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Top 4 Stocks In The Cement Industry With The Highest Revenue (CRH, CX, JHX, TXI)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:59am | 142Below are the top cement stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at CRH PLC (NYSE: CRH) is $24.03 billion. CRH had $2.47 billion in total cash for the recent quarter. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) is $14.99...
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Morgan Keegan Reports TXI 3Q11 Results
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 7:40am | 74Morgan Keegan has reported on Texas Industries' (NYSE: TXI) third quarter earnings. Morgan Keegan writes, "TXI reported an adjusted loss of ($0.75) on revenue of $125.8 million for fiscal 3Q11 ending February. We were expecting a loss of ($0.76) on revenue of $131.9 million and the street was...
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Jefferies Increases TXI EPS Estimates
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 7:27am | 92Jefferies has increased their EPS estimates for Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI). According to the report, "Following better than expected Q3 results, we are increasing our EPS estimate for both this year and FY2012, but we still expect TXI to remain loss-making during this period. Our price target...
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Jefferies Reports Texas Industries' Q3 Loss Lower Than Expected
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 8:36am | 81According to Jefferies, Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI) Q3 loss was lower than expected mainly due to higher than expected shipments. Jefferies reported that Q3-2010 (December 2010-February 2011) loss of $0.75 per share was $0.11 ahead of Jefferies estimate and $0.03 ahead of Bloomberg's estimate of...
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RBS Ups CRH To Buy
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 5:52am | 39Analysts at RBS upgrade CRH PLC (NYSE: CRH) from “hold” to “buy.” CRH shares rose 2.15% to close at $22.32 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Morgan Keegan Previews TXI 3Q11, Maintains MP Rating
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 8:58am | 97In its 3Q11 preview of Texas Industries Inc. (NYSE: TXI), Morgan Keegan said that it is maintaining its Market Perform rating. “TXI is expected to report results for its fiscal 3Q11 (ending February) after market close on Wednesday, March 23,” Morgan Keegan writes. “We are expecting an adjusted...
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Texas Industries Inc. Owner Buys 96,664 Shares of TXI
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 4:23pm | 61In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Texas Industries Inc. (NYSE: TXI) Owner, NNS Holding, reported that it purchased 96,664 shares of TXI on March 15th-16th for an average price of $40.77. The transaction totaled $3,941,301. NNS Holding owns 5,545,837 indirect shares of TXI. Source: The Washington...
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Impact Difficult to Price Into Market 03-14-2011
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 3:06pm | 822Cusick's Corner The market is down, but the total impact of Japan is far from over or able to be priced into the market. The market could look to establish a base right around the 1275 level on the S&Ps. What is known is that is volatility is on the move in both names related to Japan and the...
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Puts are Your Friend 03-10-11
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 7:41pm | 919Cusick's Corner Shots fired in Saudi Arabia, the market finished at its worst levels, and for the first time all year this market is looking truly distressed. This action is exactly why I have been discussing protection and spread trading. Mitigating risk tactics are essential, especially when...
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Sold! 03-10-2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:29pm | 913Cusick's Corner “Sold!” -- that is all you heard this morning, major averages are all challenging the mid-term support. The 50-Day MA is potentially putting the longs on alert and giving the technicals fuel to ramp up. With the Claims deficit data coming in higher than expectations, China...
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Buying Put Spreads on Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 10:43am | 124Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders buy put spreads on Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) to hedge commodity exposure. Goldman Sachs Construction Products analyst, Jerry Revich, rates shares as a Sell and sees 27% downside to his 12-month price...
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Options Brief: CEMEX, S.A.B. (CX)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 4:47pm | 90Shares of CEMEX, S.A.B. (NYSE: CX) are higher on the session by 1.83%, trading at $8.90. Overall put volume is now running at 2.12x the daily average, with 96% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 6,763 contracts have traded on the session so far. CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. is a global...
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Enter Today's Date into Your Trading Diary 02-23-2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 8:00pm | 897Cusick's Corner What a day -- the market at the Midday did test the 1300 level in the Futures & Cash (ESH11 & SPX) but then bounced. Holding the lower channel into the After Hours of this 3 month rally was important, it has not shifted the short-term trade of short risk assets and long...
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Headwaters Incorporated to Manage Coal Ash at Major New Power Plant in Virginia
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 2:16pm | 58Headwaters Incorporated (NYSE: HW) today announced that coal ash produced at the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center will be managed by a subsidiary of Headwaters Incorporated. Headwaters is America's largest manager and marketer of coal combustion products – under a long-term contract recently...
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Top Performing Industries For February 16 (SKY, PAG, CX, AAP)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 11:11am | 186At 10:10 am, the Dow gained 0.34% to 12,267.74, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.37% to 1,332.88 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.44% to 2,816.62. The industries that are driving the market today are: Manufactured Housing: This industry jumped 2.07% by 10:10 am. The top...