Can you hear the noise over the roar of the Dow pushing past 13,000?
love a rally as much as the next guy, who doesn’t? It’s great for the U.S. economy, people say "hi" to each other in New York, and a few more baby boomers enter into…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
TheStreet.Com Earnings Preview Q1 2007 (TSCM)
TheStreet.com (TSCM-NASDAQ) is perhaps one of the most interesting earnings stocks out there, and definitely one of the more controversial. It has nothing to do with the fact that the company is a micro-cap…
Will Exxon Mobil Hit $100 Billion in Revenues?
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM-NYSE) may be the most controversial earnings report on Thursday morning despite the trend of who beats and who misses estimates. The EPS target by Wall Street of $1.52 "earnings per…
Comcast Earnings Preview Q1 2007
Comcast Corp. (CMCSA-NASDAQ) is one to watch on Thursday morning. Consensus estimates are placing $0.17 EPS and $7.36 Billion revenues as expectations for it live up to. The following quarter estimates from the street…
3M Q1 2007 Earnings Preview
3M Co. (MMM-NYSE) is expected to post EPS of $1.12 on revenues of $5.69 Billion, and if the company offers guidance the analyst community is expecting $1.12 EPS and revenues of $5.91 Billion for…
Cramer’s Next Buyout Pick: Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)
Cramer’s “private equity buyout target” tonight was Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) on Mad Money on CNBC. He doesn’t care that the company is up 10% after earnings and he doesn’t think it is too late…
Cramer’s Coke & Pepsi Challenge
On tonight’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer said that DJIA 13,000 is just a prelude to DJIA 14,000. He even thinks you could see a 400 point to 500 point day soon. Because there is…
NutriSystem’s Impressive Quarter
NutriSystem Inc. (NTRI-NASDAQ) posted earnings with $1.04 EPS on revenues of$238.36 million; analysts expected EPS of $0.91 and revenues of $212.7 million. GUIDANCE: Next quarter revenues $190 to $200 million and EPS between $0.82…
Apple’s Stock Goes Triple-Digits After Earnings
Apple (AAPL-NASDAQ) issued earnings: $0.87 EPS and sales $5.26 Billion revenues versus $0.64 EPS and revenues of $5.17 Billion. As far as comparing its guidance to next quarter, the compay expects $0.66 EPS and…
Akamai Earnings AkamaiOhMy
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM-NASDAQ) posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.28 on revenues of $139.3 million versus $0.28 EPS and $138.9 million estimates. GAAP net EPS was $0.11; revenues 53 percent year-over-year and 11 percent from…
Apple Statement on Options (AAPL)
Apple (AAPL-NASDAQ) issued a press release ahead of earnings. It essentially says they aren’t going to debate the options issue in public. Board Members Bill Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore Jr., Arthur D. Levinson,…
Qualcomm: No Party This Quarter
Wall St. didn’t love Qualcomm’s (QCOM) numbers. Revenues: $2.22 billion, up 21 percent year-over-year and 10 percent sequentially.Net income: $726 million, up 22 percent year-over-year and 12 percent sequentially. And, next quarter guidance: Revenue…
Can Vonage “Text” Help?
Vonage Holdings (VG-NYSE) has gone out with yet another press release, but at least this one wasn’t claiming a win over a loss. This actually looks pretty good, assuming they can keep customers from…
Cramer Gets Even More Bullish
On today’s Stop Trading segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out with his feathers ruffled about the DJIA over 13,000 even though he did say Amazon.com (AMZN-NASDAQ) had run up too much ahead of…
Final Earnings Preview Data on Apple (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (AAPL-NASDAQ) is the biggie on earnings tonight with analysts expecting $0.64 EPS and revenues of $5.17 Billion. As far as comparing its guidance to next quarter, analysts expect the June quarter to…
Siemens CEO Jumps Ship
The board of Siemens (SI) left its CEO in limbo. While the company’s financial and stock performance is good, the firm has had an ongoing corruption investigation. The board made it clear that Klaus…
Motorola Needs Icahn
Institutional Shareholder Services, proxy advisory service, thinks that flagging cell phone and telecom equipment company Motorola (MOT) needs Carl Icahn on its board. He owns just shy of 3% of the shares. The WSJ…
Halliburton Q1-07 Earnings Preview
Halliburton (HAL) reports first quarter earningsbefore the bell tomorrow; EPS is expected to be $0.52 after a mid-March revision after the company lowered guidance. Halliburton’s main competitorshave already reported, with Schlumberger (SLB) reporting last…
The Sun Microsystems Conundrum
There may be only marginally good news out of Sun Microsystems (SUNW-NASDAQ) since there was at least some growth, but the street is giving this a negative focus. It is also hard to blame…
Alcoa: “We’re For Sale, Part Of Us Anyway!”
Alcoa (AA-NYSE) has just announced that it will explore strategic alternatives for the disposition (sale/spin-off/etc.) of its PACKAGING & CONSUMER segment. This unit generated $3.2 Billion in revenues and $95 million after-tax operating income…