Posts for Ticker ‘SIGM’

Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, AONE, MBI, PALM, SIGM, REGN, CADX, TRA, CF, AGU, BRCD)

These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen in the pre-market trading hours.  We also included some options color from yesterday.  A link has been provided for more detailed analysis and data for each stock over at VSInvestor.com:

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is down only about 2% after reports that the company could find itself leaderless again.

A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) is trading down 3% after earnings and concerns over a partnership.

MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) is trading up over 3% this morning after getting crushed yesterday, M.J. Whitman’s Third Avenue took a stake.

Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is running over 3% on an analyst call.

Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM) is down 8% on a downgrade.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) is trading up 10% after Sanofi-Aventis expanded its antibody pact substantially.

We have many options on watch as well:

  • Cadence Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: CADX) is one to watch with a huge binary volatility trade ahead of the 11/13 PDUFA date for Acetavance as a treatment for acute pain.
  • There was some interesting options trading seen yesterday in the trifecta fertilizer merger war via Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA), CF Industries (NYSE: CF), and Agrium (NYSE: AGU).
  • Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) gave a stock and option alert yesterday, but it went even more active in options with the NOV09 $9 CALLS seeing 24,450 contracts and the NOV09 $10 CALLS seeing 17,432 contracts.

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JON C. OGG

Posted on: November 11, 2009 – 9:09 am in Pre-Market Activity, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Upgrades (CCL, IAG, LAMR, LZ, OVTI, RCL, SIGM)

money-stack-image10These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls from Wall Street we are seeing this Thursday morning with about two hours until the market opens:

  • Carnival (CCL) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
  • Iamgold (IAG) Raised to Buy at BofA-Merrill.
  • Lamar Advertising (LAMR) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Lubrizol (LZ) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • OmniVision Technologies (OVTI) Raised to Neutral at Baird.
  • Royal Caribbean (RCL) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
  • Sigma Designs (SIGM) Raised to Buy at Collins Stewart.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: March 5, 2009 – 7:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ATI, BIDU, DISCA, FHN, JNS, NOV, PTEC, RSH, SIGM, VRGY)

Down_arrow_red_2These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we are seeing this Friday-crash morning:

  • Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Baidu.com (BIDU) Target Cut to $260 from $350 at Goldman Sachs.
  • Discovery Communications (DISCA) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • First Horizon National (FHN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Janus Capital (JNS) Cut to Underperform at FBR.
  • National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Phoenix Tech (PTEC) Cut to Buy from Strong Buy at Needham.
  • Radio Shack (RSH) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Sigma Designs (SIGM) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Verigy (VRGY) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
October 24, 2008

Posted on: October 24, 2008 – 7:03 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (BORL)(SIGM)(NVTL)(AFFX)(CROX)

Fremont General  (FMT) Down 50% today. Finally delisted. Hit bottom at $.26 against 52-week high of $13.80.

Avnet (AVT) Warns on profits. Slips to $27.76 from 52-week high of $44.68.

Kinetic Concepts (KCI) Sells convertible notes to fund acquisition. Drops to $40.27 from 52-week high of $66.77.

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Company plans to take first quarter charge. Sells down to $71.39 from 52-week high of $85.21.

Tesoro Corporation (TSO) Bad day for oil refiners. Concerns about margins. Falls to $25.06 from 52-week high of $65.98.

Gannett (GCI) Part of bath newspaper companies are taking. Sells off to $27.26 from 52-week high of $61.68.

Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) Warns on numbers. Falls to $10.10 from 52-week high of $75.21.

Affymetrix (AFFX) Revised forecast for 2008 down. Drops to $10.08 from 52-week high of $31.95.

Novatel Wireless (NVTL) Company says it will miss Q1 numbers. Sells off to $7.42 from 52-week high of $29.14.

Sigma Designs (SIGM) Analyst says company is losing market share. Drops to $15.31 from 52-week high of $73.

Borland Software (BORL) No news. Project management software company shares move down to $1.40 from 52-week high of $6.22.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: April 15, 2008 – 3:00 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (CHTR)(SIGM)(GM)(F)(BSC)(VM)

Virgin Mobile (NYSE VM) Quaterly loss takes shares down. Falls to $1.90 from 52-week high of $15.69.

Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) Market still believes that company has severe balance sheet problems. Sells down to $50.58 from 52-week high of $159.36.

Ford Motor  (NYSE: F) Research firm downgrade coupled with high gas prices. Drops to $5.12 from 52-week high of $9.70.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) Chrysler is closing down for two weeks. All industry news is bad. All the way down to $19.15 from 52-week high of $43.20.

Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) Outlook for next quarter well below expectations. Down to $20.10 from 52-week high of $73.

Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) Cable company has over $19 billion in debt and just placed another $1 billion in junk bonds. Sells off to $.61 from 52-week high of $4.93.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: March 13, 2008 – 2:58 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AHO, BKUNA, CHRT, FTI, HANS, MU, SIGM, UBS, X, WYE)

These are not the only analyst calls today, but these are the top ten analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at in early pre-market trading:

  • Ahold (NYSE: AHO) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • BankUnited Financial (NASDAQ: BKUNA) downgraded to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Chartered Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CHRT) raised to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • FMC Tech (NYSE: FTI) downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Micron Tech (NYSE: MU) raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
  • Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Robert W. Baird.
  • UBS (NYSE: UBS) downgraded to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • US Steel (NYSE: X) raised to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
  • Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. 

Jon C. Ogg
February 19, 2008

Posted on: February 19, 2008 – 7:12 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Additional Pre-Market Stock News (November 29, 2007) (ENB, EEP, FRED, HNZ, LULU, MHS, MW, VSE, USBE, ULBI, VIP, SIGM)

Below is some of the other top summaries of news we haven’t covered this morning:

Enbridge Inc. (ENB) and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP) had a pipeline blow late yesterday that has oil up as much as $4 today; two workers were killed; the explosion and fire on an Enbridge Energy Partners’ crude oil pipeline approximately three miles southeast of Enbridge’s Clearbrook, Minnesota terminal is apparently one of the Canadian pipelines that comes down to the U.S. and it is a supply risk.
Fred’s (FRED) $0.12 EPS after $0.02 "timing event" versus $0.14 estimate; hired Merrill Lynch to help it review strategic alternatives after receiving interest from multiple parties.
HJHeinz (HNZ) $0.71 EPS vs $0.69 est.; put guidance at higher end of range for next quarter.
Lululemon (LULU) trading up 10% after beating earnings and raising guidance.
Medco Health (MHS) announced a 2 for 1 stock split.
Men’s Wearhouse (MW) trading down 12% after disappointing earnings.
Sigma Designs (SIGM) traded up 14% after posting $0.79 EPS vs $0.54 estimates.
Ultralife Batteries (ULBI) receive a $2.6 million order from the U.S. Defense Department.
VeraSun Energy (VSE) and US BioEnergy (USBE) are going to merge operations into a single company; USBE shares up 8%.
Vimpel-Comm (VIP) trading up 5% after beating earnings expectations.
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WCG) traded up 10% after-hours after announcing that on November 21, it received an executed Contract between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This one had been battered after that FBI raid killed the stock in recent weeks.

Jon C. Ogg
November 29, 2007

Posted on: November 29, 2007 – 8:38 am in Pre-Market Activity, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Calls (May 21, 2007)

AMGN reitr Neutral at Baird.
CAT reiterated Neutral at Baird.
CFC cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
CSE cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.
HOLX raised to Buy at B of A.
NILE cut to Sell at Jackson.
OHB raised to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
PGIC started as Buy at Jefferies.
SIGM reitr Outperform at Baird.
SRP raised to Outperform at Wachovia.

Jon C. Ogg
May 21, 2007

Posted on: May 21, 2007 – 6:18 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,