Posts for Ticker ‘NRP’

Top Analyst Downgrades (KSU, NRP, NOK, SYK, TOL)

These are this morning’s top research downgrades and cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with close to two hours until the market opens:

Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Nokia (NOK) Cut to Hold at Deutsche bank.
Stryker (SYK) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Toll Brothers (TOL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Coal is Hot, Ethanol is Not (PEIX, NRP)

Pacific_ethanol_logoPacific Ethanol (NASDAQ:PEIX) led off its second quarter financial report with higher sales number. Unfortunately, the company also had to report earnings, or the lack of earnings. For the quarter, Pacific reported a net loss of $8.3 million (-$0.23 EPS). That was nearly double analysts’ average estimate of a -$0.12 EPS loss. Even the net sales figure of $198 million (up 74% year-over-year) fell short of estimates of $206.16 million. Sales volume and average sales price both increased. So what happened?

Read More »