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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 9:33am | 346Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Amer River Bankshares (AMRB) Ameron Intl Corp (AMN) Aviat Networks Inc (AVNW) Banco Santander (STD) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AK STEEL HLDG (AKS): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERON INTL...
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Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 9:14am | 346Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Amer River Bankshares (AMRB) Ameron Intl Corp (AMN) Aviat Networks Inc (AVNW) Banco Santander (STD) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AK STEEL HLDG (AKS): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERON INTL...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Home Improvement Stores Industry With The Highest Cash (LOW, HD, BLDR, LL)
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 4:48am | 140Below are the top home improvement store stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) had $1.74 billion in total cash and $5.58 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Home Depot Inc (The) (NYSE: HD) had $1.42 billion in total cash for the latest...
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Homebuilders Index Unchanged - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 5:03pm | 1334The National Association of Homebuilders Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged this month at a very depressed level of 16. It is a “magic 50” index, so any reading below 50 indicates a contraction in the housing market. As the graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) the HMI...
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Homebuilders Index Unchanged - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 4:31pm | 1334The National Association of Homebuilders Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged this month at a very depressed level of 16. It is a “magic 50” index, so any reading below 50 indicates a contraction in the housing market. As the graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) the HMI...
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Masco Corporation Declares Dividend of 7.5 cents
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 10:05am | 36Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $.075 per common share, payable on February 7, 2011, to shareholders of record on January 7, 2011.
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Lennox International Forecasts 2011 EPS of $2.80-$3.10
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 9:50am | 106Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) today announced its financial guidance for 2011. The company expects: Organic revenue growth of 5-8%, including 1 point of positive impact from foreign exchange; an additional 6 points of growth from the acquisition of Kysor/Warren Adjusted Earnings...
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Lennox International to Acquire Kysor/Warren for $138M
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 8:38am | 92Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with The Manitowoc Company, Inc. to acquire substantially all the assets of its Kysor/Warren business. Kysor/Warren is a manufacturer of refrigerated systems and display cases for supermarkets throughout...
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Earnings Scheduled For December 15 (AIR, JOYG, ABM, NDSN, APOG, WMCO, HEI)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:07am | 186AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at 0.35 on revenue of $408.57 million. Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) is forecast to report its FQ4 EPS at $1.16 on revenue of $922.84 million. ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE: ABM) is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.43 per share on revenue...
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Sectors Showing Intraday Weakness 12-13-2010
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 8:13pm | 821Cusick's Corner The market hit resistance late in the day, broke it for a short time but pulled back to breakeven for the day. Now this is just a plateau that at this stage might be a healthy rest in a bigger uptrend. Tech (SMH), Transports and Retail (XRT) all showed intraday weakness. Retail,...
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Lennox International Declares Dividend of $.15
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 9:37am | 39The board of directors of Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock, payable on January 14, 2011 to stockholders of record as of December 28, 2010.
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Fast Money Picks For December 9th (XLF, XLB, DMND, OC, MCD)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:08pm | 207On CNBC's Fast Money, Joe Terranova recommended investors to try a pairs trade. He wants to take a short position in Materials SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLB), and a long position in Financial Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLF). XLB fell 1.05% today, and XLF gained 1.61%. Guy Adami likes Diamond Foods,...
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NCI Building Suffers Loss in 2010 - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 5:33pm | 946NCI Building Systems Inc. (NCS) reported an adjusted loss of 72 cents per share in the fourth quarter fiscal 2010, a stark decline from earnings of $1.86 per share in the year-ago quarter. The loss per share was, however, a tad lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss 77 cents. For the...
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NCI Building Suffers Loss in 2010 - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 5:17pm | 946NCI Building Systems Inc. (NCS) reported an adjusted loss of 72 cents per share in the fourth quarter fiscal 2010, a stark decline from earnings of $1.86 per share in the year-ago quarter. The loss per share was, however, a tad lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss 77 cents. For the...
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Insteel Closing Texas Facility, Will Eliminate 48 Positions (IIIN)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 4:37pm | 123Insteel Industries (NASDAQ: IIIN) announced that it was closing its leased facility in Houston, Texas and moving the manufacturing to its Dayton, Texas plant. The production equipment at the Houston facility was acquired in connection with Insteel's recent purchase of certain of the assets of Ivy...