Posts for Ticker ‘TWB’

52-Week High Club (AGO, SMTL, SINA, TWB)

Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) over 32% to a yearly high of $28.14 after the company posted earnings of $0.44 per share, beating analysts estimates.  

Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) rose over 30% to a yearly high of $11.00 after Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) agreed to buy the company for $11.00 per share, or $364 million.  

Sina Corp (NASDAQ: SINA) rose over 10% today to a yearly high of $47.95 after the Chinese internet portal beat earnings and projected margin improvements.  

Tween Brands Inc (NYSE: TWB) rose over 11% today to a yearly high o $10.16 after the company posted a profite of $0.58 per share, beating analyst estimates.  

Garrett W. McIntyre

Posted on: November 17, 2009 – 3:56 pm in Financial Stocks, Media, Mergers and Buy Outs, Retail, Semiconductor, Technology Companies, , , , ,

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AZN, BDN, CHA, HURN, PRU, PETM, RF, SOL, RDS-B, TWB, UA)

These are Thursday’s top ten analyst research summary upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms:

AstraZeneca (AZN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
Brandywine Realty (BDN) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
China Telecom (CHA) Raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Huron Consulting (HURN) Raised to Neutral from Underperform at at Baird.
Prudential (PRU) Raised to Outperform at FBR.
PetSmart (PETM) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Regions Financial (RF) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
ReneSola (SOL) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-B) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
Tween Brands (TWB) Raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
Under Armour (UA) Cut to Underweight from Hold at KeyBanc.

JON C. OGG
August 20, 2009

Posted on: August 20, 2009 – 7:48 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

52-Week Low Club (CCJ, CPN, CECE, CROX, GGP, TWB)

52_week_low_image_2As the markets went back to triple-digit losses, there were many more new stocks (and repeat performers) on the 52-week low club today.  Many of these look just like an explosion in a city at night. Not all of these closed on 52-week lows, but these did hit new intra-day lows of consequence:

Cameco (NYSE: CCJ)… Cigar Lake update showed more water entering the uranium mine hole.

Calpine (NYSE: CPN)… rose back above old $15.00 low, but shares down by one-third since July 1.

CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECE)… on added earnings concern; with a name like that you’d think they would do better as shares are down 70% from highs.

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Posted on: August 13, 2008 – 2:40 pm in Uncategorized, , , , , ,

Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (PHM, TOL, CCOI, LVLT, PCZ, TWB, TWT, WCN, WW)

These are not all of the analyst calls out there but these are some of the calls we see having an impact on trading this Wednesday morning with more than two hours to the market open:

  • Pulte Homes (PHM) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
  • Toll Brothers (TOL) Started as Buy at Citigroup.

Downgrades or negative calls as follows:

  • Cogent Communications (CCOI) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Level 3 Communications (LVLT) Cut to Underperform at Oppenheimer.
  • Petro-Canada (PCZ) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Tween Brands (TWB) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
  • TW Telecom (TWT) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Waste Connections (WCN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (WW) Cut to Neutral at Baird.

Jon C. Ogg
August 13, 2008

Posted on: August 13, 2008 – 6:34 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,

The Dangers Of Overreacting To The Current Economic Environment: Whole Foods Market (WFMI) And Tween Brands (TWB)

Whole_foodsSubprime lenders like New Century Financial, Novastar, and, to a large extent, Countrywide Financial, learned a hard lesson in the dangers of operating businesses as though the then-current good economic times would last forever.

Now the economy has taken a turn for the worse, and companies are struggling to react to new realities. Whole Foods Market (WFMI) is trying to convince shoppers that it actually can be a good place for value-conscious consumers, as its results disappoint Wall Street.

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Posted on: August 13, 2008 – 4:53 am in Retail, ,

The 52-Week Low Club (TWB)(FMD)(CHS)(PTRY)(GSAT)(VMED)

Tween Brands (TWB) Cuts Q1 outlooks. Sells down to $17.85 from 52-week high of $49.

First Marblehead  (FMD) Investment deal from Goldman Sachs looks weak. Down to $3.12 from 52-week high of $45.70.

Chico’s FAS (CHS) Weak same-store sales. Falls to $5.42 from 52-week high of $27.94.

Pantry (PTRY) Brokerage downgrade. Sells off to $11.20 from 52-week high of $48.96.

Globalstar (GSAT) Raising money through note offering. Down to $3.98 from 52-week high of $12.35.

Virgin Media (VMED) Large bond offering and downgrade. Slips to $12.37 from 52-week high of $30.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: April 10, 2008 – 3:02 pm in HI/LOW, , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club

Tween Brands (TWB) Specialty retailer has bad quarter and weak guidance. Drops to $27.35 from 52-week high of $49.00.

Superior Offshore (DEEP) Senior management enter into stock sales plans. Down to $10.30 from 52-week high of $19.58.

Gehl Co (GEHL) Maker of compact equipment for construction continues weak share price trend. Down to $22.10 from 52-week high of $33.17.

Oplink Communications (OPLK) Chip maker has bad quarterly guidance. Puts in new CFO. Falls to $12.65 from $22.38.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: August 22, 2007 – 3:02 pm in HI/LOW, , , ,