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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Flying Higher (GMCR)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:55pm | 117Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported earnings yesterday after the closing bell, beating Wall Street expectations. The company reported EPS of $0.19 compared to analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18. Sales were up 64% year over year, to $311 million. This compared to consensus of...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes For July 29 (GMCR, NEWP, ESRX)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:23pm | 200By 12:42 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 87.41 points, or 0.83%, to 10,410.47, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 11.64 points, or 1.05%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 32.67 points, or 1.44%. Some of the narrow based indexes supporting the markets are Coffee...
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Puts Purchased on Kellogg Co. (K)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:16pm | 124Shares of Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) are lower on the session by 5.20%, currently trading at $48.84. The stock has been moving largely sideways over the past six months, but is breaking down today on terrible earnings news. Options traders were buying protection on the name earlier in the session in...
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Stock Market News for July 29, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 10:12am | 567Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report painted a dismal picture of the economic recovery, compounding worries that the much-expected revival is facing headwinds. A weak report on durable goods orders further disappointed investors who had no reason to rejoice in Boeing’s lackluster quarterly numbers...
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US Stock Futures Indicate Strong Opening Gains
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 9:07am | 234US stock futures have risen sharply today as strong earnings reports from European and US firms have buoyed investor sentiments. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 53 points to 10501, those on the S&P 500 added 5.80 points to 1107.90. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures gained...
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Tech Looking Potentially Overbought 07-28-2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 7:04pm | 846Cusick’s Corner The day came off its worst levels, with some short covering into the close. While today’s action was not that enlightening, the economic data, specifically durable goods, did reveal that the investing and trading public at large is still on the sidelines concerning the potential for...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Beats Top And Bottom Line Estimates (GMCR)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 4:41pm | 192Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported GAAP net income of $18.6 million or $0.13 per share after the closing bell on Wednesday. The Company’s non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $25.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, representing an increase of 82% from...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Beats, Gives Guidance (GMCR)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 4:08pm | 45Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) reports Q2 earnings of $0.19 versus estimates of $0.18. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. reports Q2 revenues of $311.5 million versus estimates of $307.48 million. Green Mountain sees Q4 EPS of $0.18 - $0.20, vs $0.21 consensus.
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Brazil Coffee at a 5 Year High: Time to Look at Coffee Stocks
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 3:48pm | 458Today, September 2010 coffee futures were up over 2% for the day. Brazil Arabica coffee is trading around a five year high. So will this high price adversely affect coffee companies? Will the coffee retailers be able to pass through higher prices to their customers? Here are some coffee companies...
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Calls Purchased on Hain Celestial Group (HAIN)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:56pm | 135Shares of The Hain Celestial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) are lower on the session by 0.88%, currently trading at $21.62. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is trading above both the 50-day and 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name...
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Deutsche Bank Retains Hold Rating on DF
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 8:51am | 78Analysts at Deutsche Bank maintain their Hold rating and $12 price target on Dean Foods (DF) ahead of their earnings report on August 3. Deutsche Bank's focus heading into DF earnings are milk and dairy category dynamics moving through 2010 in parallel with efforts towards "cost reduction...
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Magellan Hikes Cash Distribution - Analyst Blog
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 12:34pm | 408Pipeline operator Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (MMP) raised its second quarter 2010 cash distribution by 1.7% sequentially and 3.2% year over year to 73.25 cents per unit (or $2.93 per unit annualized). The cash distribution is up 179% since its initial public offering (IPO) in the beginning...
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Calls Purchased on Kellogg Co. (K)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:37am | 125Shares of Kellogg Co. (NYSE: K) are higher on the session by 0.51%, currently trading at $51.36. The stock has been moving largely sideways for the past six months, though has come under selling pressure as of late. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. The August $50.00 call was...
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Anthony Ward’s $1 Billion Bet on Cocoa (HSY)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:33am | 211Producers and retailers of chocolate products, such as Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY), have been riding higher on the coattails of Anthony Ward for the past few months. Ward, a hedge fund manager, has been buying up cocoa futures and stockpiling the commodity for months now, driving up prices in the...
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Stocks To Watch For July 26 (CALM, LO, FLR, LM)
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 6:24am | 165Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus are: Wall Street expects Cal-Maine Foods Inc (NASDAQ: CALM) to post its FQ4 EPS at $0.64 on $233 million in revenue. CALM’s shares fell 0.97% to close at $29.69 on Friday. Analysts are expecting Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) to have earned $1.60 per share...