Posts for Ticker ‘JDAS’

Another “Stock to Double” Gets Acquired (ITWO, JDAS)

i2 Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) is a supply chain management company which has been a takeout stock before.  Turns out that is again.  In a complicated transaction, JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) will pay some $34 million all said and done in a deal that values the company at $18.00.  This was also an unlikely transportation stock, despite it being a software play, which we picked earlier as one which could double.  It has doubled and then some.

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Posted on: November 5, 2009 – 1:04 pm in Mergers and Buy Outs, Software, Transports, ,

Top Day Trader Alerts (ALKS, LLY, SNY, MRK, SPPI, LXK, BSX, JDAS, IDIX, PKG, CVBF, WERN)

These are some of this morning’s top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis at VSInvestor.com:

Alkermes Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) shares are ones to watch for volume upside following positive study results that may also affect shares of Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) and Sanofi Aventis (NYSE: SNY).

Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) shares are up over 3% after it beat EPS by 6 cents a share and reaffirmed fiscal 2009 guidance.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: SPPI) shares are rising in premarket trade after getting FDA fast-track status for a bladder cancer candidate.

Lexmark International Group Inc. (NYSE: LXK) shares are ones to watch for volume downside after it missed expectations by 5 cents a share and guided Q3 EPS lower.

JDA Software Group Inc. (Nasdaq: JDAS) are ones to watch for volume upside after it posted  a 17-cent a share EPS beat.

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: IDIX) shares are ones to watch for volume downside after it missed EPS expectations by 3 cents a share.

Packaging Corp. of America (NYSE: PKG) shares are ones to watch for volume upside following a 12-cent EPS beat.

Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is up strongly in early premarket trade on stronger-than-expected earnings.

CVB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: CVBF) shares are ones to watch for downside after it announced a stock offering.

Werner Enterprises Inc. (Nasdaq: WERN) are ones to watch for volume downside on concerns about a revenue miss.

-The 24/7 Wall St. Team

Posted on: July 21, 2009 – 7:40 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Upgrades (ATHN, BPSG, FWRD, JDAS, MRVL, MWA, SWY, STT)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

athenahealth (ATHN) Raised to Outperform at Blair.
Broadpoint Securities (BPSG) Started as Outperform at KBW.
Forward Air (FWRD) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc.
JDA Software (JDAS) Started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
Marvell (MRVL) Raised to Outperform at JMP Securities.
Mueller Water (MWA) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Safeway (SWY) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
State Street (STT) Started as Outperform at Bernstein.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: June 9, 2009 – 6:39 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

JDA & i2: Supply Chain Consolidation Continues (JDAS, ITWO)

Jda_software_logoAn announcement came early this morning that JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) was acquiring i2 Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO).  The companies have signed a definitive merger pact for approximately $346 million in cash. For the common stock, this translates to $14.86 per share in cash.

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Posted on: August 11, 2008 – 7:08 am in Mergers and Buy Outs, Software, ,