Friday, July 23, 2010

Daily Markets - No Surprise At All

Daily Markets

Daily Markets - No Surprise At All


No Surprise At All

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Policymaker like U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner must find it awfully frustrating that no matter how upbeat they are about economic prospects, the man in the street just isn’t buying it.
“Don’t they know how attuned we are to what is happening on the ground?” Mr. Geithner (and his ilk) must be asking.
I guess that’s the difference between those who are used to living in a bubble and thinking about the way things should be — who depend on polls, the corporate-owned media, ivory tower … [visit site to read more]


Janus Capital Beats Estimates

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Janus Capital Group Inc.'s (NYSE:JNS) second quarter earnings per share came in at 17 cents, outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 15 cents primarily due to higher average assets under management (AUM). This also came in significantly higher than the 10 cents reported in the year-ago quarter but was flat sequentially. Net income was $30.2 million as compared with $31.3 million in the prior quarter and $15.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
 
Amid a tough environment, Janus Capital … [visit site to read more]


NCR Corp. Swings To Profit

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT

NCR Corporation's (NYSE:NCR) second quarter loss per share of 35 cents exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate loss of 31 cents.

Revenue

NCR reported second quarter 2010 revenue of $1.18 billion, an increase of 4.7% from $1.12 billion in the year-ago quarter. This includes a benefit of one percentage point from foreign currency translation. Year-over-year revenue growth benefited from improving global economic conditions, especially fueled by overseas markets, such as Europe and Asia-Pacific. … [visit site to read more]


Cabot Beats On EPS, Revenue Misses

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT

Cabot Oil and Gas (NYSE:COG), an independent energy exploration and production (E&P) company, reported second quarter earnings per share (excluding special items) of 19 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 16 cents.
 
The better-than-expected results were mainly driven by increased gas production in its North region. Shares of Cabot have gained 1.01% as of this blog post in Thursday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
However, revenue of $195.5 million was short … [visit site to read more]


Good News For MannKind

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) received a boost when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted MannKind's response to the complete response letter (CRL) issued by the agency on its inhaled insulin candidate, Afrezza. The candidate is being developed for treating type I and type II diabetes.
The agency informed the company that the resubmission will be treated as a class II review. Consequently, a decision from the FDA should be out within 6 months (target date: December 29, 2010). … [visit site to read more]


Record-Breaking 2Q For Watsco

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

The second quarter for Watsco Inc. (NYSE:WSO) was stellar, the company having reported a record-breaking performance. More specifically, Watsco's revenue, gross profit, operating profit, net income and earnings per share (EPS) all touched historical highs.

EPS in the quarter was $1.08, up an impressive 93% from 56 cents in the year-ago quarter, and outstripped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 97 cents. The results were driven by growth in sales of higher-efficiency HVAC systems and a 27-cent per … [visit site to read more]


Pfizer’s Pain Drug Runs Aground

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) recently announced the suspension of studies of tanezumab for chronic low back pain and diabetic nerve pain. The decision was taken following a request by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For the time being, these studies will not recruit new patients and patient-dosing will be suspended.
 

Earlier, in June, the regulatory body had asked Pfizer to stop testing tanezumab in patients with osteoarthritis based on reports of the disease becoming more severe in a … [visit site to read more]


Dover Corp. Beats On Higher Revs

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) reported second-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations of 91 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 78 cents by 13 cents. Results were ahead of the prior-year quarter earnings from continuing operations of 54 cents per share. Net income from continuing operations for the quarter was $171.9 million, up 70% from $100.9 million reported in the second-quarter 2009.

Including a loss from discontinued operations of $2.0 million or 1 cent per … [visit site to read more]


ITT Edu. Beats, Enrollment Slows

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:35 PM PDT

ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE:ESI), a provider of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the U.S., recorded strong 35.1% growth in second-quarter earnings to $96.0 million, from $71.1 million in the year-ago quarter. Quarterly earnings per share came in at $2.78, which easily surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.67 as well as the year-ago earnings of $1.85 per share.

ITT Educational recorded a 26.7% growth in revenue to $401.8 million, compared to $317.1 million in the … [visit site to read more]


Flextronics Marginally Beats

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

A leading designer and provider of electronics manufacturing services, Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) reported strong first quarter 2011 results with both the revenues and earnings marginally beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Revenues and earnings both exhibited strong growth sequentially and year over year.
 
Earnings per share including stock based compensation but excluding intangible amortization and restructuring charges increased a whopping 183.3% year over year to 17 … [visit site to read more]


McGraw-Hill Beats By A Penny

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MHP), a publisher and provider of financial information and media services, reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2010 results on the heels of robust performance across Standard & Poor's (S&Ps) indices, the U.S. higher education market and global energy information markets.

The quarterly earnings of 61 cents a share topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, and rose 5.2% from 58 cents posted in the prior-year quarter. The prior-year … [visit site to read more]


C.R. Bard Beats, Profit Climbs

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:05 PM PDT

C. R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) reported its second quarter results after the closing bell yesterday, with an adjusted (excluding acquisition-related items and write-downs) earnings per share of $1.39 surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.36 and the year-ago earnings of $1.23.
 
Net income surged 11% year over year to $124.6 million (or $1.29 a share), driven by healthy performances across the company's vascular and surgical specialties businesses.
 
Revenues
 
Revenues leapt 8% … [visit site to read more]


NextEra Energy Bests Estimates

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:05 PM PDT

NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) announced second-quarter 2010 operating earnings of $1.11 per share compared with 99 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. The results of the company outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate, as provided by 13 covering analysts, by 5 cents.

GAAP earnings of NextEra Energy for the second quarter of 2010 were $1.01 per share compared with 91 cents per share recorded in the year-ago period. The difference of 10 cents between operating and GAAP earnings, during the … [visit site to read more]


Newfield Slips In Q2

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX) reported second-quarter earnings of $1.06 per share, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.08 and year-earlier profit of $1.28. The weaker-than-expected results were due to lower natural gas price realizations and higher operating expenses, partially offset by perked-up production volumes.
 
Revenues in the quarter were $448 million, substantially below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $556 million.
 
Operational Performance
 
Total quarterly … [visit site to read more]


Ryder Beats, Raises Outlook

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Ryder System Inc. (NYSE:R), the world’s largest provider of integrated logistics and transportation solutions, reported second-quarter earnings of 58 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 49 cents. The company released its second-quarter earnings on July 22, 2010. The company's earnings shot up 21% from the year-ago quarter's earnings of 48 cents.

Stronger-than-expected earnings growth in the quarter was driven by higher commercial rental demand and stronger used … [visit site to read more]


Pool Beats On Higher Sales

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:35 PM PDT

Pool Corp. (NASDAQ:POOL) reported second quarter 2010 earnings of $1.05 per share, slightly higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03. The increase was driven by a modest rise in net sales. A reviving economy also improved the company's performance in the quarter. Pool had earned 99 cents in the comparable quarter last year. The company reported an 8% year-over-year rise in net sales of $647.5 million during the quarter, well ahead of Zacks Consensus Estimate of $623 … [visit site to read more]


Deckers Beats Zacks Estimate

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:20 PM PDT

Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQ:DECK), the maker of sheepskin boots and slippers, recently delivered better-than-expected second quarter results on the heels of strong demand for the product lines under the UGG and Teva brands.


Quarterly Discussion

The quarterly earnings of 23 cents a share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 10 cents, and rose more than twofold from 9 cents which was posted in the prior-year quarter.
 
Deckers breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 130%. … [visit site to read more]


QLogic Misses Expectations

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:20 PM PDT

A leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC) reported first quarter 2011 results (both earnings and revenues) that missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Lower-than-expected results led to a fall in share price of more thank 16% in Friday trading.

Revenues of $142.6 million were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $144.0 million and earnings per share of 21 cents (including stock-based compensation but excluding one-time charges) missed the … [visit site to read more]


Chipotle Tops Expectations

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc (NYSE:CMG) posted its second quarter 2010 results which topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This was buoyed by the higher traffic count and new restaurant openings.

Quarterly earnings of $1.46 per share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.39, and soared 32.7% from $1.10 in the prior-year quarter.

Chipotle said that revenues for the quarter rose 20.1% to $466.8 million driven by new restaurant openings and increase in comparable-store sales. The reported … [visit site to read more]


Cepheid Narrows Loss, Reaffirms

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Cepheid (NASDAQ:CPHD) lowered its second quarter fiscal 2010 loss per share to 3 cents as compared with a loss of 12 cents in the second quarter of 2009. After making adjustments, the company's earnings came in at 5 cents per share, much better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 10 cents and the year-ago loss of 4 cents per share.

Revenues for the quarter increased 21.0% to $49.6 million, marginally beating the Zacks Consensus estimate of $49.0 million. Revenue increase was driven by … [visit site to read more]


E*TRADE Swings To Profit

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:45 PM PDT

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) has turned to profitability in the second quarter of 2010 after reporting losses over the last three years. The company reported earnings of 12 cents per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 11 cents.

The significant turnaround in its results was helped by a drop in loan loss provisions in the quarter. Results were also supported by lower operating expenses though revenue dropped in the quarter.

E*TRADE reported net income of $35 … [visit site to read more]


Compuware Misses Expectations

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ:CPWR) reported disappointing results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Revenues came in at $206.5 million; down 3.7% from the year-earlier quarter and much lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $216 million. On a product basis, revenues from software license fees came in at $33.3 million, up 4.7% from the year-earlier quarter (excluding divested products).

Compuware earlier divested a few of its peripheral products and services (Quality family of products and … [visit site to read more]


SanDisk Beats Zacks Consensus

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:45 PM PDT

SanDisk's (NASDAQ:SNDK) second quarter 2010 earnings of $1.02 cents per share and revenue of $1.18 billion exceeded the Zacks Consensus EPS of 86 cents, and our revenue estimate of $1.16 billion.

Revenue

Total revenue for the second quarter was $1.18 billion, up 61.0% on a year-over-year basis, and up 9.0% on a sequential basis. Revenue for the quarter was in-line with the company's guidance range of $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion.

This growth in revenue may be attributed to stellar OEM … [visit site to read more]


Texas Capital Reports In-Line

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:TCBI) reported second quarter 2010 earnings of 22 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The results compare favorably with earnings of 6 cents in the year-ago period.

The prior-year quarter results included the impact of the preferred stock dividend related to the Troubled Asset Relief Program that reduced the prior-year quarter earnings by 13 cents.

While the company experienced an increase in interest income and margin expansion … [visit site to read more]


Interactive Brokers Misses Again

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Interactive Brokers Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:IBKR) second quarter 2010 earnings of 9 cents per share were 57.1% short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 21 cents. Earnings were also down 71.0% from 31 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Results deteriorated mainly due to a negative growth in the top-line, constrained liquidity and other challenges in the market. Interactive Brokers also experienced lower operating results. However, the balance sheet remained highly liquid with a relatively low … [visit site to read more]


Strong Quarter For Alexion

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Alexion Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:ALXN) second quarter fiscal 2010 earnings (excluding special items but including stock-based compensation) of 31 cents per share was well above the year-ago earnings of 18 cents per share. On a reported basis, the company earned 39 cents per share in the reported quarter as against 26 cents in the year-ago quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the second quarter of 2010 was 30 cents per share.

Alexion's revenues increased 36.4% year-over-year to $125.8 … [visit site to read more]


Healthways Beats, Ups Outlook

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Healthways (NASDAQ:HWAY) reported second-quarter 2010 adjusted (excluding one-time items) earnings per share of 29 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 27 cents and the year-ago figure of 26 cents.

Healthways' total revenue of $175.5 million in the reported quarter was approximately in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $176 million.

Revenue

Revenue was $175.5 million in the second quarter, down marginally from $177.8 million in the year-ago period due to alterations or … [visit site to read more]


Is The U.S. In Terminal Condition?

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” - Thomas Jefferson

Roger Nusbaum, a widely quoted and successful financial planner and blogger (Random Roger’s Big Picture) issued a great post today on problems confronting productive workers in our economy, who expect some benefit from their efforts later in life. I responded to Roger’s post as follows:

“You bring to the fore issues that politicians are loathe to deal … [visit site to read more]


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