Posts for Ticker ‘JEC’

The Twenty Companies Wall St. Can Trust The Most

uncle sam24/7 Wall St. asked Audit Integrity to screen  companies with market caps of more than $3 billion to create a list of the firms that use the most transparent and conservative accounting programs and have ”best of class” corporate governance and management. This data is based on the The Audit Integrity Accounting and Governance Risk rating which is a forensic measure of the clarity and statistical reliability of a corporation’s financial reporting and governance practices. To create this data Audit Integrity applies over 100 accounting and governance metrics to a company’s publicly filed information.

After reviewing this data, 24/7 created a list of The Twenty Companies Wall St. Can Trust The Most. The firms are ranked based on their Accounting and Governance Risk scores.

The list represents companies that have practices which should be emulated by every public company that wishes to serve the needs of its shareholders by presenting accurate financial data and providing conservative management of shareholder’s investments.

The Twenty Companies Wall St. Can Trust The Most:

 

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Posted on: October 26, 2009 – 5:10 am in Research, Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Unusual Suspects (MELA, FSLR, GENZ, GERN, JEC, SHLD, SIRI, CRM, SPPI)

bull-and-bear-imageIt’s the weekend, and that brings about the review of “the unusual suspects” for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead.  There are some old hat names here and some new unknown names that will be key.  We have Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELA), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ), Geron Corp. (NASDAQ: GERN), Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEC), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) all under review for the week ahead.
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Posted on: August 22, 2009 – 11:16 am in Calendar, Earnings, Editor's Picks, The Week, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BBT, EXPD, FLR, JEC, JCG, NOK, SIAL, VMED)

Money_stack_picThese are some of the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning:

  • BB&T (BBT) Raised to Market Perform at KBW.
  • Expeditors International (EXPD) Raised to Neutral from Sell at UBS.
  • Fluor (FLR) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • Jacobs Engineering (JEC) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • J. Crew (JCG) Raised to Equal Weight at Barclays.
  • Nokia (NOK) Raised to Hold from Sell at Societe Gednerale.
  • Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Virgin Media (VMED) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
January 23, 2009

Posted on: January 23, 2009 – 7:55 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Fluor: A Strong Balance Sheet Is a Good Thing (FLR, STO, XOM, JEC, FWLT, KBR)

When everyone else is ducking for cover, it often pays to stick your neck out. That seems to be what Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) is doing with the announcement of a new business that it is calling Fluor Offshore Solutions. Fluor has been in the offshore business for decades, but is more well-known for its onshore engineering and construction business.  Where it gets interesting is how it is stacking up against peers.

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Posted on: December 4, 2008 – 9:37 am in Infrastructure, , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AET, AA, ACI, JEC, GEOY, LLL, NUE, NVDA, BTU, UNH)

These are ten of the individual analyst calls seen out there this Thursday morning ahead of a 3-day weekend:

  • Aetna (NYSE: AET) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Raised from Sell to Hold at Soleil.
  • Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
  • Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) raised to Buy from Hold at Morgan Joseph.
  • GeoEye (NASDAQ: GEOY) started as Buy at Soeil.
  • L3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) Raised to Outperform from Neutral at Cowen.
  • Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) Raised to Sector Perform from Sector Underperform at CIBC.
  • NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Peabody (NYSE: BTU) Raised to Buy from Hold at Citi.
  • UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) cut to Neutral at UBS.

We also saw RBC raise the Communication Towers Sector.

Jon C. Ogg
July 3, 2008

Posted on: July 3, 2008 – 7:16 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 17, 2007)

AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.
BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.
COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
CPA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CRZO cut to Hold at Jefferies.
DAL raised to Neutral at UBS.
DK started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
EME started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
GFIG cut to Hold at Citigroup.
GSIC started as Hold at Jefferies.
IACI started as Neutral at B of A.
JEC started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
NLS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
ORB raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PWR started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
RCI started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
ROH raised to Buy at Citigroup.
SAPE raised to Outperform at FBR.
TWB raised to Outperform at FBR.
UAUA raised to Neutral at UBS.
VSCN cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
WAT started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
WTSLA started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.

Jon C. Ogg
July 17, 2007

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

Posted on: July 17, 2007 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cramer’s “Wild Bull Market Stock Picks”

Stock Tickers: DE, MON, SQM, CAT, TEX, MTW, FWLT, MDR, JEC, BA, UTX

Cramer tonight discussed where the wild bull markets are that you want to be in.  He has six bull markets.

1) Agriculture: the subsidies bring in $55 Billion in revenues to large farm companies alone. His 3 picks in this are Deere (DE), Monsanto (MON), and Sociedad QM (SQM).

2) Machinery: his pick is Caterpillar (CAT); Cramer also likes Terex (TEX) and likes Manitowoc (MTW), but he said CAT’s the best of breed pick and that’s the one he wants.

3) Infrastructure, perhaps the most wild bull market: the two cheapest after the big runs are Foster-Wheeler (FWLT) and McDermott (MDR), both of which he has been behind for large runs. All the asbestos issues are behind the companies and they are very undercovered on Wall Street.  Jacobs Engineering (JEC) is the runner up.

4) Aerospace: Cramer’s pick is Boeing (BA) as it should be up more than it is, particularly after Airbus woes.  He said he likes United Tech (UTX) but the best is Boeing and Boeing is now going north of $100.00.

Jon C. Ogg
May 29, 2007

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

Posted on: May 29, 2007 – 5:28 pm in Cramer, , , , , , , , , , ,