) announced that its Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to $5.0 million of the Company’s common stock; approximate market cap is $87 million.
  • Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO) has authorized the repurchase of up to $10 million of its common stock over the next 24 months; shares rose 5% Friday and its market cap is $130 million.
  • Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMRY) authorized a somewhat unusual program to repurchase up to $5 millionof its outstanding common stock.  In addition, the Board adopted awritten trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Act to facilitate therepurchase of its common stock. Rule 10b5-1 allows the Company topurchase its shares at times when the Company would not ordinarily bein the market because of the Company’s trading policies or thepossession of material non-public information. Pomeroy’s market cap is$86 million.
  • Alcon, Inc. (NYSE:ACL) approved a new share repurchase program that allows for the purchase of up to $1.1 billionof shares of outstanding common stock targeted over a twelve monthperiod.  The $1.1 billion share repurchase program provides for a purchase of shares from the company’s majority shareholder,Nestle, S.A. Specifically at a rate of three shares fromNestle for every share acquired by the company in the market. This new program is in addition to thecompany’s existing repurchase program, under which, as of December 5,2007, the company has remaining authorization to repurchase up to 2.8million shares. It is anticipated that the new repurchase program willcommence in the first quarter of 2008.
  • The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) authorized an additional $1 billionfor purchases of its common stock through 2009, and this is in additionto the approximately $300 million remaining under previous sharerepurchase authorization. With a $1.3 Billion total plan, it has $17Billion market cap.
  • International Assets Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAAC) renewed the Company’sshare repurchase authorization for an increased amount of $5,000,000 in shares of common stock.  The renewal will be effective January 1, 2008. IAAC’s market cap is $226 million.
  • 4Kids Entertainment (NYSE:KDE) saw its shares rise on a 1 million share buyback of around $11 million; market cap is $157 million.  FULL REVIEW with value investor synopsis.
  • Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) was the biggy of the week, but you wouldn’t haveknown it if you saw the stock trades.  It is reinstating its sharerepurchase plan and will spend up to $10 Billion in share buyback.  Its market cap is $55.8 Billion.  FULL COVERAGE.

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Posted on: December 7, 2007 – 1:54 pm in Stock Buybacks, The Week, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,