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Oppenheimer Maintains Perform Rating On RBA
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 10:21am | 139Oppenheimer is maintaining its Perform rating on shares of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE: RBA) “as we await sustained GAP reinvigoration given RBA's trading multiple of 37x our 2011E EPS of $0.68 (+10% y/y).” “We recently met with COO Bob Armstrong, who views RBA's 2011 start as improved y/y, but...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Marketing Services Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (NCMI, HHS, SGK, ARB)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:44am | 130Below are the top small-cap marketing service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) has a dividend yield of 4.40%. NCMI's shares closed at $18.21 yesterday. Harte-Hanks Inc (NYSE: HHS) has a dividend yield of 2.60%. HHS' shares closed...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Property Management Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (JLL, CXW, BPO, CBG)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:35am | 160Below are the top mid-cap property management stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next quarter. The earnings estimate for Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) for the June quarter is $1.16 per share. JLL's PEG ratio is 1.02. Corrections Corporation of...
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Sterne Agee Publishes Hill International, Inc. Company Report (HIL)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 11:42am | 133In a recent report by Sterne Agee, Libya exposure is a key concern for Hill International, Inc. (NYSE: HIL). Sterne Agee asserted that “HIL was averaging CFR of ~$6M/month (19% of total) in Libya and more importantly has $60M of accounts receivable (33% of total) in the country, with ~$40M-$45M...
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JP Morgan Initiates Acacia Research At Overweight, $39 PT
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 8:37am | 28JP Morgan has initiated coverage on Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) with an Overweight rating and $39 price target.
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JP Morgan Opens ACTG With Overweight
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 7:53am | 57Analysts at JP Morgan initiate coverage of Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) with an “overweight” rating. The target price for ACTG is set to $39. ACTG shares rose 4.76% to close at $35.43 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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J.P. Morgan Maintains Its Neutral Rating On GEOY
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 9:19am | 114We maintain our Neutral rating on GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) “ahead of 4Q results primarily on valuation,” J.P. Morgan reports. “While the EnhancedView contract could provide upside to production services revenue near-term, we do not see additional near-term catalysts, and we see gradually-...
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KBW Outperform On Duff & Phelps Corp (DUF)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 9:07am | 117Keefe Bruyette & Woods has an Outperform rating and a $20 price target on shares of Duff & Phelps Corp (NYSE: DUF). In a note to clients, Keefe Bruyette writes, "DUF reported strong results last week which we highlighted in our note, but there is a lot of business segment detail and other...
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Huron Consulting Group Launches Mortgage Loan Review Service
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 8:58am | 66Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), today announced the launch of its residential mortgage loan review service, which supports banks and other lending institutions dealing with large scale, loan-related lawsuits, investigations, and regulatory inquiries. The Huron Legal solution offers a fixed...
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Options Brief: FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 12:54pm | 111Shares of FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) are higher on the session by 4.21%, trading at $34.90. Overall put volume is now running at 13.10x the daily average, with 1% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,044 contracts have traded on the session so far. FTI Consulting, Inc. is a...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (ACTG, CETV, HEES, NVMI)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:24am | 181Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) shares moved up 14.68% to $33.52 at 10:20 am. The volume of ACTG shares traded was 448% higher than normal. ACTG shares have surged 169.59% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 16.95% in the same period. Central European Media...
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FTI Consulting Announces $209.4M Accelerated Stock Buyback With Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 8:33am | 62FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) today announced that FTI Consulting has entered into a $209.4 million accelerated stock buyback transaction with Goldman, Sachs & Co.. FTI Consulting will repurchase these shares completing the $500 million stock repurchase program that it announced on...
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ICF International Reports Q4 EPS of $0.36 vs. $0.36
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 5:18pm | 102ICF International, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICFI) reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $192.9 million, an increase of 10.8 percent compared to total revenue of $174.1 million reported in the 2009 fourth quarter. Organic revenue...
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Earnings Scheduled For March 2 (BJ, SPLS, PSS, COST, FL, SIGM, ASNA, JOYG, CPRT, BZ, CSU, DAR)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 5:48am | 323BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (NYSE: BJ) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.92 on revenue of $2.98 billion. Staples Inc (NASDAQ: SPLS) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.40 on revenue of $6.48 billion. Collective Brands Inc (NYSE: PSS) is expected to post a Q4 loss at $0.19 per share on...
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The 'Newest' Small Caps on the Block (NCI, CATM)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 1:37pm | 989The relentless push higher by stocks has many an analyst scratching his or her head right now. They can scratch away, because the bottom line is this: companies continue to beat earnings expectations. There's no way around that simple fact - so the market...