Food Distributors

Boston Beer Company (SAM)- Trailing-12-Month Revenue- $471.9 million, Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)- 20.5%, Cash/Debt, $45.3 million / $0, Competitors- Anheuser-Busch (BUD), Molson Coors (TAP). Boston Beer Company is trading at a price of $84.15, a dramatic change of -0.87 with %...

Cognex (CGNX) is trading at a price of $34.86, a dramatic change of -0.97. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 1.45B. Cognex is giving up its quarterly distributions by 13% to $0.09 a share. This is the third time over...

Orbotech Ltd (NASDAQ: ORBK) shares moved up 9.31% to $13.85 at 11:20 am. The volume of ORBK shares traded was 550% higher than normal. ORBK reported its Q1 EPS of $0.31, versus the estimates of $0.25. Spartan Stores Inc (NASDAQ: SPTN) shares rose 2.28% to $16.18. The volume of SPTN shares traded...

Intel Corp (INTC) The Long- And The Short-Term Of It—Reiterate Buy Quick Stock Call — With the recent spate of good news (quarter results, multigate, dividend increase) driving appreciation, we see potential for ST profit taking in INTC, particularly in light of poor PC data points. But we view...

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) reported F3Q adjusted EPS of $0.46 vs. JP Morgan's $0.43 and consensus $0.41. The quarter was much better than 2Q, as higher volume growth was matched with expansion in gross margin dollars per case. This was particularly important after 2Q's deceleration in real sales...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Sysco (NYSE: SYY), maintaining Equal-weight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "Case volume growth and gross margins surprised to the upside, but we do not believe that this reflects a turn in Sysco's operating environment. The restaurant...

Cusick's Corner A few readers have asked me to explain the definition of an index. An index is a grouping of stocks used to track and represent a sector, segment of the market, or a broad market, such as the Standard & Poor's 500. The S&P500 (SPX) is one of the world's best known indexes...

Cusick's Corner Buyers are flexing their muscles into the Midday after what seemed to be a potentially shaky open with the Dollar firming and the S&P downgrade of Greece. While the commodity sector will need some more economic confidence building before Funds and Specs come back into those...

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (NYSE:DTG) is trading at a price of $78.66 its shares added almost 13% after Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ) raised its offer to buy the rival car-rental company. Hertz Global Holdings is trading at a price of $16.52. Currently, the company has a Market...

Sysco (NYSE: SYY) says "committed to looking for acquisition opportunities... sees strategic pricing initiatives growing market share... doesn't see increasing share repurchase program now."

Best 1) Sino Clean Energy (NASDAQ: SCEI): Trading up 26.2% from Friday's close to $2.64. Sino Clean announced a $20 million share repurchase program to take place over the next twelve months. 2) Fuwei Films (NASDAQ: FFHL): Trading up 23% from Friday's close to $3.42. Shares of Fuwei have broken...

Sysco (NYSE: SYY) Climbs Most in 24 Years After Beating Analyst Estimate; CEO States it is Looking for Acquisitions, Reports Bloomberg

By 10:30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 9.12 points, or 0.07%, to 12,629.62, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 0.96 point, or 0.07%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 2.13 points, or 0.08%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...

Shares of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) are higher on the session by 11.33%, trading at $31.74. Overall call volume is now running at 4.66x the daily average, with 60% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 9,106 contracts have traded on the session so far. Sysco Corporation, along...

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) first-quarter profit rose to $258 million, or $1.07 a share, from $106 million. () is trading at a price of $1.69,a dramatic change of 0.06 with % change of 3.68 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in...