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Stifel Nicolaus Lowers PT On Applied Materials To $18
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 8:10am | 27Stifel Nicolaus has lowered the price target on Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) from $19 to $18 and maintains its Buy rating.
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Goldman Sachs Neutral On Applied Materials After Earnings
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 7:44am | 201Goldman Sachs has a Neutral rating and a $14 price target on shares of Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) after the company reported earnings. In a note to clients, Goldman writes, "We believe that Applied's disappointing 2QCY11 guidance and commentary about order pushouts from the foundries is...
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Taglich Brothers Give Update On ASYS
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 7:27am | 130Taglich Brothers is maintaining its Buy rating and its $35.50 price target on Amtech Systems (NASDAQ: ASYS) in light of 2Q11 results. In the report, Taglich Brothers writes, “ASYS reported 2Q11 EPS (May 10, 2011) of $0.77 on revenue of $61.3 million. Results were significantly better than 1Q10 and...
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Morgan Stanley Lowers Expectations of Applied Materials
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 7:20am | 92According to a recent report, Morgan Stanley is lowering expectations on Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) due to their belief that semi cap fundamentals are not a peak cycle but in mid cycle with weak consumer PC demand. In the report, Morgan Stanley said, "We model a ~30% peak to trough semi...
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US Stock Futures Slightly Down Ahead Of Durable-Goods Data, Applied Materials Shares Down In Pre-Market Trading
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 6:27am | 583US stock futures are slightly lower this morning, as investors are awaiting durable-goods data. Shares of Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) dropped in pre-market trading after the company issued a disappointing forecast. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 14 points to 12,313.00...
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Bank of America Lowers PO On Applied Material To $15.50
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 5:47am | 28Bank of America has lowered the price objective on Applied Material (NASDAQ: AMAT) from $17 to $15.50 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Earnings Scheduled For May 25
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 1:29am | 424Polo Ralph Lauren Corp (NYSE: RL) is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.79 per share on revenue of $1.39 billion. Hormel Foods Corp (NYSE: HRL) is estimated to report its Q2 earnings at $0.40 per share on revenue of $1.82 billion. Netapp Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) is estimated to post its Q4 EPS at...
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Stocks To Watch For May 25
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 12:36am | 295Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) to report its Q3 EPS at $0.77 on revenue of $20.07 billion. Costco shares fell 0.21% to $81.18 in after-hours trading. Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) reported upbeat...
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Amtech Systems: 'Motley Fool model' buy
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 8:00pm | 141by John Reese, editor Validea Strong growth at Amtech Systems (ASYS) earns it strong interest from my Martin Zweig-based growth model and my Peter Lynch-based strategy, but it also gets solid scores from my John Neff-inspired value model. It's a small-cap, with a market cap just over $200 million...
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Amtech Systems: 'Motley Fool model' buy
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 8:00pm | 141by John Reese, editor Validea Strong growth at Amtech Systems (ASYS) earns it strong interest from my Martin Zweig-based growth model and my Peter Lynch-based strategy, but it also gets solid scores from my John Neff-inspired value model. It's a small-cap, with a market cap just over $200 million...
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Wednesday's Stocks to Watch, May 25
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 6:42pm | 1526( click to enlarge ) Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) has a strong support around $11 from where it could attempt a bounce back. On daily chart, the technical indicators are not showing any signs of a recovery. Only the RSI has made a higher bottom which could lead to a pullback. (...
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Applied Materials Beats Estimates (AMAT)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 5:05pm | 111Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) released its second quarter earnings results on Tuesday after the closing bell. The company reported net income of $489 million or $0.37 per share, compared to $264 million or $0.20 per share in the year ago period. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was $501 million...
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Applied Materials Down 2% On Earnings Report
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 4:15pm | 227Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) shares are down over 2% in after-hours trading, after the company missed earnings estimates. The company reported second quarter earnings of 37 cents per share on $2.86 billion in revenues. Wall Street had been looking for earnings of 37 cents per share on...
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Options Brief: Verigy Ltd.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 2:39pm | 66Shares of Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ: VRGY) are higher on the session by 0.36%, trading at $14.05. Overall put volume is now running at 3.77x the daily average, with 90% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,717 contracts have traded on the session so far. Verigy Ltd. designs, develops,...
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News Summary for May 24, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 8:58am | 348This is your morning news summary from Benzinga for Tuesday, May 24th, 2011, covering overnight and pre-market news affecting today's trading session. Stock index futures are pointing to a slightly higher open today after a negative session to the start of the week. On Monday, euro zone debt...