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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (GAME, CNTF, YHOO, AIXG)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 9:34am | 131Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) rose 10.63% to $6.35 in the pre-market session. GAME reported upbeat Q4 revenue. China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd (NASDAQ: CNTF) added 6.98% to $4.60 in the pre-market session. CNTF posted a 187% y/y jump in its Q4 net income. Yahoo! Inc (...
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Auriga Maintains ReneSola Buy, $27 PT (SOL)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 8:41am | 120Auriga maintained its ReneSola (NYSE: SOL) Buy rating and $27 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Auriga states, "Management is clearly taking the "slow and steady" approach by not pushing guidance as high or fast as it could, and we see this as setting the stock up...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (NVAX, SONS, SODA, EMKR)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 9:14am | 135Novavax Inc (NASDAQ: NVAX) rose 36.54% to $3.55 in the pre-market session. NVAX licensed its recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) vaccine technology to LG Life Sciences Ltd. Sonus Networks Inc (NASDAQ: SONS) added 27.39% to $3.86 in the pre-market session. SONS reported better-than-expected Q4...
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ReneSola Reports Q4 EPS of $0.69
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 7:06am | 55ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) reports its Q4 EPS at $0.69, versus the consensus of $0.69. SOL reports its Q4 revenue at $386.4 million, versus the consensus of $365.67 million. SOL shares gained 1.18% to $11.18 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.
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Options Brief: AIXTRON AG (AIXG)
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 3:27pm | 92Shares of AIXTRON AG (NASDAQ: AIXG) are higher on the session by 1.54%, trading at $41.56. Overall put volume is now running at 3.10x the daily average, with 50% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,896 contracts have traded on the session so far. AIXTRON AG is a provider of...
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J.P. Morgan Comments On WFR Senior Note Offering
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 9:52am | 159Late last week, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) announced a private offering for $500mn in senior notes, J.P. Morgan reports. “The notes, due 2019, will be unsecured and we believe are likely to price and close in the next 1-2 weeks,” J.P. Morgan writes. “Offering likely to price...
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Applied Materials Report Strong Results Driven By SemiCap And Solar
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 9:27am | 155According to J.P. Morgan, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) reported C4Q10 rev/EPS of $2.69bn/$0.36 vs. our ests. of $2.72/$0.34. J.P. Morgan reported that GMs of 42.3% were slightly lower than its estimate of 42.6%. “F11 guidance raised to >$11bn in revenue and >$1.50 PF EPS. This is well...
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Value Stocks with Price Momentum
Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 1:40pm | 3886Follow me on Twitter! I update the following portfolio/screen on a monthly basis on Scott's Investments. January's list of 19 stocks is here and returned an average of 2.68% for the top 5 stocks on the list versus 2.03% for SPY. The entire list of 19 stocks last month returned an average of .11...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, February 25th (SOXL, TNA, DRN, BAL)
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 6:55pm | 211Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXL) gained 7.56% on Friday, and it closed at $69.43. In the semiconductor space, Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) jumped 4.86%, and Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) added 3.81%. Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: TNA)...
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Citi Gives Color On Applied Materials Following Earnings
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 9:49am | 178With another strong Quarter in solar, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) is raising 2011 EPS as end market diversification is working and helping to mask what remains static share in semis. While this is good and the stock may trade up slightly on this print, the "catch-up" trade that has driven the...
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Cowen Downs VRGY To Neutral
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 8:01am | 39Analysts at Cowen downgrade Verigy Ltd (NASDAQ: VRGY) from “outperform” to “neutral.” VRGY shares fell 0.97% to close at $13.24 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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US Stock Futures Up As Crude Oil Prices Stabilize; Economic Data, Earnings In Focus
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 7:43am | 567US stock futures are higher this morning as crude oil prices stabilized. Investors are awaiting economic reports. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 55 points to 12,092.00, while those for the S&P 500 index climbed 7 points to 1,309.70. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index rose 15....
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Diversified Machinery Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (MIDD, MKSI, TWIN, GLPW)
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 5:21am | 151Below are the top small-cap diversified machinery stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) for the next year ending December, 2011 is $4.51 per share. MIDD's trailing-twelve-month operating...
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Stocks To Watch For February 25 (AMAT, JCP, CRM, POM, DWA)
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 4:38am | 354Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ: AMAT) reported its FQ1 profit at $506 million, or $0.38 per share, versus $83 million, or $0.06 per share, in the year-ago period. The company's revenue increased to $2.69 billion from $1.85 billion. The...
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Applied Materials Reports EPS of $0.36 vs. $0.33; Revenue $2.69B vs. $2.59B
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 5:59pm | 59Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended Jan. 30, 2011. Applied generated orders of $2.97 billion, net sales of $2.69 billion, operating income of $674 million, and net income of $506 million or $0.38 per share. Non-GAAP operating...