Posts for Ticker ‘HAIN’

Early Bird Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (ALB, AUXL, BIIB, CBEY, HAIN, HWD, LVS, SYMC, TEVA, TWTC, WBSN, WFMI)

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

  • Auxilium Pharma (AUXL) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Biogen-Idec (BIIB) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
  • CBeyond (CBEY) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
  • Hain Celestial (HAIN) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • Harry Winston Diamond (HWD) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc.
  • Symantec (SYMC) Started as Buy at B of A.
  • Teva Pharma (TEVA) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • TW Telecom (TWTC) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
  • Websense (WBSN) Started as Buy at B of A.
  • Whole Foods (WFMI) Started as Buy at Jefferies.

Jon C. Ogg
September 11, 2008

Posted on: September 11, 2008 – 6:23 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADCT, ABC, CAH, MCK, CRUS, LNG, HAIN, ISRG, NFS, PTR, VMED, WLK)

These are the top individual analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning in pre-market trading:

  • ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC), Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), and McKesson (NYSE: MCK) were all downgraded to Hold from Buy at Citigroup.
  • Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ: CRUS) Cut to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Cheniere Energy (NYSE: LNG) cut to Equalweight from Overweight at Lehman.
  • Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) Cut to Underweight at JP Morgan.
  • Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) started as Buy at Lazard; started as Market Outperform at JMP Securities.
  • Nationwide Financial (NYSE: NFS) Raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) cut to Neutral at Jefferies,
  • Westlake Chemical (NYSE: WLK) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
April 10, 2008

Posted on: April 10, 2008 – 6:54 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AVR, DNA, GM, HAIN, JNPR, MTL, MOT, NYT, BTU, YUM)

Below are the top research calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on:

  • Aventine Renewable Energy (NYSE: AVR) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Soleil.
  • Genentech (NYSE: DNA) raised to Outperform at Rodman & Renshaw.
  • General Motors (NYSE: GM) downgraded to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) raised to Outperform at RBC Capital Markets.
  • Mechel Steel (NYSE: MTL) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Motorola (NYSE: MOT) downgraded to Perform from outperform at Oppenheimer.
  • New York Times (NYSE: NYT) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
February 25, 2008

Posted on: February 25, 2008 – 7:44 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Earnings Gappers (November 2, 2007)

(ALY) Allis-Chalmers $0.37 EPS vs $0.36 est.
(ASVI) A.S.V. Inc. $0.13 EPS vs $0.19 est.
(BEBE) bebe stores traded up 3% despite slight revenue miss.
(CBB) Cincinnati Bell $0.09 EPS vs $0.08 est.
(CI) CIGNA $1.14 EPS vs $0.93 est.
(DUK) Duke Energy $0.48 EPS vs $0.39 est.
(ENCY) Encysive -$0.32 EPS vs -$0.31 est.
(ERTS) Electronic Arts trading up 3% after beating earnings.
(GYI) Getty Images traded up 5% after earnings.
(HAIN) Hain Celestial rose almost 5% after beating earnings expectations.
(HIMX) HIMAX trading up 7% after earnings.
(IP) International Paper $0.57 EP vs $0.57 est.
(ITRI) Itron trading down 11% after earnings.
(LVS) Las Vegas Sands trading down $16+ to $109 pre-market on net loss.
(MSO) Martha Stewart Enterprises -$0.08 EPS vs -$0.13 est.
(NI) NIsource $0.08 EPS vs $0.10 est.
(NTLS) NETELOS $0.18 EPS vs $0.14 est.
(NYX) NYSE $0.76 EPS vs. $0.73 est.
(OMG) OM Group $1.30 EPS vs $1.17 est.
(RDEN) Elizabeth Arden $0.04 EPS vs -$0.05 est.; sees Q2 $1.11-1.16 vs $1.21 est.
(SGMS) Scientific Games down 4% after earnings.
(SYNA) Synaptics traded up 10% after beating earnings expectations.
(VCLK) ValueClick trading down 0.5% after lackluster earnings.
(VIA) Viacom $0.65 vs 0.60

Posted on: November 2, 2007 – 7:31 am in Earnings, Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cramer Organic & Naturals Trend Stock (HAIN, UNFI, WFMI)

On tonight’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer wanted to discuss a stock in a great trend from microtrends.  The vegan children and organic going mainstream is a huge and growing market and he likes Hain Celestial (NASDAQ:HAIN) as the play for this.  This stock closed at $33.76, down 0.76% today, but shares rose over 3% to $35.00 in after-hours trading after the Cramer note.  This has a $1.34 Billion market cap, and this looks like a new 52-week high.

A name that 24/7 Wall St. likes just as much or more at current prices is United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI), which is more of the casino operator analogy rather than the gambler.  This has a few of its own packaging but it distributes over 40,000 products.  It already got the guidance out there for 2008 which was in a combined Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) and Wild Oats environment that really hit the stock.  As Kroger goes more organic and as Safeway and others are increasing organic and natural offerings this is one we like even better.  The only thing we don’t like is that United Natural has a bit more exposure to transportation and materials costs comparatively and that may keep a lid on this.

Jon C. Ogg
October 24, 2007

Posted on: October 24, 2007 – 5:31 pm in Cramer, Food, , ,

A Lot to Chew for Organic Investors (HAIN, UNFI, WFMI, OATS)

This week may be less active in shares traded because of the pre-Labor Day absence of many Wall Street pundits.  But it is a very important week for organic food and health(ier) food companies.  Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) has closed the Wild Oats (NASDAQ:OATS) transaction, and the stocks should trade as one after this week.  Whole Foods has surprisingly seen its shares rise more than 20% off of the post-Mackey SNAFU lows from just a few weeks ago, and that has been during a time that the market hasn’t been all that hot.

Hain Celestial (NASDAQ:HAIN) is also reporting earnings after today’s close.  Analysts are looking for $0.28 EPS and revenues of just under $227 million.  For the coming quarter estimates are $0.28 EPS and $239 million in revenues.  Hain Celestial shares are in the mid-point of its 52-week trading range.

United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) is in the spotlight ahead of its earnings this Friday.  United Natural Foods has seen its stock under pressure since the Whole Foods and Wild Oats merger was announced as two key customers were consolidating into one. Analysts expect United Natural Foods to post earnings of $0.34 EPS on revenues of $723.3 million, and next quarter is expected to show $0.34 EPS on revenues of just under $744 million.  This report will also mark the year-end for United Natural.  If it offers fiscal July 2008 estimates, those estimates are $1.46 EPS and $3.141 Billion in revenues.  The best thing about this report is that the forward guidance may clear up much of the uncertainty that has surrounded this stock, and this stock is only about 10% above a key support level that has been in place for about two and a half years.  This one has been overly punished, as shares are down $11.00 from the $38.40 highs over the last year.

Jon C. Ogg
August 29, 2007

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

Posted on: August 29, 2007 – 10:44 am in Food, , , , , ,