Posts for Ticker ‘SVU’

Retail Rumor Watch: SuperValu versus GameStop (SVU, GME)

When was the last time you kept a retailer buyout rumor on a watch list?  Or two retailers for that matter?  Friday’s trading was mixed with two buyout rumors in the retail segment.  GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and SuperValu Inc. (NYSE: SVU).  The issue at hand is if private equity is back to making deals.  In these two particular cases, one buyout may make sense but one seems rather hard to fathom.

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Aluminum Foil: The Fallout From Alcoa’s Earnings

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first large American company to release earnings each quarter that it is a harbinger of what other corporate reports will show. That is as ridiculous as the belief that if the first man in the St Patrick’s Day Parade is 6’11’’ tall that the rest of the marchers will be taller than the average person.

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Top Analyst Downgrades (ARO, AKAM, AIZ, EP, HOT, SVU)

These are the top Wall Street analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen early this Friday morning:

Aeropostale (ARO) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
Akamai (AKAM) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Assurant (AIZ) Cut to Neutral at SunTrust.
El Paso (EP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Starwood Hotels (HOT) Cut to Hold at Soleil.
SuperValu (SVU) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.

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JON C. OGG
October 9, 2009

The 52-Week Low Club 8/25/2008 (AIG)(SVU)(QRCP)(HWAY)

Sad_clownAmerican International Group (AIG) Analysts predicting yet another losing quarter. Stock drops to $18.64 down from 52-week high of $70.13.

Supervalu (SVU) No news. Falls to $23.60 from 52-week high of $43.30.

Quest Resource (QRCP) CEO walks. Slips $4.71 from 52-week high of $6.74.

Healthways (HWAY) Gets crushed by poor guidance. Off to $18.57 from 52-week high of $71.22.

Douglas A. McIntyre

The 52-Week Low Club 7/24/2008 (CDNS)(SVU)(MU)(TIE)(CMG)(WFR)

Sad_clownMEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) Results miss Wall St. forecasts. Falls to $41.58 from 52-week high of $96.08.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Analyst downgrades. Shares off to $67.26 from 52-week high of $155.49.

Titanium Metals (TIE) Airplane customers cutting metal orders.Drops to$10.27 from 52-week high of$36.50.

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Cramer’s Grocery Pick (KR, WFMI, SVU)

On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he still thinks the supermarket stocks are cheap but some deserve to be cheap.  His pick in the sector is Kroger (NYSE:KR).  He liks the outperformance and that they beat earnings and raised guidance with a 5+% same store sales number.

This has been our pick as well, and we even went as far as saying that this was actually becoming an alternative to Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) if you go there (24/7’s View on Whole Foods vs. Kroger).

Cramer thinks that this is going head to head with SuperValu (NYSE:SVU) although it is cheaper and SVI is just a value trap.

Jon C. Ogg
October 4, 2007

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 1, 2007)

AMR cut to Hold at Citigroup.
ALVR raised to positive at Susquehanna.
CHTR started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
CME raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
COMS cut to Neutral at UBS.
COP cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
CTXS cut to Neutral at B of A.
HAR reinstated as Overweight at Lehman.
IDTI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
ISIL raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.
KRC raised to Buy at Citigroup.
LKQX started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
LUV cut to Hold at Citigroup.
MRVL cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
NCC cut to Underperform at Bear Stearns.
NETL cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
PCL cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch.
PRX cut to Underperform at FBR.
RIMM cut to Outperform at RBC.
RYN cut to Sell at Merrill Lynch.
SVU started as Sell at B of A.
SXCI raised to Buy at UBS.
TEN started as Underperform at Bear Stearns.
VSTA cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.

Jon C. Ogg
October 1, 2007