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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest 5-Y Earnings Estimate (GFA, DRC, SHAW, FLIR, SRCL)
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:16am | 250Below are the top 5 mid-cap industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of 5-year earnings growth. The five-year earnings growth estimate for Gafisa SA (NYSE: GFA) is 43.6%. GFA’s market capitalization is $3.55 billion. GFA posted higher-than-expected earnings for the November...
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Cephalon's Nuvigil Under Pressure - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 1:02pm | 521Cephalon Inc.’s (CEPH) Nuvigil remains under pressure as yet another generic company is seeking to market a generic version of the drug. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) recently confirmed that it has filed an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA...
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Top 5 Small-Cap NASDAQ Stocks with Highest ROE (BARE, NRGP, SOLR, STAN, OSIP)
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 8:23am | 196Below are the top 5 large-cap stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of highest return on equity. The return on equity for Bare Escentuals Inc (NASDAQ: BARE) is 408.27%. BARE’s market capitalization is $1.14 billion. Piper Jaffray upgraded BARE from “neutral” to “overweight.” The ROE for Inergy Holdings LP...
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Neutral Rating For Fuel Tech, Inc (FTEK)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 1:43pm | 90Sidoti & Company maintained a neutral rating for Fuel Tech, Inc (NASDAQ: FTEK) with a target price of $9. Sidoti & Company cites Fuel Tech’s disappointing recessionary performance that cast a lasting shadow on the sales prospects. The company’s unit sales have lagged for long. Fuel Tech...
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Benzinga's Earnings Preview (JOYG, PAYX, HOV, ABM, MATK)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 5:41am | 155Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG) is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.01 a share on revenue of $932.26 million. Tuesday, JOYG closed at $55.37. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: HOV) is projected to report a loss of $1.40 cents a share on $459.09 million of revenues in fiscal fourth-...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks with Highest Sales Growth Estimate for Next Year (HEB, GRH, AXU, UEC, KFN)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 3:28pm | 303Below are the top 5 small-cap stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of the highest sales growth estimate. The market expects Hemispherx Biopharma Inc (NYSE: HEB)(FREE stock trend analysis) to witness 9,920% sales growth in the next fiscal year. GVP’s market capitalization is $79.3 million. HEB...
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Waste Connections’ (WCN) Historical ROC Higher Than Industry Average
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 3:23pm | 92Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN)(FREE stock trend analysis) was given a Buy recommendation by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Bank of America finds Waste Connections to be insulated from the volatility in inflation indices and that its historical return of capital at 20% is much better than peer...
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Merrill Upgrades Stericycle To Buy
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 4:23pm | 139Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch boosted its rating on medical waste services firm Stericyle (NASDAQ: SRCL). The stock is now a buy, according to Merrill, lifting it from the former underperform territory. The bank’s move was due to the company receiving regulatory approval for the...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (KSS, DFS, AMD, POT, SRCL, AGU)
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 10:45am | 239Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) was today upgraded by Baird from Neutral to Outperform with a price target of $68. KSS is now trading at $54.56, 1.60% up. So far in 2009, KSS gained over 49%. Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) climbed 2.57% to $15.57. Today, Sterne Agee upgraded Discover...
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Novavax Reports Positive Data for its Trivalent Seasonal Influenza (VLP) Vaccine Candidate
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 9:08am | 152Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) a clinical-stage vaccine company, announced today that the Company made a poster presentation on the "Safety and Immunogenicity of a Recombinant Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Virus-like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in Healthy Adults" on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the 47(th...
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Tom Gayner Portfolio Focus (MKL, BRK.A, MCD, KO, PG, CPB, ABT, MSFT,MSFT, MAR, SYY, CXMSF, CVA, COP, NYX, CBG, FR)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:22pm | 331Tom Gayner is the CIO for Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL). He is one of the finest minds in investing and was once said to be the best CIO to replace Warren Buffet in Berkshire Hathaways (NYSE: BRK.A). Gayner is considered a value investor that has simple rules in finding companies to invest in,...
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Republic Services, Inc. (RSG) Announces Redemption of 7.875% Senior Notes Due 2013
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:22am | 229Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced that it has notified the registered holders of its 7.875% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") that it will redeem all of the Notes outstanding on November 30, 2009 (the "Redemption Date"). The Notes will be redeemed at a price equal to 102.625% of the...
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Earnings Round Up (WSII, APOL, ELMN, QTM, AMKR, ETFC)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 5:58am | 236Waste Services Inc. (NASDAQ: WSII) reports Q3 EPS of $0.15, 4 cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.11. Revenue for the quarter was $112.46 million, which compares to the estimate of $112.10 million. Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) reports Q4 EPS of $1.02, 2 cents better than the analyst...
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Waste Connections, Inc. Guides Fourth Quarter Revenue
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 8:56am | 36Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) guides fourth quarter revenue between $307M to $309M versus $312M street view. Waste Connections expects 2010 net pricing to be above 2%. WCN is unchanged in the pre-market.
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Waste Connections Increases Buyback Program By $300M To $800M
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 4:23pm | 120Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) announced that it has authorized a $300 million increase to its ongoing common stock repurchase program, increasing the total authorized amount the Company may repurchase from $500 million to $800 million. The Board also extended the program's term through...