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Most Active Stock Options November 17, 2009 & Trading Activity
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 5:01pm | 342As of today the top ten option contracts traded were: HSBC (HBC) January 35 Call Options Avon (AVP) January 22.50 Call Options United Technologies (UTX) November 65 Call Options S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) November 110 Call Options Target (TGT) January 30 Call Options United Technologies November 60...
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Biggest Losers (CAEI, TBV, PARD, CRXX, HOOK, ADY)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 11:50am | 189China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAEI) plunged 27% to $1.10 huge volume of 1.10 million shares after CAEI announced its third quarter financial results. So far this year CAEI is down over 54%. Tiens Biotech Group (USA), Inc. (AMEX: TBV) plummeted 23% to $3.99 on 239K shares. The 52...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (TLP, RDEN, PFWD, CSX, TX, MBT, RWT, CCO, NDAQ)
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:29pm | 315TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (NYSE: TLP) upgraded by Wunderlich from Hold to Buy at a price target of $26.50. TLP is now trading at $24.10, 2.73% up. The 52 week trading range for TLP is $11.27 - $29.07. Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEN) climbed 6.95% to $13.39 on 253K shares. Today Sun Trust...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks with Best ROE (ARB, SWI, SB, BARE, IT)
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 8:42am | 158Below are interesting small-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the best return on equity. Arbitron Inc (NYSE: ARB) has the ROE of 747.06 and the market capitalization of $593.6 million. GARP Research initiated coverage of ARB with a “buy” rating. SolarWinds Inc (NYSE: SWI) has the ROE of 563.4...
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Today's Morning Top Gainers (EWBC, PERF, REV, MRM, KGN)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 12:14pm | 234East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) is the top percentage gainers in morning trade and surged over 49% to $12.94 on huge volume of 7.30 million shares as East West Bancorp is supposed to host a call today to discuss the acquisition of the operations of United Commercial Bank. Perfumania Holdings...
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Top 5 Stocks that Touched Their 52-week Highs on November 6 (ABVT, ABX, ACFN, ACV, ADM-PA)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 9:59am | 149Abovenet Inc (NYSE: ABVT) shares touched their 52-week high of $53.84 to close at $53.71. ABVT posted its Q3 profits significantly ahead of the consensus expectations. ABVT raised its revenue guidance for FY09. Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: ABX) shares touched their 52-week high of $42.26 to close at $...
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New Industry Consolidator - NBTY Inc (NTY)
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 11:40am | 116The highly fragmented, but growing nutritional supplement business has a new industry consolidator, NBTY Inc (NYSE: NTY). With 28 acquisition in 20 years, it has all brands in its sleeve, including Rexall, Good 'N Natural, Met-Rx, Flex-a-min and Ester-C. Last year’s major acquisition was Leiner...
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5 Stocks with Highest ROE and PEG (SB, ARB, ESI)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 11:48am | 163Below are interesting stocks on the NASDAQ and NYSE with the highest ROE. Safe Bulkers Inc (NYSE: SB) has a return over equity of 2,230 and the PEG ratio of 0.7. Dahlman Rose upgraded SB from “hold” to “buy.” Arbitron Inc (NYSE: ARB) has a return over equity of 747.06 and the PEG ratio of 0.85....
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Stocks to watch (HLF, TNS, DDRX, HIMX, HTCH)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 8:44am | 215Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rallied 9.7% to $38 after the seller of nutritional and weight-loss supplements forecast 2010 earnings of at least $3.50 a share, more than the $3.41 average per-share estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. TNS, Inc. (NYSE: TNS) sank 6.57% to $26.25. The provider of...
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Estee Lauder Trading Up 9%
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 12:08pm | 46The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) is trading up 9% after beating earnings estimates. Estee Lauder has already traded 6x times its normal volume. Goldman Sachs added to the momentum in Estee Lauder by upgrading EL from Conviction Sell to Neutral.
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Morning Gains In AHC, HAR, TVL, CEC, NTZ, REV
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 11:46am | 134In the morning trade today, the price of A.H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) was up 23.46% to $ 4.21 a share and the volume was 232,993. Harman Intl Inds (NYSE: HAR) was up 21.18%. About 3,170,191 shares were traded and last trading price was $ 39.91 a share. The rise in Lin TV Corp (NYSE: TVL) was...
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New 52-Week High Stocks (EL, MXB, BARE, AXTI, HAR)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 11:32am | 213The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) hits a new 52-week high at $45.44 in today’s morning trade. Currently the stock is trading at $44.30, up 7.68% after it eported first quarter net earnings of $0.71 per share MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB) soared 4.31% to $30.50. Today KDN has made a new 52-week at...
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Top 5 NASDAQ Stocks with Best ROE (APOL, LPHI, CBST)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 7:47am | 162Below are interesting stocks on the NASDAQ with best ROE. Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ: APOL) has a PEG ratio of 0.74 and return on equity of about 90.49%. RBC RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage of APOL with a “sector perform” rating. Life Partners Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPHI) has a PEG ratio of 0....
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Update to CCA Industries (CAW) Stock Recommendation
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 11:00am | 168This post is a quick update to my past recommendation of CCA Industries (AMEX: CAW) made about a month ago. At that time the price was $3.85/share. Currently after their recent earnings release and dividend announcement the share price has risen to $5.00/share (a 30% increase). But is it still a...
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CCA Industries (CAW) Up 17% on Blowout 3Q Earnings
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 3:38pm | 88CCA Industries (AMEX: CAW) is up big today after the company announced blow out earnings for Q3 and declared a dividend of $.07/share payable December 2, 2009. Earnings were up 44% YOY with $.23/share in Q3 2009 versus $.16/share in Q3 2008. Revenue was up 8.5% YOY to $15.3M in Q3 2009. Although...