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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (KLIC, ATLS, CYTX, FFIV)
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 8:35am | 139Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc (NASDAQ: KLIC) dipped 15.72% to $5.47 in the pre-market session. KLIC has projected its FQ4 revenue at the upper end of its earlier forecasted range of $250 million to $260 million. Atlas Energy Inc (NASDAQ: ATLS) lost 13.23% to $25.90 in the pre-market session....
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Deutsche Bank Downs NVLS To Sell
Friday, October 8, 2010 - 6:08am | 49Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgrade Novellus Systems Inc (NASDAQ: NVLS) from "hold" to "sell." The target price for NVLS is set to $21. NVLS' shares gained 0.41% to $26.62 in after-hours trading. More Analyst Ratings here
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Complexity a Good Thing for inTEST - Analyst Blog
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 4:21pm | 417inTEST Corporation (INTT) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of mechanical, thermal and electrical products that are used by semiconductor manufacturers in conjunction with automatic test equipment (ATE) in the testing of integrated circuits (ICs). Beyond its blue chip portfolio of...
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Bruker Completes Acquisition of Two Veeco Business for $229.4
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 4:07pm | 51Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the closing of its acquisition of the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and the Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) instruments businesses from Veeco Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) for $229.4 million in cash.
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MEMC Electronic Materials Catches a Cramer Lift
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 11:28am | 134Shares of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) turned higher right out of the gate Thursday morning, surging roughly 4% with the sound of the opening bell. For the catalyst behind this bullish gap, we need look no further than peripatetic CNBC analyst Jim Cramer. On Wednesday, the Mad Money host...
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Mid-Day Market Movers (SPEX, ALVR, TRT, EFOI)
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 10:23am | 130Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPEX) jumped 39.26% to $1.88 at 10:15 am. SPEX reported that its Phase 3 study with D-tagatose in Type 2 diabetes has shown statistically significant results. Alvarion Ltd (NASDAQ: ALVR) climbed 23.28% to $2.33. ALVR has signed a multiyear accord worth more than $75...
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Benzinga's After Hours Movers (ITMN, BLUD, WFR, MAR)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 8:11pm | 149The after hours trading session has been fairly quiet on Wednesday as there was only 3 companies reporting earnings this afternoon. Both Marriott (NYSE: MAR) and Immucor (NASDAQ: BLUD) have fallen in the wake of their earnings reports. Marriott has lost 2.56% to $36.89 in late trading. Immucor (...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (BHH, PXQ, TMV, SOXL)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 5:35pm | 192B2B Internet HOLDRs (ETF) (NYSE: BHH) fell 5.91% today, and closed at $0.727, as Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) dropped 6.56%. Internet Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGE) lost 0.71%, and closed at $11.20. PowerShares Dynamic Networking (ETF) (NYSE: PXQ) closed 4.23% lower on Wednesday. F5 Networks,...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (SOXS, AGQ, UNG, BZQ)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 5:22pm | 199Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) gained 3.88%, and closed at $29.44 today. In the semiconductor space, Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) dropped 2.51%, and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) fell 1.72%. ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) closed the second...
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Wednesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (CX, VRSN, WM, LRCX, HERO)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 12:27pm | 133Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Cemex SaB (NYSE: CX) 7,550 puts, 179 calls 2. VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) 10,569 puts, 354 calls 3. Waste Management (NYSE: WM) 3,529 puts, 128 calls 4. Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ:...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (EQIX, SVVS, TMRK, RBCN)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 9:05am | 130Equinix Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX) dipped 24.59% to $79.25 in the pre-market session. EQIX has lowered its Q3 revenue projections. SAVVIS Inc (NASDAQ: SVVS) lost 9.85% to $19.50 in the pre-market session. SVVS trailing-twelve-month ROE is -19.11%. Terremark Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: TMRK) slipped 6.42% to $9....
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Amtech Has Positive Outlook For 2011
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 8:43am | 142Axiom has published a research report for Amtech Systems (NASDAQ: ASYS) following the company's 4Q results. In the report, Axiom writes "Ahead of the market open yesterday, ASYS pre‐announced F4Q10 orders of $49M (vs. our prior est of $38.5M), including $41M in solar orders & $8M in semi orders...
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Goldman Sees Teradyne Ramping Up In 2011 (TER)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 6:55am | 142Goldman Sachs sees Teradyne's (NYSE: TER) earnings slowing in the third quarter, but ramping up in 2011. In the research note, Goldman writes, "We remain very positive on TER and LRCX as we expect both stocks will benefit from increased NAND capex next year, coupled with attractive cash flow and...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (CEVA, GYMB, STEC, ASYS)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 2:15pm | 179CEVA Inc (NASDAQ: CEVA) shares moved up 6.26% to $15.11 at 1:38 pm. The volume of CEVA shares traded was 397% higher than normal. CEVA has estimated 27% growth in its Q3 earnings. Gymboree Corp (NASDAQ: GYMB) shares rose 5.62% to $50.95. The volume of GYMB shares traded was 368% higher than normal...
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Upgrades From RBC Capital Markets
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 9:40am | 58RBC Capital Markets has upgraded the following companies: Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SVR) from Sector Perform to Outperform, price target rises from $23 to $28, current price $22.22. MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) from Underperform to Sector Perform, price target rises from $9.50 to $12...