Archive for February, 2009
(ASEI) American Science & Engineering – record revenue total that was 53% above the previous year
American Science & Engineering, Inc. (ASEI) recently announced fiscal third-quarter results, which included a record revenue total that was 53% above the previous year’s level. Company Description American Science & Engineering, Inc. provides innovative X-ray inspection...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(RNT) Aaron Rents – recently hiked its earnings guidance and analysts followed suit
Aaron Rents, Inc. (RNT) recently hiked its guidance, noting that business has been thriving in this economic environment. Analysts are also bullish on earnings ahead of RNT’s fourth-quarter report, which is scheduled for release next Tuesday. Company Description Aaron Rents...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(MCD) McDonald’s Corporation – Quarterly Earnings Topped Expectations and Analysts Upped Estimates
McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) recently released solid sales results, which included global comparable sales that increased 7.1% in January. In the U.S., January comparable sales jumped 5.4%. Sales were Up for January In early February, MCD announced January sales, noting...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GRS) Gammon Gold – more than a 400% earnings growth projection
Gammon Gold, Inc. (GRS) has been rallying as investors brace for the impact of inflation coming back into play due to underlying economic fundamentals. Company Description Gammon Gold, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration and mining of gold and silver deposits in Mexico....
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(MTXX) Matrixx Initiatives – fourth time in the last four quarters that Matrixx has beat estimates
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (MTXX) posted impressive third-quarter results in late January, sending its share price above its 6-month high. Third-Quarter Results Matrixx Initiatives is fresh off the heels of solid third-quarter results, reported on Jan 26, that were ahead of expectations....
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(OMI) Owens & Minor – 2010 consensus estimates have also risen
Owens & Minor, Inc. (OMI), the nationwide distributor of medical supplies, saw record revenue in the fourth-quarter as earnings per share jumped 17.9%. The company has surprised on estimates 4 consecutive quarters by an average of 8.29%. OMI is trading with a forward P/E...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(USU) USEC – surprised 3 out of the last 4 quarters by an average of 62.38%
USEC Inc. (USU), the uranium provider, has surprised on estimates 3 out of the last 4 quarters by an average of 62.38%. The company is cheap, trading at only 4.9x forward earnings. Company Description USEC is a supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(EZPW) EZCORP – Given the revised 2009 guidance, covering analysts have been raising estimates in the last month
EZCORP, Inc. (EZPW), which operates 890 pay-day lending stores and pawnshops in the US and Mexico, is profiting from the economic downturn as more consumers look for alternative ways to get cash with credit remaining tight. Click here to find out more! On Jan 22, EZCORP reported...
17Feb2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(BAC) Treasury’s Financial Stability Plan: Will It Work?
By RGE Monitor On February 10 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner presented the administration’s Financial Stability Plan to deal with the financial system’s toxic asset overhang and ease, if not reverse, the ongoing decline in bank lending to households and corporations....
17Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | ContinuedDonald Coxe – Have commodities started to outperform?
Since Donald Coxe’s departure from BMO towards the end of last year, I have been inundated with enquiries about whether his much-revered “Basic Points” research reports would still be published. The good news is that Donald is planning on resuming these reports, and a new...
17Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | Continued(CBST) Cubist Pharmaceutical’s: Stock of the Day
by Matt Weinschenk, Senior Analyst, The White Cap Report Cubist Proves Saving Lives Isn’t Good Enough With the recent surge in cases of MSRA (methicillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus), or at least a surge in reporting, one would think it was good news for Cubist Pharmaceutical’s...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(SIRI) Echostar’s (SATS) Power Plays
For market outsiders who don’t relish the chess game of corporate finance, headlines don’t always excite. But bankruptcy headlines get noticed. In the past few days, some of the most interesting news coming out has been centered on Echostar Corp’s (Nasdaq: SATS) power plays....
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | ContinuedVideo-o-rama: Risk appetite fades on stimulus gloom
Events this week were dominated by the announcement of US Treasury Secretary Geithner’s Financial Stability Plan and a deal reached in the Senate on the Economic Stimulus Bill. However, the big bail-out bang soon whimpered as investors were disappointed about the lack of detail. While...
17Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | ContinuedWarren Buffett’s Investment Model: Insider Trading Reveals Undervalued Stocks
by Dr. Scott Brown, Advisory Panelist Almost four months ago, Warren Buffett famously wrote his endorsement of U.S. equities in his op-ed piece to The New York Times entitled “Buy American, I Am.” Since then, it’s dropped 11.4%. It’s hard even for an Oracle to help when...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(CAH) Cardinal Health, Inc.: Stock of the Day
by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist, Investment U When we think of industrial suppliers, W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) is one of the largest in the business. From nuts and bolts to janitorial supplies, it’s a good bet Grainger’s can supply it. The company consolidates parts,...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(DTD) Stock Dividends: Eliminating the Reasons Your Investments Fail
by Alexander Green, Oxford Club Investment Director Believe it or not, when it comes to the stock market, most investors prefer glamour to profits. Why do I say this? Tell the average investor about a company with a cutting-edge technology, an exciting Phase III drug or a new...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(BWLD) Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD): Stock of the Day
by Katharine Schildt, Assistant Editor, The Oxford Club Good Food, Plenty of Beer AND Profits? At a time when most consumers are pinching pennies by forgoing dinners out, there are still some restaurant chains that are doing something right. Put Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD)...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | ContinuedChina’s Investment Alternatives: Why China Can’t Sell U.S. Treasuries
by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist As if we needed something else to concern ourselves with, the Is-China-Going-To-Start-Selling-Treasuries worry mill is cranking up… again. It seems every once in awhile – and more so lately – the financial pundits begin to climb...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | ContinuedThis Company Proves Stocks Aren’t Dead…
by Louis Basenese, Oxford Club Senior Analyst The Oxford Portfolio Update – February 12, 2009 (Broadcast #845) I was only two-years-old when BusinessWeek ran its infamous “Death of Equities” cover on August 13, 1979… just before the Dow started one of the greatest bull-market...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(PEIX) Ethanol Is on Life Support… For Now
With the crash of the ethanol industry, investors have seen a stunning reversal of a technology that seemed so profitable only a few quarters ago. Dozens of plants have been shuttered, and many more plants on the drawing board or in construction have been axed. And the way the...
17Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(KBE) Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 9 – 15, 2009)
“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you from my abode in a visibly depressed Europe, from where I am compiling this report as welcome relief from gloomy conversations with taxi drivers and cheerless meals in deserted eateries. Events during the past few days were dominated...
16Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | Continued(RICK) Rick’s Q1/2009 Earnings Preview: Time to Jump Ship?
Wow time flies. It’s seems like just yesterday, or was that last year, that we listened to Rick’s CEO Eric Langan stumble through his last conference call almost at a loss to explain the steep decline in the company’s sales and earnings, and the rapidly deteriorating...
16Feb2009 | PeakStocks.com | 0 comments | Continued(EHTH) eHealth Q4/2008 Earnings: A Beacon of Light In a Tumultous Market
eHealth (NASDAQ: EHTH), the leading provider of Internet-based insurance agency services to individuals, families, and small businesses primarily in the United States, announced solid Q4 and full year 2008 earnings after the market closed tonight. Everything from customer acquisition...
13Feb2009 | PeakStocks.com | 0 comments | ContinuedShorting Gold: 12 Reasons Making The Case For This Contrarian Investment
by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club If you’re a self-professed “Goldbug,” feel free to read no further. Or at least spare me your hate mail. Because no matter what I say today, I know you’ll cry foul… or something much more colorful. But...
12Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(ROC) Finally, the plan … sort of
I am spending the next few days in Europe on a short business trip. First stop is Dublin where the temperature is icy, the mood is dour, property prices are plunging, the queues for jobless claims are five hours long, the soon-to-be-unemployed are holding protest strikes, and...
12Feb2009 | prieur | 0 comments | Continued(MRO) AAR Corp. Shuts Down Landing Gear Facilities Per FAA Request
AAR, Corp. (NYSE: AIR), which provides products and services to the aviation, aerospace, and defense industries worldwide, today issued a press release responding to an FAA mandated letter of suspension of operations at the company’s landing gear operations in Miami. Let’s...
11Feb2009 | PeakStocks.com | 0 comments | Continued(AUTH) How Will Semiconductor Slowdown Affect AuthenTec?
It’s no secret out there that the market as a whole has been taking an enormous hit, not just in terms of stock valuations and prices, but more so at the fundamental level of these companies and their deteriorating business conditions. AuthenTec Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH), a...
11Feb2009 | PeakStocks.com | 0 comments | Continued(INPH) Interphase Corporation Stock of the Day
by Katharine Schildt, Assistant Editor, The Oxford Club Income figures from fourth-quarter reports have been negative across the board. And the telecommunications sector has been no stranger to this ugliness. For example, over the past year Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH)...
11Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(YHOO) What’s up at Yahoo!
It seems strange that a company with little positive news and a limited outlook in a sector surrounded by sharp-toothed competition would be doing well. But that’s just what Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) has been doing over the past two weeks. With the arrival of its new CEO, Carol...
11Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued(CCI) Tracking Insider Trading: How to Pick a Winner in a Down Market
by Alexander Green, Oxford Club Investment Director Last year was a disaster for most stock market investors. The S&P 500 fell 38%, its worst year since 1931. The worst damage occurred in the fourth quarter. And the first quarter of this year isn’t looking much different. We’re...
11Feb2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued