Electrical Components & Equipment

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) Reports EPS of $1.33 vs. $1.16 Estimate; Revenues $567M vs. $544.37M Estimate

Axiom Capital Research is out with a research report on First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR), as it previews the company's earnings report. It has a Sell rating and a $69.96 price target on shares. In a note to investors, Axiom writes, "While the CY11 bull thesis on FSLR is predicated on the company's “...

Oil stocks have nowhere to go but down. That was the analysis given last week in an article on this very blog. At this time, Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) were trading at their double top, 52 week highs. This hypothesis was based on the current price of oil...

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) said today that it has settled a previously disclosed civil matter with the Securities and Exchange Commission involving civil violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that took place in 2006 and...

GT Solar (SOLR) has recently moved into one of the top rankings in our Fundamental and Technical scoring process. We recently added this to client portfolios early last week as the it was beginning to show signs of a breakout pattern. Take a look at the “OneSheet” and the news. GT Solar...

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) reported a 10% rise in its first-quarter profit. The company's profit came in at $2.22 billion, or $0.28 per share, versus $2.03 billion, or $0.25 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's adjusted earnings came in at $0.60 per share. The company's revenue dropped...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting report on factory orders. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 61 points to 12,703.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 7.50 points to 1,350.20. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 10.50 points to...

Emerson Electric Co (NYSE: EMR) reported its Q2 net income at $567 million, up from $418 million, in the year-earlier period. The company's earnings came in at $0.73 per share, up from $0.53 per share. The company's net sales surged 18% to $5.85 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of...

Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced that net sales for the second quarter ended March 31, 2011 were $5.9 billion, an increase of 18 percent from the prior year quarter. Underlying sales increased 14 percent, acquisitions added 3 percent and currency translation added 1 percent. Growth was strong across...

Gainers: Harbin Electric Inc. (HRBN)- designs, develops, manufactures, supplies and services a range of electric motors, including linear motors, specialty micro-motors and industrial rotary motors is trading at a price of $19.91, a dramatic change of +1.19 (6.36%) from its previous day's close...

NL Industries Inc. (NYSE:NL)- a holding company is trading at a price of $15.99, a dramatic change of 12.29% from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 48.66M. China Shengda Packaging Group Inc...

Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc. (AMEX:ORS)- Orsus Xelent Technologies, Inc. is an emerging designer and manufacturer of award-winning mobile phones for the Asian market, primarily the People's Republic of China (“PRC”). The Company's business encompasses the design of mobile phones, related...

Legg Mason Inc (NYSE: LM) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.45 on revenue of $712.27 million. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $4.10 on revenue of $1.46 billion. Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.44 on revenue of...

General Cable Corp (NYSE: BGC) Reports EPS of $0.79 vs. $0.52 Estimate; Revenues $1.45B vs. $1.44B Estimate

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABAT) announced that according to the contract, ABAT had completed the transfer of assets relating to the purchased land and plant in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province and has now entered a phase of construction according to the company's overall...