Posts for Ticker ‘TSRA’

Top Break-Out Stocks (APSG, CYOU, COOL, TSRA, TIVO)

Money Stack ImageToday’s 52-week high review list showed many names which looked like they were trying to break out, but then the pullback kept many of them from making the rounds.  But companies such as Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: APSG), Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU), Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL), Tessera Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA), and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) are showing significant strength.  Most of these are on news or on follow-through data, so we offered a brief explanation for each as follows:
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Posted on: June 3, 2009 – 1:14 pm in HI/LOW, Trading Alert, , , , ,

Tessera Tech Gets on the Map (TSRA, QCOM, MOT, AMD)

Money Stack ImageTessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) is not one of the most common names in the land of chip stocks, but that may be about to change as it won a patent fight against some key chip companies.  Late Wednesday, the company announced that the International Trade Commission issued a final determination against certain wireless manufacturers finding Tessera’s asserted patents are valid and infringed.

The commission also issued a cease-and-desist order against Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Freescale, and Spansion.  This cease and desist from the ITC directed these companies to stop selling infringing articles out of their US inventories.  Tessera also noted that ATI Technologies of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) was also one of the respondents.  It looks like Qualcomm has already shifted chip supplies to another licensed party.  Workarounds in these cases are not unusual, and they can sometimes do nothing to alter or change verdicts.

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Posted on: May 21, 2009 – 8:59 am in Law, Regulation, Semiconductor, Technology Companies, Trading Alert, , , ,

24/7 Wall St. Day Trade Alerts (XNPT)(SOLF)(TSRA)

Cammonopoly_wideweb__430x3250Xenoport (XNPT) is being beaten up on bad clinical trial date. Details.

SolarFun (SOLF) is getting hurt on sub-par earnings. Details.

Tessara (TSRA) got some bad news from the ITC. Details.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: December 2, 2008 – 9:44 am in Research, , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (NGG, QGEN, RGC, WSM, GPN, GFI, QSFT, TSRA)

Money_stack_picThese are the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Tuesday morning with more than two hours to the open:

  • National Grid (NYSE: NGG) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
  • Qiagen (NASDAQ: QGEN) Started as Overweight at HSBC.
  • Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC) Started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) Raised to Buy at Merrill lynch.
  • Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Tessera Technologies (NASDAQ: TSRA) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
December 2, 2008

Posted on: December 2, 2008 – 7:27 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades (DLTR, HTX, KLAC, ORLY, TSRA, AUY)

These are some of the early analyst upgrades or positive calls we are seeing this Wednesday in early pre-market hours:

  • Dollar Tree (DLTR) Raised to Buy at S&P.
  • Hutchinson Telecom (HTX) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Raised to Overweight at HSBC.
  • O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Tessera Technologies (TSRA) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
  • Yamana Gold (AUY) Raised to Outperform at RBC.

JON C. OGG
August 20, 2008

Posted on: August 20, 2008 – 6:39 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (COT)(WMT)(USU)(RJF)(TRSA)(HWAY)

Cott (COT) loses shelf-space at Wal-Mart (WMT). Falls to $2.42 from 52-week high of $17.33.

USEC (USU) drops on high costs and plant closings. Sells off to $6.41 from 52-week high of $25.65.

Raymond James Financial (RJF) says market conditions are getting worse. Stock down to $23.65 from 52-week high of $37.60.

Tessera Technologies (TSRA) has patent lawsuit slowed up by ITC. Runs off to $22.15 from 52-week high of $46.43.

Healthways (HWAY) cuts outlook for this years. Shares move down to $28.43 from 52-week high of $71.22.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: February 26, 2008 – 4:01 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , ,