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Michael Orkin’s View and Bets (VZ, AMT, AAPL, AMED, HOG, ADS, CHS)
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 3:08pm | 252Michael Orkin, CEO at Caldwell & Orkin, has his largest long positions in Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), American Tower (NYSE: AMT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). They all have performed well, up collectively more than 20% for the year. Orkin's short positions, Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION),...
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ATHN Remains Best In Class Provider in Physician Practice Market
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 3:51pm | 128Analysts at Leerink Swann maintain their “outperform” rating on Athenahealth Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN). According to Leerink Swann, today’s Investor Summit suggests that the company is a best-in-class provider of the largely-underserved physician practice market. The summit is expected to drive consensus...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (CHSI, EME, GIL, MDC, SYY, ARRS, RFMD)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 11:04am | 298Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) was today upgraded by BMO Capital Markets from Market perform to Outperform at a price target of $40. CHSI is now trading at $35.74, 3% up in the morning trading hours. CHSI made a new 52 week high at $35.97. So far in the current year, CHSI is up over...
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New 52-Week Lows (CWLZ, CZNC, COGT, ENER, BEAT, CPF)
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 10:59am | 206Cowlitz Bancorporation (NASDAQ: CWLZ) declined 23% to $0.560 in the morning trading hours. Today, CWLZ has made a new 52-week low at $0.56. So far this year, CWLZ is down over 90%. Citizens & Northern Corporation (NASDAQ: CZNC) is another stock which made a new 52 week low of $8.50 and now...
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Stocks at Their 5-Year Low (BNGYF, FCF, WNR, BEAT, SMTB)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 3:33pm | 168The top five stocks that have breached their five-year low levels to form new lows are: Bank of Nagoya Ltd (PINK: BNGYF) shares declined by 6.02% to $3.90. BNGYF shares breached their 5-year low of $4.00 today. First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF) shares declined below their 5-year low of...
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Top 5 Stocks That Have Fallen Over the Past 52 Weeks (TEC, HTX, WXCO, BEAT, ANCI)
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 8:49am | 159Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ with the highest decline over the past 52-weeks. Teton Energy Corp (NYSE: TEC) shares have declined by 96.83% over the past 52-weeks. TEC has a PEG ratio of 0.10 and is trading close to its 52-week low price of $0.03. Hutchison...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre- Market Losers (ADSK, CNQR, TEN, EMS, DRYS, CRM, EXEL)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:35am | 321Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) fell 8% to $24.85 in the pre-market session. Yesterday, it reported Q3 EPS of $0.27; these are 4 cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.23. Revenue for the quarter was $417 million Vs $415.33 million consensus. Autodesk sees Q4 EPS of $0.19-$0.24 Vs consensus of...
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EX-DIVIDEND
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:44am | 122EX-DIVIDEND • AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE: ACO). Amount $0.18 • Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM). Amount $0.14 • Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW). Amount $0.01 • Chemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE). Amount $0.12 • Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR). Amount $0.34 • Microsoft Corp...
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5 Large-Cap Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate (TM, SU, POT, ESRX, BLK)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 8:49am | 189Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the highest sales growth estimate. Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) has a consensus sales growth estimate of 167,890% for 2010. TM has a market capitalization of $119.79 billion. TM shares are trading significantly short of their 52-...
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BioScrip Inc. Spikes After Comments Made On CNBC (BIOS)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:10pm | 138BioScrip Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS) Spikes After Comments Made On CNBC (BIOS). Heartland Advisors Will Nasgovitz fund is up some 37% this year. Nasgovitz said one of his main holdings is a small-cap, BioScrip Inc. BioScrip is up over 250% this year and Will Nasgovitz still thinks BioScrip has more room...
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Benzinga’s Top Morning Gainers (UPG, CSII, MEDQ, AMS, PCLN)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 12:12pm | 234Universal Power Group, Inc. (AMEX: UPG) is the top percentage gainers in morning trade and surged over 56% today to $3.60 on volume 232K shares after Universal Power announced that its third quarter net income increased by 52.4% inspite of lower sales. In the last six months, UPG gained over 153...
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5 Highest Gainers (CBBO, GLA, HH, ACLS, PROV)
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 2:34pm | 159Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ that are the highest gainers. Columbia Bancorp (NASDAQ: CBBO) shares have appreciated by 40.51% since its last closing. CBBO shares have slipped by 69.55% over the past 52 weeks. Clark Holdings Inc (NYSE: GLA) shares have appreciated by 39.98%...
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Competition Has Better Business Model Than CVS Caremark (CVS)
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 10:58am | 133The WSJ reported that, when CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) announced that its Caremark’s pharmacy benefit management was losing big clients, $10 billion of CVS’s market value got wiped out. Even the stocks of its rivals like Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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Amedisys (AMED) Reports Q3 Earnings
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 8:18am | 120Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) one of America’s leading home health nursing companies, today reported its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009. Net service revenue and net income attributable to Amedisys, Inc., increasing 20.7% and 53.0%, respectively, over...
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Joe Terranova Would Long CI, Karen Finerman Likes UNH, AET, WLP
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 6:20pm | 114CNBC's Fast Money Joe Terranova and Karen Finerman spoke about public health option and the health care companies that could be good to buy. Joe Terranova would long Cigna (NYSE: CI) because he thinks that health care is under-invested. Karen Finerman said that she owns call options on Aetna (NYSE...