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Positive Tone Expected from CSCO’s Annual Investor Day Meeting
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 3:24pm | 149Analysts at Credit Suisse maintain their “outperform” rating on Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO). The target price for CSCO is set to $28. According to Credit Suisse, CSCO’s CEO John Chambers is expected to strike a confident tone regarding the company’s current business trends and the ongoing...
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Atwood Oceanics Lands Drilling Contract (ATW)
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 3:53pm | 69Offshore drilling contractor Atwood Oceanics (NYSE: ATW) said it it received a contract from Helis Oil & Gas Co. to provide drilling at a well in the Gulf of Mexico at a daily rate of $33,500. The contract is expected to last 60-80 days. Texas-based Atwood Oceanics said it is pursuing other one...
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5 Top Large-Cap Stocks with Highest 5-Y Earnings Growth and PEG ratio (LFC, RIG, CELG, CHU, AAPL)
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 8:35am | 202Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that have highest five year earnings growth and PEG ratio less than 1.5. China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE: LFC) has a 5-Y earnings growth of 213.46% and a market capitalization of $52.69 billion. LFC has a PEG ratio of 1.24. Credit...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (WFMI, AMD, ESV, CLC, ENH, SM)
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 10:55am | 259Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) was today upgraded by BMO Capital Markets from Market Perform to Outperform. WFMI is now trading at $26.48, 1.03% up in the morning trading hours. In 2009, WFMI climbed over 179%. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) fell 3.42% to $7.07 on 540K shares....
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5 Small-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate (RZ, LNG, VTG, ENA, PIP)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:03am | 204Below are interesting small-cap stocks on the NYSE with the highest sales growth estimate. Raser Technologies Inc (NYSE: RZ) has a consensus sales growth estimate of 81,070% for Q4 and a market capitalization of $93.5 million. CS has a PEG ratio of 0.95. Deutsche Securities upgraded CS from “hold”...
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5 Large-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest ROA (LO, COH, DO, MA, CL)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 8:22am | 161Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE with the best return on assets. Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) has the ROA of 40.07 and the market capitalization of $12.73 billion. LO shares are trading at a price close to their 52-week high of $81.76. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) has the ROA of 24.85 and...
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5 Small-Cap Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate (VTG, RZ, LNG)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 11:50am | 185Below are interesting small-cap stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE with the highest sales growth. Vantage Drilling Company (NYSE: VTG) has the sales growth estimate for fiscal year 2009 of 10,180% and market capitalization of $187.2 million. FBR Capital initiated coverage of VTG with an “outperform...
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (WPI, RIG, MMC, ABK)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 9:52am | 231Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) third-quarter net income fell to $63 million, or 55 cents a share and on an adjusted basis, earnings in the latest quarter were 66 cents a share. While its net revenue rose to $662 million from $641 million versus Analysts estimations of 64 cents a share on...
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Morgan Stanley (MS) Appears Positive About Windows 7
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 9:58am | 178Although Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) released its Windows 7 software only recently, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)’s analyst Kathryn Huberty had something positive to say about it. While she did note that it was too early to arrive at a conclusion on Windows 7, information available indicates...
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Fast Money Gang Picks For Monday (AA, WFC, RIG, XOM)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:31pm | 118CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour thinks that investors should go short on Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Monday. Alcoa (AA) closed today at $12.42 with a decline of 4.46%. Guy Adami believes that it would be a good idea to short Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), which fell 3.68% today. Karen Finerman would buy Transocean...
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Will Oklahoma ETF Be OK?
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 4:10pm | 107We have not seen it all when it comes to new ETFs, at least not in the eyes of the ETF Professor. The Oklahoma State ETF, an ETF comprised entirely of Oklahoma stocks begins trading tomorrow (NSYE: OOK). OOK will track the SPADE Oklahoma Index. The Index is comprised of more than 30 companies with...
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Oklahoma is OOK
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 2:30pm | 477Today the Oklahoma ETF began trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol OOK. This is the first state-based ETF. If ETF investors had been asked a year ago which state would be first to have its own ETF, I doubt that Oklahoma would have been a popular guess. The Oklahoma based sponsors have plans for a...
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New 52-Week High Stocks (BUCY, ESV, EXXI, JOYG, FO)
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:39pm | 173Bucyrus International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCY) touched a new 52-week high at $50.66 in today’s morning trade. Currently the stock is trading at $48.20, up 13.33% on 7.03 million shares. For the third quarter, the company reported earnings of $92.1 million, or $1.21 a share, compared with earnings of $...
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Don't Forget About Diamond Offshore And The Oil Services ETF
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 6:10pm | 173Lost in the spate of major earnings announcements today was a bullish report from Diamond Offhsore (NYSE: DO). Diamond Offshore's quarterly earnings climbed to $364.1 million, or $2.62 per share, from $310.5 million, or $2.23 per share, during the same period last year. That blew away the average...
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5 NYSE Stocks with Highest 5-Y Earnings growth (HQS, EXH, DO)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 12:32pm | 176Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE with the highest 5-Y earnings growth. HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc (NYSE: HQS) has a 5-year earnings growth rate of 120.61% and a PEG ratio of 0.38. HQS shares are trading significantly below its 52-week high of $10.31. Exterran Holdings Inc (NYSE...