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Shares of small-cap company eDiets.com (NASDAQ: DIET) are seeing significant buying interest on the back of a blowout report from Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) yesterday prior to the closing bell. Weight Watchers reported EPS of $0.64 compared to analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Acorda Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) 2,963 puts, 35 calls 2. Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) 2,961 puts, 37 calls 3. Rowan Companies Inc. (NYSE: RDC) 3,046 puts, 122 calls 4. Gerdau SA (...

Stocks on the Move (STEI) New Year High... Breakout.

Shares of Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) are lower on the session by 2.13%, trading at $64.00. Overall put volume is now running at 4.32x the daily average, with 26% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 4,706 contracts have traded on the session so far. Weight Watchers...

Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) reported 4Q10 EPS and announced 2011 guidance yesterday. Not only did 4Q beat by some $0.11, but also the mid-point of guidance came in about $1.00 ahead of the Bloomberg consensus estimate. Not surprisingly, the stock had one of the most memorably positive days in...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) from $42 to $65 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgrade Weight Watchers International Inc (NYSE: WTW) from “underweight” to “equal weight.” WTW shares jumped 45.57% to close at $65.39 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

On CNBC's Fast Money Pops & Drops, Guy Adami said that he likes Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) despite the big run. He explained that Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) gained 2.62% today on the news that the company has approved a $300 million worth repurchase of the common stock. American...

Cusick's Corner The S&P is up 4% so far this month and it's on a 9 session winning streak of finishing in the green. This leaves short-term technicals a little extended but it looks like there are no signals of this developing into pressure on the current bullish trend. If you watched the...

Shares of Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) are lower on the session by 0.64%, trading at $47.94. Overall call volume is now running at 3.52x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,226 contracts have traded on the session so far. Sotheby's is an auctioneer of...

World Energy Solutions Inc (DE) (NASDAQ: XWES) gained 33.20% to $3.25 at 9:55 am. XWES reported a 40% surge in its Q4 revenue. Weight Watchers International Inc (NYSE: WTW) shares surged 32.28% to $59.42. WTW reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued upbeat FY11 earnings guidance. 3D...

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) today announced its fiscal 2010 results for the fourth quarter. Revenues of $356.7 million, up 15.6% on a constant currency basis versus the prior year period, and global paid weeks up 13.0% EPS of $0.66 for the quarter and full year 2010 EPS of $2.56

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has decided to raise its wholesale prices on new-release DVDs it sells to Redbox, which is owned by Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). Disney will now be charging the two companies the full wholesale rate for new DVDs, which can be up to $17.99. According to...

Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR) today announced that it has entered into a letter agreement for an accelerated share repurchase transaction with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $50 million of Coinstar common stock. This repurchase is made under the...

Standpoint Research initiates H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) with a Buy rating.