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NII Holdings Remains Neutral - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:47pm | 615We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation for NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD), which means the stock will perform mostly in line with the broader market. The company reported excellent financial results for the third quarter of 2010. This was primarily due to higher net subscriber addition and...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (BSDM, ASML, AIXG, VOD)
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:28am | 111BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) dipped 6.07% to $5.26 in the pre-market session. BSDM's quarterly revenue dipped 86.70% y/y. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) lost 3.04% to $33.54 in the pre-market session. ASML's earnings are likely to drop by 146.99% this year. Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (...
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Netflix: Will This Movie Ever End?
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 8:44pm | 1934By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast After driving Blockbuster out of business and taking a good chunk of subscribers from cable TVs, Netflix (NFLX) is now setting sight on the streaming video business. On Monday Nov. 22, Netflix announced a new subscription service--$7.99 a month for unlimited...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (TSU, GGB, GNW, TFSL)
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:42pm | 98Among the stocks that have moved lower in Friday's after hours trading session are Third Federal Corp. (NASDAQ: TFSL), Tim Participacoes SA (NYSE: TSU), Gerdau S.A. (NYSE: GGB) and Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW). Volume in all of these names has been fairly light. Here is how these stocks are...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (TSTC, ACGY, ASML, VOD)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 9:39am | 107Telestone Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: TSTC) dipped 4.18% to $13.54 in the pre-market session. TSTC's quarterly earnings dropped 12.80% y/y. Acergy SA (NASDAQ: ACGY) lost 0.90% to $20.86 in the pre-market session. ACGY's quarter revenue declined 11.30% y/y. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) fell 0.33%...
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Millicom Initiated At Buy
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:51am | 127Deutsche Bank has published a research report on Millicom International (NASDAQ: MICC) and is initiating coverage on the company with a Buy rating. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Our analysis shows that Millicom can increase its top line and EBITDA by a CAGR of 9% in the next three years ('11...
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J.P. Morgan Overweight On Royal Caribbean (RCL)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 7:51am | 204J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has an Overweight rating on Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) and a $51 price target on shares. In a note sent to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We attended RCL's analyst/investor meeting onboard the Allure of the Seas on 11/22/10. The event was held during RCL's "...
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Expiration Friday 11-19-2010
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 8:45pm | 793Cusick's Corner Options expiration often drives trading volume on the exchanges, but not today. Volatility has also cooled off, the VIX is down over 3%. All eyes have been on Ireland this week -- its four year debt reduction plan is expected to be unveiled next week. There has been a lot of...
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U.S. Cellular Upgraded - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 2:30pm | 631We are upgrading our recommendation on U.S. Cellular (USM) to Neutral from Underperform. Although the largest wireless Chicago-based carrier missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the recently concluded third quarter, the increased penetration of smartphones led to earnings growth from the year-...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Aflac, Whirlpool, Telephone and Data Systems, AT&T and Verizon Communication - Press Releases
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 11:30am | 1657For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 22, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Aflac (AFL) as the Bull of the Day and Whirlpool (WHR) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon...
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Collins Stewart Reiterates Neutral Rating on Sprint (S)
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 10:07am | 134Collins Stewart is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Neutral Rating on Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S); it has a $4.50 price target on the stock. The CS analysts said that they continue to stay on the sidelines and wait for demonstrated financial success that...
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U.S. Cellular Upgraded - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 9:12am | 631We are upgrading our recommendation on U.S. Cellular (USM) to Neutral from Underperform. Although the largest wireless Chicago-based carrier missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the recently concluded third quarter, the increased penetration of smartphones led to earnings growth from the year-...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Aflac, Whirlpool, Telephone and Data Systems, AT&T and Verizon Communication - Press Releases
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 6:01am | 1657For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 22, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Aflac (AFL) as the Bull of the Day and Whirlpool (WHR) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon...
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Novatel Launches HSPA+ USB Modems - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 8:00pm | 662Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) yesterday announced the launch of its compact and light-weight DC-HSPA+ USB modem on Bell Mobility's Dual-Cell HSPA+ (DC HSPA+) network. The Ovation MC547 USB modem is based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard and will provide the next-generation, high-speed mobile...
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TDS Upgraded to Outperform - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 6:00pm | 526We are upgrading our long-term recommendation to Outperform from Neutral for Telephone and Data Systems (TDS). Currently, the stock has a Zacks #3 Rank (Hold), which signifies that for the short term (1-3 months), we are maintaining our Hold rating. Telephone and Data Systems' is seeing the...