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BEAT Could See Multiple Expansion This Year
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:58pm | 154Analyst Matt Dolan of Roth Capital upgrades CardioNet Inc (NASDAQ: BEAT) from "hold" to "buy." The target price for BEAT has been raised from $7 to $12. According to Roth Capital, despite uncertainty in BEAT’s reimbursement outlook, the company’s reimbursement will most likely stabilize or improve...
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Cypress Q4 Loss Narrows - Analyst Blog
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 4:46pm | 560Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (CYPB) reported a net loss of 13 cents per share in the fourth quarter, including the impact of a $1.1 million goodwill impairment charge associated with the company’s personalized medicine services business. Excluding this charge, net loss came in at 10 cents, much better...
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2010 Fund Performance Period 3
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 4:37pm | 3074The mutual fund is now on schedule for a summer 2010 launch. If, after reading the blog content you might have an interest in participation, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story in Barron...
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Global Payments And Omnicare Upgraded Today
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 8:28am | 97Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) was upgraded today by Barrington Research from Market Perform to Outperform. Global Payments is now trading at $47.70, 4.72% up in the pre-market session. Global Payments closed at $45.55 in the previous trading session. In the last year, GPN has gained over 37%....
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Lincare Holdings Inc. (LNCR) Maintains Buy Rating; Price Target Raised
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 2:44pm | 85Analysts David S MacDonald and Eric Fleming at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey have released an update on Lincare Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCR). Lincare Holdings stock is analysts’ top mid-cap pick. Analysts have maintained their Buy rating for the company. The price target for the company has been...
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3-31-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 11:41am | 2128Stocks are lower following a worse-than-expected jobs report Stock fell early Wednesday after a payroll company’s report provided a sobering reminder that the job market remains weak. ADP said employers slashed 23,000 jobs in March. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecast the report...
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Stocks That Created New 52-Week Highs (VTIV, KITD, LLEN, LBTYA, ISSI)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 2:52pm | 258inVentiv Health Inc (NASDAQ: VTIV) shares climbed to $22.70, creating a new 52-week high, before slipping slightly to $22.62. VTIV provides value-added services to the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare industries in the US, the UK and France. Read more about this company here. KIT...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (VTIV, CATM, APOL, MLNX, OZRK)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 3:03pm | 255inVentiv Health Inc (NASDAQ: VTIV) shares jumped 9.67% to $22. The volume of VTIV shares traded was 599% higher than normal. VTIV confirmed that it had been approached by a potential buyer. Read more about this company here. Cardtronics Inc (NASDAQ: CATM) shares climbed 9.97% to $13.02. The volume...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (BELM, MU, VTIV, HBAN)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:15am | 200Bell Microproducts Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM) rose 29.37% to $6.96 in the pre-market session. Bell Microproducts announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Avnet, Inc. ("Avnet") in an all cash merger for $7.00 per share. The 52-week trading range for BELM is $0.45...
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Gainers And Losers On March 26 (ABIO, VTIV, FINL, GLG, LSE, CPWM, RSH, ATAC, SNX)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:12am | 316Friday again ended up, even if slightly, making it the fourth consecutive week to end higher. The stocks that made impressive movement in the US stock market are: Gainers Arca Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: ABIO) soared about 210% to $8.22, after the biotech company announced that it has received patents...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 34
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:00am | 2731Year 3, Week 34 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 76.0% (v 71.6% last week) 17 long bias: 17.8% (v 19.3% last week) 3 short bias: 6.3% (v 9.1% last week) [Includes 1 'long dollar' position...
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Bookkeeping: Covering Athenahealth (ATHN), True Relgion (TRLG) Shorts
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 11:40am | 654I am covering both Athenahealth (ATHN) and True Religion (TRLG) simply to reduce my short exposure as the market is impossible to fight here. Once more Athenahealth has offered us a nice gain in a short period of time (2 days), and normally I'd keep pressing this name but with the S&P 500 on...
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Volume Talks Wednesday: A Bullish Biotech Breakout Option Play
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:02am | 2954Today's breakout report is for Wednesday March 24, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you should skip ahead to the list of stocks. To reiterate previous blog posts...
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S&P 500 Could Reach 1200 By Mid-April
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 2:50pm | 163The healthcare bill has not caused significant market volatility, while there have been some “gradually improving vital signs,” analysts at Argus say. Although the rise has waned, the analysts expect to see the S&P 500 reach “1200 by the mid-April beginning of EPS season.” The strengthening...
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CenterPoint Energy Gets Grant - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 2:33pm | 689CenterPoint Energy Inc.’s (CNP) electric transmission and distribution subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $200 million stimulus grant for its advanced metering system and intelligent grid projects. The...