Posts for Ticker ‘HELE’

Top Anlayst Upgrades (CAH, CENT, CHS, GPS, HELE, PFG, STEC, TJX)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst comments and analyst upgrades from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning:

Cardinal Health (CAH) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
Central Garden (CENT) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Chico’s FAS (CHS) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Gap Inc. (GPS) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
Helen of Troy (HELE) Raised to Hold at Jefferies.
Principal Financial (PFG) Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
STEC (STEC) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
TJX Cos. (TJX) Raised to Overweight at Barclays; Raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: May 12, 2009 – 6:33 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (HELE)(ISRG)(VAR)

Sunset_3Helen of Troy (HELE) Bad quarter. Sells off to $`12.01 from 52-week high of $24.70.

Intuitive Surgical  (ISRG) Weak sales numbers. Drops to $99.75 from 52-week low of $357.98.

Varian (VAR) Healthcare equipment companies get hurt on spending drop expectations. Falls to $30.04 from 52-week high of $65.84.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Posted on: January 8, 2009 – 4:04 pm in HI/LOW, , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (CENT, HELE, INTC, LBY, MET, MNST, POZN, PRU)

These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning:

  • Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Helen of Troy (HELE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Intel (INTC) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Libbey (LBY) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • MetLife (MET) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Monster Worldwide (MNST) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Pozen (POZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup, Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Prudential Financial (PRU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
October 20, 2008

Posted on: October 20, 2008 – 6:48 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Stock News (May 11, 2007)

(AAPL) Apple’s talks about the Beatles are reportedly close to being settled.
(ALL) Allstate is going to stop selling homeowners insurance policies in California.
(ALU) Alcatel-Lucent earnings came out, forecasts 10% revenue gains; shares trading up 1.5% in overseas trading.
(AMGN) Amgen trading down another 3% pre-market after 4 downgrades after negative FDA news yesterday.
(BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb settled the DOJ Plavix investigation.
(BOT) CBOT may now be considering the ICE bid over the CME bid according to WSJ.
(BRLC) Syntax-Brillian fell 15% after missing earnings and issuing even more shares in offering.
(CRXX) CombinatoRx noted positively in Business Week.
(DNDN) Dendreon trading down 5% after conference call.
(FL) Foot Locker shares fell almost 10% on an earnings warning.
(HELE) Helen of Troy $0.30 EPS vs $0.27e.
(JOBS) 51job traded up 7% after beating expectations.
(MOVI) Movie Gallery -$0.47 EPS vs -$0.53e.
(NVDA) NVIDIA trading up 5% after beating earnings and strong guidance.
(NWS) News Corp could reach $30.00 if it buys Down Jones according to Business Week.
(STI) Sun Trust Banks saw enough call option buying activity yesterday that it is being considered potentially as takeover speculation.
(THQI) THQ Interactive fell 4% after outlook disappointed the bulls.
(WCRX) Warner Chilcott $0.23 EPS vs $0.18e.
(WDC) Western Digital is likely to see its multiple expand according to Barron’s.
(WEN) Wendy’s largest holder is trying harder to get the company to sell itself.

Jon C. Ogg
May 11, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: May 11, 2007 – 6:59 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,