Posts for Ticker ‘COIN’

Secondary Offering Floodgates Open (BGS, CMFO, COIN, LOPE, LGCY, OPEN, PRKR, KGS, UDR, IACI)

Burning Money PicMoney Stack ImageWhat happens when market rallies go on and on?  Outside of the basics, you just about always get a flurry of corporations and public entities selling shares as secondary offerings flood the market.  Between yesterday and today we have seen a deluge of secondary offerings either priced or filed from the likes of B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) China Marine Food Group Limited (AMEX: CMFO), Converted Organics Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOPE), Legacy Reserves LP (NASDAQ: LGCY), OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN), ParkerVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRKR), Quicksilver Gas Services LP (NYSE: KGS), and UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR).

As long as you keep seeing the DJIA, S&P, and NASDAQ hitting new intermediate highs and the market does not roll over, you can expect the floodgates for companies raising capital to continue.   Full details on each offering or filing are below.
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Pre-Market Stock Movers (January 15, 2008) (EDU, COIN, CWTR, DNDN, DNA, WSM, FRX, LCBM, NWY, STT, PVH, TMA)

Below is a snapshot of the key pre-market news that we are focusing on for early pre-market trading this Tuesday:

  • Apple (AAPL) has its Macworld today.
  • CECO Environmental (CECE) announced 14 new orders received totaling ~ $7.3 million.
  • Charles & Colvard (CTHR) lowered guidance and announced a strategic review.
  • Citigroup (C) was trading up but then went negative in early trading: -$1.99 EPS vs -$1.00 estimate, huge charges of $18.1 Billion, 4,200 layoffs included, review divestitures, cut $0.54 dividend down to $0.32.
  • Coldwater Creek (CWTR) lowered guidance, again, again. Shares down 15% to new low.
  • Converted Organics (COIN) announced its has secured a Rhode Island site for second organic fertilizer facility; stock down 6% pre-market.
  • Dendreon (DNDN) received a European patent covering Provenge and its ACI platform technology; shares up 5% pre-market after solid gains yesterday.
  • First American Financial (FAF) sees revenues of $1.9 Billion as expected but sees charges and writedowns.
  • Forest Labs (FRX) $0.96 EPS vs $0.75 estimate; Revenues $998.2 million versus $946+ million estimate. Raised 2008 guidance.
  • Genentech (DNA) trading down 2% pre-market after beating earnings but missing estimates on its top 4 drugs; sees 2008 EPS $3.30-3.45 vs. $3.37 estimate.
  • Kellwood (KWD) $21.00 tender from Sun Capital affiliate Cardinal Integrated commences.
  • Kosan (KOSN) initiated Phase II trials of alvespimycin, their second-generation inhibitor in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
  • Lifecore Biomedical (LCBM) trading up 29% after it agreed to be acquired by Warburg Pincus for $17.00 per share in cash.
  • Merrill Lynch (MER) confirmed that it has agreed to issue $6.6 Billion in preferred stock.
  • New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) $0.10 EPS vs. $0.08 estimate.
  • New York & Co. (NWY) lowered guidance.
  • OSI Systems (OSIS) received a follow-on order from EDO Corporation for roughly $5.8 million.
  • Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) guidance for Q4 EPS at least $0.53, previous guidance was $0.51 to 0.53 and $0.53 First Call; also reaffirmed FY08 EPS of $3.55 to 3.65 vs. $3.55 estimate.
  • State Street (STT) issued earnings and is indicated down 1% to 3% on thin volume after noting it sees 2008 at lower end of target.
  • Thornburg Mortgage (TMA) raised roughly $212 million in equity and convertible preferred securities sales; stock down 1% pre-market.
  • William Sonoma (WSM) lowered guidance; stock down 14% pre-market.

Jon C. Ogg
January 15, 2008