Posts for Ticker ‘HOTT’

Top Day Trader Alerts (INTC, HOTT, HOLI, NLST, CMED, MVIS)

These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts in stocks early on Thursday.  We have more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com for each stock:

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is down over 3% on the downgrade from BofAML.

Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) is down over 10% on earnings.

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) is down over 10% despite an order win in China.

Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) is trading up again this morning by 5%.

China Medical Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMED) is the worst loser, or fighting for it, on a percentage basis this morning.

Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) is fighting CMED for the worst performer this morning.

We had quite a bit of options activity yesterday in some of the potential takeover names.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: November 19, 2009 – 8:57 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , ,

Hot Topic: Twilight Can’t Help Forever (HOTT)

Burning Money PicHot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) is continuing to lose its momentum.  The company had been a huge winner for being tied to the  apparel from the Twilight teen vampire movie.  But apparently vampire envy in apparel can get a stake through the heart too.  The company’s same store sales are shrinking again, and now we have an earnings warning.
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Posted on: July 8, 2009 – 3:15 pm in Apparel, Earnings Warning, Retail,

March’s Retail Winners (BKE, FRED, GYMB, HOTT, JCP, TJX)

money-stack-image20We are still seeing overall weak trends in the retail sector.  This is no shock based upon the overall drop in the economy and the growing army of unemployed workers out there.  But there are  some retail winners out there.  Companies such as Buckle Inc. (NYSE: BKE), Fred’s Inc. (NASDAQ: FRED), Gymboree Corp. (NASDAQ: GYMB), Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT), J.C. Penney Company (NYSE: JCP), and The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX)  posted strong March same-store sales.
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Posted on: April 9, 2009 – 8:13 am in Apparel, Retail, Trading Alert, , , , , ,

Retail Winners In Hard Times (ARO, APP, HOTT, BKE)

Money_stack_pic_3There are actually a few bright spots in retail despite an economy that is still getting worse and an environment where the consumer is getting poorer and less certain about their job prospects.  Among the companies highlighted are Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO), American Apparel, Inc. (AMEX: APP), Hot Topic Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT), and The Buckle, Inc. (NYSE: BKE).

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Posted on: January 8, 2009 – 10:52 am in Economy, Retail, , , ,

How Hot Is Hot Topic? (HOTT)

Hot Topic Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) is worth a visit now that the dust has settled from its better-than-expected sales numbers.  This stock has been holding its own when you consider the market over the last two weeks.  The company sells apparel and accessories in stores  We featured Hot Topic in this weekend’s weekly "10 Stocks Under $10" subscriber letter and below is a brief synopsis of what we covered:

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Posted on: November 17, 2008 – 3:24 pm in Apparel, Retail,

24/7 Wall St. Day Trading Alerts (LVLT)(NOBL)(LVS)(HOTT)

Windmill_2_lgLevel 3 (LVLT) got hit by concerns about raising cash. It shares collapsed back toward $1 on heavy volume. Detail…

Noble (NOBL) released terrible numbers to the market late yesterday. It paid for that today with a 50% drop in its share price.

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) indicated it might have some trouble with debt covenants. Its shares moved down almost 25% on that news.

Retailer Hot Topic (HOTT) rallied, probably because it did "less bad" than other companies reporting retail results.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: November 6, 2008 – 10:35 am in Research, , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ADBE, ATI, CAT, HOTT, MOT, NWAC, UAUA, URI, VRSN, VMED)

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning:

  • Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at Cowen & Co.
  • Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) cut to Sell at UBS.
  • Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR.
  • Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Cut to Underperform from Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ: NWAC) Raised to Overweight from Equalweight at Lehman.
  • UAL Corp. (NASDAQ: UAUA) raised to Overweight at Lehman Brothers
  • United Rentals (NYSE: URI) cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.

Jon C. Ogg
June 5, 2008

Posted on: June 5, 2008 – 6:47 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

52-Week Low Club I (AMD, BIG, DRIV, FRPT, HOTT, SOLD)

Below is the first batch of 52-week lows today:

  • Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) hits the 52-week lows.  I guess Dell being weak and them losing their position there isn’t pleasing anyone.  Maybe they get another stake taken from the Middle East.  Maybe not.  This one is now eligible for coverage in our "10 Stocks Under $10" Newsletter, although unless the company has a split personality it’s hard to be positive here. $9.72 close…under the $9.80 new low.
  • Big Lots (NYSE:BIG)…down 8% to $18.67, under the $19.17 prior 52-week low.  It beat earnings but a lowered guidance makes this the story of "The Good, The Bad, & The Fugly"… remember our own "Big Lots Stock Uglier Than Its Stores" call? We took some heat for being insulting, but it wasn’t as insulting as the stores themselves.  They don’t sell iPods, but i-Nots are over the place.
  • Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV) fell 3.3% to $38.67, under the $39.01 lows and down from $60.99 highs. A BenQ contract win didn’t help. 
  • Force Protection (NASDAQ:FRPT) down big today by 27% to 410.81. Apparently the Marines are slowing spending on mine-resistant trucks, and that kills this stock.
  • Hot Topic (NASDAQ:HOTT) down 3% to $6.31 versus $6.37 prior 52-week lows.  Nothing hot here.
  • Housevalues (NASDAQ:SOLD)…. apparently the housing woes aren’t ending there, even if housing and lending is seeing severe short covering.

Jon C. Ogg
November 30, 2007

Posted on: November 30, 2007 – 4:32 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , ,