Posts for Ticker ‘THO’

52-Week High Club

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) hit a yearly high of $97.33 as options traders place bets in anticipation of positive earnings.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) hit a yearly high of $28.58 as Citigroup gives the company a buy rating in anticipation of the declaration of a dividend or stock buy backs in 2010.

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) hit a yearly high of $43.68 as rumors of a takeover circulated.  The shares promptly dropped as the rumored purchaser, Danone SA, denied the reports.

Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) hit a yearly high of $30.64 as it reported that its 4Q profits had quadrupled.  

Valassis Communications (NYSE: VCI) hit a yearly high of $25.25, boosted by positive news coming out of Gannett.

Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) hit a yearly high of $37.53 after the company’s earnings beat analysts estimates.

Garrett W. McIntyre

Posted on: September 29, 2009 – 4:12 pm in Analyst Calls, Dividend, Food, Media, Mergers and Buy Outs, Stock Buybacks, Transports, , , , , ,

Coal for Christmas: Stocks on 52-Week Lows (APL, KDE, HNSN, IPCM, LUFK, SYNA, THO, TRAC, RIG)

It almost never matter what the markets do anymore.  Some stocks just can’t get it right.  Most of these lows that we chose to outline did not even have real news out themselves today.  We decided to include the closing bell levels.

  • DJIA          8,468.48 (+48.99; +0.58%)
  • NASDAQ   1,524.90 (+3.36; +0.22%)
  • S&P500     868.15 (+4.99; +0.58%)

Here are some of today’s 52-week low stocks and brief comments:

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Posted on: December 24, 2008 – 4:05 pm in HI/LOW, Trading Alert, , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (CMA, FITB, IRM, RF, SPSS, AMTD, THO, TDG)

Money_stack_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning:

  • Comerica (CMA) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • Iron Mountain (IRM) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Regions Financial (RF) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein.
  • SPSS Inc. (SPSS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Raised to Outperform at Raymond James.
  • Thor Industries (THO) Raised to Neutral at Baird.
  • Transdigm Group (TDG) Raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
November 5, 2008

Posted on: November 5, 2008 – 8:08 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Thor’s RV Sales Follow Credit Off The Cliff (THO, WGO)

Rv_picThor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) issued its preliminary sales and backlog guidance, and as the company sells RV’s you could have likely guessed that sales were down sharply.  Thor said that for the quarter ended October 31, sales were roughly $439.2 million.  This is down a sharp 42% from $763.7 million last year, and significantly under estimates.

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Posted on: November 4, 2008 – 12:30 pm in Autos, Earnings Warning, Entertainment, ,

Early Bird Analyst Downgrades (AAPL, RATE, COP, INFN, MOT, SMOD, TSCM, THO, WM, WGO)

These are not all of the analyst downgrades this Monday morning, but these are some of the standout calls we have seen affecting shares early with more than two hours to the open:

  • Apple (AAPL) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Bankrate (RATE) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • ConocoPhillips (COP) Cut To Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Infinera (INFN) Cut To Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Motorola (MOT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Smart Modular Tech (SMOD) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • TheStreet.com (TSCM) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Thor Industries (THO) Cut to Underperform at Baird.
  • Washington Mutual (WM) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
  • Winnebago Industries (WGO) Cut to Underperform at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
September 29, 2008

Posted on: September 29, 2008 – 6:06 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (PSS)(SUN)(THO)

Collective Brands (PSS) An unfavorable verdict in a lawsuit with Adidas.Drops to $9.14 from 52-week high of $37.20

Sunoco  (SUN) Analyst downgrade. Down to $43.88 from 52-week high of $80.40.

Thor Industries (THO) Bad quarter, new CFO. Drops to $25.18 from 52-week high of $52.31.

DSP Group (DSPG) Falls on week quarter. Down to $8.97 from 52-week high of $22.30.

Franklin Bank  (FBTX) Company drops out of S&P Small Cap index. Drops to $.83 from 52-week high of $17.

Douglas A McIntyre

Posted on: May 6, 2008 – 3:02 pm in HI/LOW, , , , ,