Electronic Equipment Manufacturers

NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: NSSC) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2010. Net sales for the second quarter increased 6% to $17,608,000, from $16,641,000 a year ago. For the six months, net sales increased 6% to $32,935,000, from $31,106,000...

Magal Security Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAGS) today announced three orders totaling $4.1 million for homeland security projects in Asia and Latin America. The first two orders totaling $1.1 million are for equipment that will protect the perimeters of two nuclear power plants in East Asia. The orders...

J.P Morgan's meetings with National Insruments (NASDAQ: NATI) were positive, longer term in nature, and supported its positive view on the stock. OPEX related to the company's headcount expansion is likely to be offset by strong top-line growth and other factors in 2011, enabling the company to...

Merger activity increased last week with seven new deals announced and five deals closing. You can find all the deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals Closed in 2011 19 Total Number of Pending...

Masco (NYSE: MAS) is projected to post a loss of $0.02 per share on revenue of $1.78 billion in the fourth quarter. Marriott International Inc (NYSE: MAR) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.36 on revenue of $3.59 billion. Diebold Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0....

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Marriott International Inc (NYSE: MAR) to report its Q4 EPS at $0.36 on revenue of $3.59 billion. MAR shares dropped 0.08% to $41.18 in after-hours trading. Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) named Meg Whitman, ex-CEO of...

Shares of Cognex Corporation (Nasdaq: CGNX) are currently down 9.5% at $31.64 per share during Friday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of Cognex Corporation has been between $31.15 and $33.80 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the company's stock is $33.00...

Piper Jaffray maintained its Cognex (NASDAQ: CGNX) Neutral rating and raised Cognex's price target to $31 from $28 in a research report published today. In the report, Piper Jaffray states, "CGNX reported an in-line Q4 of $0.47 on $84.9M versus our estimate of $0.45 on $84M. Upside was driven by a...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) from $46 to $50 and maintains its Overweight rating.

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Mettler-Toledo (NYSE: MTD) from $148 to $156 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) from $28 to $31 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Mettler-Toledo (NYSE: MTD) from $160 to $185 and maintains its Buy rating.

Below are the top semiconductor-broad line stocks on the NYSE in terms of gross profit. The trailing-twelve-month gross profit at Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) is $5.00 billion. TXN's ROE for the same period is 32.03%. The trailing-twelve-month gross profit at Advanced Micro Devices...

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) today announced fourth quarter results for 2010. Provided below are the highlights: EPS was $2.41, compared with the prior-year amount of $2.01. Adjusted EPS was $2.56, an increase of 22% over the prior-year amount of $2.09. Sales were $592.8...

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) today announced that for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010 the company set new records for both annual and quarterly bookings, revenue and net income per share. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2010 increased 66% from the fourth quarter of 2009 and 13...