Boston Scientific Loses Heart
Boston Scientific (BSX) reported that sales for the first quarter of 2007 were $2.086 billion as compared to $1.620 billion for the first quarter of 2006. EPS came in at $.08. Analysts surveyed by…
All Work
Douglas A. McIntyre
Texas Instruments Drives Guidance
Texas Instruments just reported earnings: $0.35 EPS & REvenues were $3.19 Billion. Estimates were previously given as $3.07 to $3.22 Billion in revenues on earnings per share of $0.29 to $0.33 non-GAAP EPS. Analyst…
The 52-Week Low Club
Capital Bancorp (CBC) Capitol Bancorp Ltd., a community bank holding company, on Friday said its first-quarter profit fell 37 percent as a sagging economy in Michigan and elsewhere necessitated a more than 60 percent…
Juniper Almost Hits Top-Line Estimates
Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR-NASDAQ) just reported earnings: Q1-07 Net Revenue of $626.9M, up 11% from Q1’06; GAAP Diluted EPS $0.11; Non-GAAP Diluted EPS $0.19; expectations from te street were $620.8 million and $0.19 non-GAAP…
Amgen: Lackluster Results
Amgen (AMGN) got a bit of good news last week, but just a bit. The company’s Aranesp anemia drug for small cell lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy did not cause more deaths in patients…
24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Evaluation Tour – San Diego II
Peter Lynch encourages investors to look at what they use and what they know for investing, and Starbucks (SBUX-NASDAQ) has become one of the largest household names out there. 24/7 Wall St. is reviewing…
Cramer’s Bank & Biotech Picks
On today’s STOP Trading segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he questions the call that retail is tied to weaker General Motors (GM) sales comments that hurt the market today. He wants to see…
StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 04/23/2007
Alanco Technologies (NASDAQ: ALAN) 38.8% HIGHER; Expects sales revenues for the third quarter ended March 31, 2007, to exceed $4.4 million, an increase of over 300% versus comparable revenues of $988,000 in the prior…
Chicago Fed Index: Still Slowing, Not in Recession Territory
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
INTC: Intel Needs to Turn Down the Heat
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
Apple, Apple, Apple – Can someone write just one more article on AAPL?
From The Stock Masters
Bally’s: Comments From TheStockMasters
Remember Bally’s (BFT) and all the fun we’ve had at their expense. We told you two weeks ago why not gamble with Bally’s since they are trading under 70 Cents a share? Pipe dream…
Cramer’s Predictions This Week (APR 23, 2007)
Stock Tickers: NKE, UA, IBM, CSCO, FDX, ITW, UNH Today Jim Cramer has a few keys to winning this week on his Wall Street Confidential video from TheStreet.com, although this is more review oriented…
Lowe’s, Beazer, DR Horton, KB Home: The Shorts Hate Housing
If anyone on Wall St. thinks there is a housing recovery around the corner, they are betting against the shorts. In April, short interest in home-building suppler Lowe’s (LOW) rose 7.4 million shares to…
Cinemark IPO Prices This Week
Cinemark Holdings Inc. (CNK-NYSE) mey get a premium pricing, or at least a solid pricing. It’s current price range is indicated at $17.00 to $19.00 per share, with 28 million shares being sold. The…
Can Applied Materials & AMD Rumors Hold Any Truth?
There is an interesting article out today regarding a potential merger where Applied Materials (AMAT-NASDAQ) is reportedly considering a merger with troubled Advanced Micro Devices (AMD-NYSE). This is not just different than prior rumors…
Sirius: Another New Low
Sirius (SIRI) investors have to be getting more nervous by the day. The company and its merger partner XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) are about to reports earnings. And, the regulatory process around the merger…
Salesforce.com Strategy Change: A Hail Mary Pass
Stock Tickers: CRM, ORCL, MSFT, SAP Salesforce.com (CRM-NYSE) is trying an interesting strategy: it is splitting the need to buy its core product to use the company’s online market for business software. This is…
Full Research Summary (APR 23, 2007)
ACGL raised to Outperform at Wachovia.ALGN raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.AMZN cut to Underperform at Piper Jaffray.ANGO raised to Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.BOT cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BTU raised to Buy…