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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (IDX, SGG, SOXL, XRT)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 4:37pm | 201Market Vectors Indonesia Index (ETF) (NYSE: IDX) fell 4.09% today, on larger than normal volume. Its average volume is 154K shares and today, 575K shares were traded. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (ADR) (NYSE: TLK) is one of the components of the Market Vectors Indonesia Index, and it struggled today...
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Penske Profits Rise 47% - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 5:36pm | 428Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG) recorded a 47% increase in profit to $29.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 from $19.8 million in the same quarter of the prior year, due to an improvement in the retail environment. The profit improved 45% to 32 cents per share from 22 cents per...
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Bullish MACD for CarMax - Tale of the Tape
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 1:31pm | 121CarMax, Inc.’s (KMX) MACD indicator has moved into bullish territory with a reading of 0.1162. The Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) stock rose slightly to $20.98 in afternoon trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company’s earnings for the year ending February 2011 moved up 18 cents over the past...
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Q2 Revenues Rise at Celgene - Analyst Blog
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 4:54pm | 594Celgene Corporation’s (CELG) second quarter 2010 earnings (excluding special items) of 69 cents per share was well above the year-ago earnings of 46 cents per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter was 60 cents per share. On a reported basis, the company earned 33 cents per share as...
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Calls Purchased on O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 12:05pm | 115Shares of O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: ORLY) are lower on the session by 1.86%, currently trading at $48.47. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and has a relative outperformer to the overall market. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. The August...
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William Blair Maintain Market Perform Rating On ORLY
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 10:37am | 82Analysts at William Blair & Co. reiterated their Market Perform rating on shares of O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), after second-quarter results that were better than expected. In its report, William Blair stated "While O’Reilly continues to execute well, we believe investors have become...
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GPI Q2 Results Beat Targets
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 7:44am | 58Group 1 Automotive Inc (NYSE: GPI) reports its Q2 EPS at $0.75, beating the Street view of $0.65. GPI reports its Q2 revenue at $1.4 billion versus the consensus of $1.32 billion. GPI’s shares gained 0.02% to $28.65 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.
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Top 5 Percentage Gainers On NYSE (DV, CKH, ENZ, LAD, CMG)
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 3:18pm | 97The Top 10 percentage gainers on the New York Stock Exchange as of 3:00 p.m. (This only includes companies which have traded at least 100,000 shares). Devry (NYSE: DV) is rising 14.11%. SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) is rising 12.16% Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) is rising 9.7% Lithia Motors,...
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Advanced Auto Parts May Be Drawing New Private Equity Interest
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 2:21pm | 28Advanced Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) may be drawing new private equity interest, according to DealReporter. Advanced Auto Parts is up 2.5%
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Analysts See Opportunity In AAPL, GOOG, V, AZO, CME, ABV, IBM
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:16pm | 229Scott Kessler, an analyst at Standard & Poor's, said on CNBC that he is bullish on Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Visa (NYSE: V). He explained that although some people might think that these stocks are expensive, he believes that they should be bought. Just because the...
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Eddie Lampert Sells 292,000 Shares of Autozone (AZO)
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 5:08pm | 117In a Form 4, filed late Friday, famed hedge-fund manager, Eddie Lampert, is reporting that he sold 292,236 shares of Autozone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) at an average price of $205.02. The total transaction totaled $59,913,465. The transactions took place from 07/14/10 to 07/15/10. According to the filing...
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Nasdaq Volume Decliners (NFLX, ORLY, URBN, ROST, CREE)
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 2:53pm | 205Some notable Nasdaq listed stocks are losing ground on heavier than normal volume today. The list includes Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN), Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST), and Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE). Netflix (NFLX) has shed 2.44% and the...
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Calls Sold on CarMax (KMX)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 2:04pm | 133Shares of CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) are higher on the session by 2.16%, currently trading at $20.37. The stock has been trading largely lower over the past six months and is currently in a downward trending channel. Options traders are selling calls on the name today. The July $22.50 call was sold 1...
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Top Performing Industries For June 29 (AZO, MFV, HCP, PARL)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 1:55pm | 216At 11:26 am, the Dow lost 2.18% to 9,917.39, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 2.40% to 1,048.75 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 2.68% to 2,161.14. The industries that faired the best today are: Auto Parts Stores: This industry lost 0.55% by 11:26 am. The stock that...
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Puts Purchased on AutoNation (AN)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 12:40pm | 132Shares of AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) are lower on the session by 0.65%, currently trading at $19.81. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months, though trading has been volatile. The stock is off from its recent high near $22.00. Options traders are buying protection on the...