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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (AAWW, ZNT, XNPT, DEPO, HST)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:54pm | 202Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AAWW) was downgraded by Maxim Group from “buy” to “hold.” AAWW’s shares fell 0.85% to $39.86 by 1:29 pm. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc has a 52-week trading range of $9.84-$42.08. Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey downgraded Zenith National Insurance Corp (...
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HST Posts Robust Q4, Cash Dividend Back
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:46am | 139Analyst David Loeb of Robert W Baird maintains his "underperform" rating on Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST), while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for HST is set to $10. According to Robert W Baird, Host Hotels & Resorts has reported higher than expected Q4...
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Host Hotels To Reinstate Dividend
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 1:36pm | 66Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST) will reinstate its quarterly dividend in the current quarter after suspending the payout in January 2009. Maryland-based Host Hotels will pay a dividend of a penny a share. The previous dividend was 5 cents a share. In December, the company paid a special...
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (OMX, XTO, OC, HST)
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 9:34am | 306OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) reported today a fourth-quarter loss of $3.2 million, or $0.04 per share, from a loss of $396 million, or $5.21 a share, for the same quarter last year. Sales declined to $1.8 billion as compared to $1.9 billion in the year ago period. OMX surged 3.19% to $15.20...
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Top 5 High Quality and High Dividend Yielding Stocks (SNH, HCN, EPB, NHP, RYN)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8:14am | 244Below are the top 5 stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of quality and dividend yield. The dividend yield at Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) is 7.1%. SNH’s quick ratio is 6.65 and the stock is trading at a forward P/E ratio of 11.77. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins at SNH...
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (IR, NWE, HCP, A)
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 9:28am | 293Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE: IR) reported today a fourth-quarter earnings of $139 million, or $0.42 per share. Revenue decreased 10% to $3.31 billion for the quarter. Analysts on an average expected IR to report earnings per share of $0.52. IR declined 5.83% to $32 in the pre-market session. The 52-...
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My Top 30 Short Trade Setups
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 10:59pm | 283Now that the market has finally had the chance to rally some, work off the oversold conditions (I feel like a broken record saying this) I'll be putting on some new short positions come tomorrow morning. I've heard already some chatter from folks getting more optimistic each day, which even more so...
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CAZ Investments Recommends A Short Position In VNQ
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 7:26pm | 231Christopher Zook of CAZ Investment suggested on CNBC's Fast Money that investors should short commercial real estate stocks. He has a short position on Vanguard REIT ETF (NYSE: VNQ). Simon Property Group, Inc (NYSE: SPG), Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) and Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) are among...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (FAS, GDX, URE, TAN)
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 4:34pm | 260Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are trading more than 3% down today, which has hurt Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: FAS). FAS dropped 4.4% so far and has a volume of 28.77M traded shares. Market Vectors Gold Miners (ETF) (NYSE: GDX) lost 3.4...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (UCO, XHB, ERX, URE)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 4:45pm | 181Real Estate and Energy ETFs are the most active among ETFs today. ProSharesUltra DJ-AIG Crude Oil (NYSE: UCO) is 6.35% up with a volume of 6.86M traded shares. SPDR S&P Homebuilders (ETF) (NYSE: XHB) is also trading on the upside. It gained 4.88% as D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI) spiked 11.75...
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PCL Beats Q4 Expectations, Continues To Hold Long Term Value
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 2:31pm | 156Analysts at Soleil Securities Group maintain their "buy" rating on Plum Creek Timber (NYSE: PCL), while reducing their estimates for the company. The target price for PCL is set to $45. Plum Creek Timber reported its Q4 2009 EPS ahead of the estimates and consensus, driven by lower-than-expected...
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General Dynamics Wins Navy Contract - Analyst Blog
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 12:31pm | 515General Dynamics Corporation’s (GD) wholly owned subsidiary General Dynamics Electric Boat has won a $23.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to prepare for the post-shakedown availability (PSA) on the nuclear submarine New Hampshire (SSN-778). Work on the contract is expected to...
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JMP Says Medical Properties Is An Outperformer
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 7:51am | 51JMP Securities upgraded Medical Properties (NYSE: MPW) from “market perform” to “outperform.” The target price for MPW is set to $11. According to JMP Securities, credit markets are improving and there is high potential for FFO growth. MPW's shares fell 1.11% to close at $9.78 yesterday.
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Hotel Industry Languishes (MAR, SHO, PEB)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:13am | 120In a report released yesterday, Wells Fargo Securities has stated that for the week ended on January 16, U.S. RevPAR registered a decline of 8.2%, with rate down of 7.4%. According to the report, Luxury reported the smallest decline, whereas Economy posted the worst decline rate. Economy class...
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HCP Faces Risks Not Reflected In Valuation
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 1:40pm | 138Analysts at Morgan Joseph & Co reiterate their “underperform” rating on HCP Inc (NYSE: HCP). HCP is likely to report its 4Q FFO per share at $0.54, ahead of the consensus estimate of $0.52. The company will announce a few writedowns in 2010 and the estimates for the year may need to be reduced...