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Jefferies & Company Inc. Lowers Price Target For Athenahealth (ATHN)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 3:30pm | 73Analysts Richard Close at Jefferies & Company Inc. has released an update on Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN). The company has reported its first-quarter results. Jefferies believes that Athenahealth’s first-quarter results were disappointing except for a 33% increase in revenue. Following...
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Stocks That Crossed 52-Week Highs (FWRD, HANS, HGRD, HTWR, ISBC)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 11:34am | 194Forward Air Corp (NASDAQ: FWRD) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $28.33 and created a new 52-week high of $29.11. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded FWRD from “sell” to “hold.” Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS) was another stock that made a new 52-week high at $44.80, marking 0.88% growth at 11:03 am....
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Athenahealth (ATHN) Shares Plunge 18%
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:47am | 128Shares of Athenahealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHN) were down 18% during Friday morning trading at $28.92. Athenahealth, Inc. announced on Thursday after the market closed that it missed consensus Wall Street estimates. Athenahealth, Inc. reported that its 1st quarter net income fell to $277,000, or 1 cent...
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RW Baird Slashes Landauer To Neutral
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 9:41am | 45Analysts at RW Baird downgrade Landauer (NYSE: LDR) from "outperform" to "neutral." The target price for LDR is set to $71. LDR closed at $71.62 yesterday, up 6.56%. More Analyst Ratings here.
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ATHN, CERS, SWIR, FTBK, DEAR)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 9:14am | 140athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN) lost 20.08% to $28.25 in the pre-market session. ATHN’s Q1 earnings fell short of expectations. Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) tumbled 11.32% to $3.29 in the pre-market session. CERS had announced its Q1 results yesterday. Sierra Wireless, Inc (NASDAQ: SWIR)...
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Express Scripts (ESRX) Reports 21% Increase In First-Quarter Profit
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 5:48pm | 110Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) has reported a 21% increase in first-quarter profit today. The company reported a profit of $260.2 million, or $0.94 per share in its first-quarter, compared with a profit of $214.4 million, or $0.86 per share it reported for the same period last year....
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Express Scripts Reports Earnings (ESRX)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 4:58pm | 108St. Louis, Missouri based pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) reported earnings in line with Street estimates after the closing bell on Wednesday. The company reported net income of $260.2 million or $0.94 per share versus $214.4 million or $0.86 per share in last year's first...
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Company News for April 28, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 9:30am | 212• IBM (NYSE:IBM) yesterday raised its quarterly dividend to 65 cents from 55 cents and expanded its share buyback program by $8 billion in front of its shareholder meeting. • Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reported an earnings and revenue beat, with results of 31 cents one cent above Zacks estimates, and...
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MedcoHealth Solutions (MHS) Beats Estimates
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 8:19am | 101Pharmacy benefits manager MedcoHealth Solutions Inc (NYSE: MHS) released financial results on Wednesday morning that just beat Wall Street estimates. MedcoHealth Solutions Inc reported that its 1st quarter earnings rose 10% to $320.5 million, or 67 cents per share, up from $291 million, or 58 cents...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (CYS, EXTR, VMC, MLM, ESRX)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 11:48am | 201Express Scripts Inc (NYSE: CYS) was upgraded from “neutral” to “buy” by Sterne Agee. Shares of CYS climbed 0.74% to $12.95 at 10:50 am EST. CYS’s 52-week trading range is $10.35-$13.39. Analysts at Wedbush upgraded Cypress Sharpridge Investments Inc (NASDAQ: EXTR) from “underperform” to “neutral.”...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (PLXT, AMED, ZRAN, CBAK, AINV)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 9:32am | 171PLX Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: PLXT) lost 9.29% to $5.76 in the pre-market session. Although PLXT’s Q1 results beat expectations, the weak outlook is dragging the shares down. Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ: AMED) tumbled 8.60% to $55.30 in the pre-market session. AMED posts higher-than-expected Q1 profits and...
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11 Under 10: Debt Free, Good Financials, Under $10 per Share
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 2:36am | 361Surprisingly, there are still debt free stocks with good financials, that trade for less than $10 per share. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has just turned up eleven of these low priced debt free stocks with low PE ratios, low PEG ratios and low Price Sales ratios. Some of these stocks have market caps...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Loves NFLX, DGX, PXD, APC, EMC, HGSI
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 7:53am | 223In his "Mad Money Lightning Round," Jim Cramer said that while everyone on Wall Street hates Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), it is loved by consumers. Since the company has had a great quarter, he would recommend buying the stock. NFLX gained 1.63% in after hours trading. Jim liked the latest quarterly...
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Top 5 Large-Cap NASDAQ Stocks In The Services Sector With The Highest 5-Y Earnings Growth (DISCA, PCLN, AMZN, ESRX, WYNN)
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 7:32am | 162Below are the top 5 large-cap services stocks in the NASDAQ in terms of five-year earnings growth. The five-year earnings growth for Discovery Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: DISCA) is 109.58%. MKM Partners initiated coverage of DISCA with a “buy” rating. The five-year earnings growth for priceline....
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Mad Money Lightning Round Recap (NFLX, DGX, PXD, EMC, HGSI, DNDN)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 8:27pm | 258Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round that he is a buyer of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). Netflix (NFLX) fell 0.10% today. Cramer thinks that investors should stay away from Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX). He said that everybody is trying to figure out the worth of this...