Analyst Updates

Analyst Updates on Emerging Growth Stocks.

5/23/2013

The company is now demonstrating a positive trend in yields and profitability. Over the last five years, the growth of earnings per share increased by 61 percent from $0.31 in 2009 year to $0.5 in 2013. Except for… Read more

Bon-Ton (NASDAQ: BONT) is a well known department store that operates 275 stores, including 11 furniture galleries, in 23 states throughout the northern United States. The stores sell every day clothes, shoes, handbags, and jewelry at affordable prices.  The company’s main competitors include… Read more

This translated to consolidated net income of $575,000 or diluted earnings per share of $0.17. This is higher than the prior year’s net income of $352,000, or $0.10 per diluted share… Read more

The company also posted a strong earnings report in Q4 2012. This information created a big rally for Orbitz’s stock over the past few months. Since late last year, the company’s stock price has… Read more

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is yet again at the center of an unfolding crisis. In addition to suffering from thinning demand for its once popular games, it now has to worry about competition from budding startups that are being formed by former Zynga executives,… Read more

5/22/2013

Positive earnings reports sparked a mini rally in GreenHunter’s stock, pushing it from about $0.80 a share all the way up to $3.50. Since then, the stock has fallen to around $1.25. Investors pulled back because… Read more

Analysts at Needham think so and have a buy rating on the stock with a price target of $17… Read more

While the stock’s share price has gone up significantly, it’s still trading at a rather low P/E ratio, currently below 7. Is this stock well undervalued? Not necessarily… Read more

M/I Homes Inc. – a Midwest based homebuilder – has a market capitalization of $600 million. The stock currently trades at a price earnings multiple of 38.8 which may put some value buyers off but… Read more

During the last financial year, the company reported a 93% jump in its revenues to $54.7 million from $28.4 million in 2011. As a result, margins also saw an improvement and… Read more

5/21/2013

Nonetheless, in all fairness to Electro Scientific Industries, its pending acquisition of the semiconductor business of GSI Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: GSIG) may be the right stimulus it needs… Read more

Core earnings grew 21% to $5 million for the quarter, higher than the previous year’s $4.1 million. All in all, net income came in at record $3.2 million and an increase of 47% from the $2.2 million earned during the first quarter of 2012… Read more

Analysts are notably positive on the company and one equity research firm, SunTrust, has initiated the company with a buy rating and a price target of $17, representing further upside of 47% from current… Read more

Netflix added 5.5 million domestic streaming subscribers in 2012, compared to its estimation of 5 million. In Q1 2013, Netflix added another 2 million domestic streaming subscribers. The company is continuing to… Read more

Revenues have been relatively flat for the last five years, though the company grew its net income significantly from $2.57 million to $72.31 million during the period… Read more

5/20/2013

But the key is to look beyond headline numbers which many smart investors seem to be doing. The stock was trading below the $1 mark until the start of the year, but has seen sharp… Read more

It reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.28, beating analysts’ estimates by $0.03 per share. For the last five… Read more

Spain’s unemployment data for the first quarter of 2013 measured in at 27.2 percent, with the 16-29 age demographic having an unemployment rate of 53.2 percent. Analysts and economists believe that the solution to such high unemployment in Spain is… Read more

As well, the company is in a strong position to reward shareholders with a share buyback that can total more than 25 percent of current market cap over the next two years. The company has already… Read more

What makes this African exploratory project especially lucrative for Sonde is that it is passing off the costs to another company; Viking Energy North Africa Ltd. Viking will pay for the new exploratory wells on… Read more

5/17/2013

Southwest’s U.S. market share grew from 14.4 percent in 2008 to 18.7 percent in 2012 as a result of aggressive initiatives. As the demand for air travel is increasing, the preference for low cost carrier is… Read more

On April 25, 2013 Brookfield Office Properties Inc (NYSE: BPO) reached a deal valued at over $2 billion to buy MPG’s common stock as well as their debt. Brookfield will pay shareholders $3.15 a share, which… Read more

 Its smartphone shipment increased 61 percent year-on-year, coming in at 70.7 million smartphones… Read more

CCIX turned in another great quarter in the three months ended December, with a 12.9 percent growth in revenue. Growth in profits was much higher which swelled to $6.61 million… Read more

Repligen earned $9.55 million during the period on revenues of $18.8 million. Both figures represent marked… Read more

5/16/2013

The stock currently trades at a price earnings ratio of 20 but expected growth in profit make the multiples fall to 15.9 on a forward basis. In the quarter ended March 31, the company reported a 14 percent growth in revenue to $11.76 although net income dropped to $0.57 million from $2.43 million a year ago… Read more

E-commerce titan eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has for the past two years met or exceeded analysts’ earnings estimates in each and every quarter. In the most recent earnings report, it managed to not only meet…  Read more

Noranda Aluminum Holding has a one year low of $3.18 and a one year high of $10.95. The company has a market cap of $301.43 million and a P/E ratio of 6.22. The aluminum producer recently announced… Read more

 In the past few months, QLTY stock has risen in a consistent fashion. It trades around $8 per share, still far from its 52-week high of $13.20… Read more

With a market capitalization of $205 million, the stock is too small for institutional investors and almost all of its trading volumes are from retail investors or speculators. Despite this… Read more

5/15/2013

Ignite Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: IGR) with a market cap of $455 million, operates out of Houston, Texas. Their restaurants can be found in 32 states… Read more

Meanwhile, bigger defense contractors are expected to post single digit earnings growth. General Dynamics is forecast to register earnings per share of $6.69, up by 3 percent on a year-on-year basis… Read more

The Company’s fourth quarter 2012 revenues were $20 million, compared with $19.9 million in the previous quarter. Rubicon’s six-inch wafer sales witnessed sequential increase of 7 percent to $17.5 million from $16.4 million in the previous quarter… Read more

FLY announced on Thursday April 25, 2013 that it has acquired a 2013 manufactured Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-800 aircraft on a 12 year lease to a leading low-cost carrier in Asia… Read more

Its non-GAAP net income increased 49 percent to $131.3 million or $0.65 per share compared to the non-GAAP net income of 2012 first quarter… Read more

5/14/2013

 With market capitalization of $676.39 billion, Albany announced a record 44 percent increase in its total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 at $67.2 million, compared to $46.6 million revenue during the… Read more

However, analyzing the impact of this product on the stock price of the company is difficult. The ongoing situation with Solera Capital selling off 3½ million shares of the company is tricky… Read more

Moving closer to 2013, Biovail pulled out from the case, lifting virtually every allegation it had raised against Maris. In addition, the SEC established that Biovail was in fact involved in a stock manipulation… Read more

This was the 12^th quarter, in succession, that their concession sales increased. The average money spent by a patron, apart from the cost of the ticket, increased considerably from around $4 to $6… Read more

Needless to say, this acquisition might just propel CECO to the next level of success. Shares rose from $10.50 per share to $11 per share following the announcement… Read more

5/13/2013

Strong product development is helping Fortuna put together solid looking finances. Over the past year, Fortuna has grown its net income by 62 percent to $31.5 million from $19.5 million,… Read more

In fact, the demand for Kindles dropped from 420,000 to 20,000. This means that the entire industry has encountered a slump… Read more

Coleman said this year it will see the positive effects of its plant consolidation and expansion efforts; which was announced in 2012. Last month, the company, which has a $261.89 million market capitalization… Read more

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ: IVAN) shares fell 7.64 percent to close at $1.33 recently. Ivanhoe, an independent heavy oil… Read more

Total revenue for the quarter increased 17 percent year-over-year to a record $27.3 million from $23.3 million in the same period of fiscal 2012… Read more

5/10/2013

Shares of the company closed at $6.48, down almost 10 percent, after the news of the downgrade. By March, shares rallied then plunged to a low of $5.40 earlier this month… Read more

The company is involved in the building of single family homes in the United States. M/I Homes is currently trading up 0.20 percent to hover around $25.25 after opening at $25.13; very close to its 52-week high of $25.40… Read more

Net revenues rose 44 percent to $205.2 million, compared to revenue of $142.3 million for 2011. For the quarter ended December 31, 2012, net revenues were $56.5… Read more

The company reported earnings per share of $0.58 for the quarter, missing consensus estimates of $0.65. It reported quarterly revenues of $486.93 million, up by 3.3 percent year-on-year… Read more

One of the company’s most impressive bits of information from the report was that it recorded net income of $9.5 million in the fourth… Read more

5/9/2013

Conversely, shares of competitor Dawson Geophysical Company (NASDAQ: DWSN) rose 1.06 percent to close at $31.41. The company’s revenues for first quarter of 2013 were $76,629,000… Read more

RealD has made a deal with the Mirage Cinema Group to help set up 60 screens in Russia… Read more

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the company’s net earnings were $13,616,028, compared with $9,863,459 in 2011. Silver and gold revenues increased by 47 percent totaling $18,243,732… Read more

The official report was that that the company is going to enjoy a bumper quarter in Q1, with sales and profits both increasing… Read more

Statistics say that Facebook currently has about a billion active users on its platform. The majority of these users do nothing other than look for old friends, update statuses (most of which do not add any value to its… Read more

5/8/2013

However, ITT’s $1.33 earnings per share for the first quarter of 2013 beat the estimate of $1.21. The company’s revenue also exceeded analysts’ expectations of $277.74 million, hitting $287.70 million… Read more

Analysts expect Westell to post a loss per share of $0.13 this year. However, this loss per share is forecast to narrow to $0.01 for the next fiscal year… Read more

On February 13, 2013, the company confirmed that 2012 was a good year. It reported that revenue totaled $214 million, up from $208 million sequentially. Average revenue per user was $30.15, up from $29.31 sequentially… Read more

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the first quarter of 2013 witnessed the worst PC sales in history. PC shipment dropped by about 14 percent year-over-year during the quarter… Read more

Stamps.com has witnessed a strong growth in its core PC Postage business. Revenue during the first quarter of 2013 was $32.1 million, up 13 percent compared to the same period of 2012. Net income was $7.9 million or $0.49 per diluted share. The company’s core PC postage sales rose16 percent hitting $30.3 million… Read more

5/7/2013

This brings the first nine months earnings to almost $2 million, significantly higher by 50 percent compared to the same period last year. Revenue during the nine month period was also slightly higher at $19.58 million… Read more

If inflation were to be consistently measured at around 4 percent, the value of your savings, in real terms, will have.. Read more

The news of a battle between two large pharmaceutical companies’ pleased investors and speculators quickly entered the market sending the shares as high as $22.91, above both companies’ offers… Read more

For a company with a market cap of just $288 million, they are holding up great against Skype which is backed and owned by the behemoth, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), who purchased Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion… Read more

For the full year 2012 financial results, Full House Resorts reported net income of $27.8 million, or equivalent to $1.49 per share. This is higher than the net income of $2.3 million, or $0.13 per share posted… Read more

5/6/2013

Beyond BioThrax, Emergent also has a few other high-risk, high-reward moves going on. This company is working on a vaccine to cure tuberculosis in infants. This drug needs a lot more work, but recently had a… Read more

This happened last year with the Whiting USA Trust (NYSE: WXH) and it looks like it’s happening to ECT. After bleeding value, the stock regained some ground to $11.50 a share… Read more

Having such a client for Absolute Software was reason enough to send the stock flying as high as 37%… Read more

If the acquisition goes through, Pinnacle will almost double in size and save at least $40 million annually in costs while experiencing a 24 percent EPS growth through 2015… Read more

Authorities are in constant pursuit of more effective means of monitoring companies and how they use client data. Presently, the means used are effective enough and allow them full view of what’s going on… Read more

5/3/2013

In an indication that increased business is leading to better rates for such midstream companies, Air Transport Services reported an operating income of $41.6 million last year, up from $23.8 million in… Read more

The company stands to gain $500 million in milestone disbursements in addition to royalty payments if marketing approval is granted. This is an enormous amount for a company with a market capitalization of $786 million… Read more

The company recently reported its annual results which were marked by a 14 percent growth in net investment income. While this indicates robust business fundamentals, another indicator of better profitability is… Read more

Revenue from antimony production made nearly 78.3 percent of total revenues last year. Undoubtedly, the… Read more

It has a market capitalization of $37 million after seeing an erosion of 7 percent over the last 12 months. However, things are on the mend right now… Read more

5/2/2013

The stock has lost over 40 percent in the last month alone and now trades at a forward price earnings ratio of just 3.5. While this is not a sacrosanct number and… Read more

Miller Industries has actually lost more than 6 percent during the last month and is currently available at $15.20; midpoint of its 52-week trading range of $13.55 – $17.23. At current valuations… Read more

On the contrary, Fred’s closed 1.53 percent higher than the previous closing price on April 11. And even since then, the news has not affected Fred’s negatively… Read more

Fannie Mae posted a record profit of a staggering $17.2 billion for the year ending 2012. Just four to five years back, Fannie Mae was at the edge of bankruptcy and… Read more

Apparently employees at Lime were reporting revenues that didn’t actually exist. This wasn’t a case of mistiming revenue recognition; Lime was actually reporting sales that never happened… Read more

5/1/2013

 

A big part of this came from pretty heavy analyst coverage. Lazard Capital Markets (NYSE: LAZ) recently listed a price target of $16 for Sangamo; it currently trades for around $10… Read more

This improved profitability has caused SALM to initiate dividend payments as well. Being a small-cap player with a market capitalization of just $238 million… Read more

Fundamentally, the company has a market cap of $214.24 million and has a price to earnings of 7.11. Furthermore, the stock is trading at a discount to sales with a price to sales of 0.79… Read more

Companies like EO2 (ALEO2.PA) and Gushan Environmental Energy Limited (NYSE: GU) are among those that are having a profound impact with the alternative fuels they produce… Read more

An auction was held among qualified bidders whereby a $410 million bid from the equity firms was the winning bid by default since no other qualified bids had been submitted. No further approval by the… Read more

4/30/2013

Hooker Furniture (NASDAQ: HOFT) is an 88 year old residential wood, metal and upholstered furniture maker with a market cap of $168 million. Hooker Furniture is a good choice given… Read more

With reallocation of increased space to mini-stores than to slow selling CDs and DVDs, forecasts are being made about sales per square foot rising to $901 million from $851 million, and gross profit to $217 million from $210 million… Read more

The payments project, which emerged from Levchin’s San Francisco tech incubator Hard, Valuable, Fun, will use Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to authenticate the identity of its users. Levchin, who sold PayPal to eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) for a $1.5 billion stock deal… Read more

Many investors in solar stocks will most likely have heard about JinkoSolar Holding (NYSE: JKS), a $110 million company. The shares of the company are currently bullish, trading up 1.42 percent… Read more

In 2012, Fisher’s revenues were up 3 percent to $168.2 million, and were up 12 percent when excluding Fisher Plaza revenue from 2011. Its earnings per share (EPS) were also up, by 34.86 percent compared to… Read more

4/29/2013

However, Sonus is currently volatile given the fact that it gained 7.11 percent to close at $2.44 on March 25 and had lost 5.62 percent to close at $2.35 on April 2. Nonetheless, as Donald Trump once said… Read more

According to consensus estimates, analysts were projecting the company to report revenue of $18 million and earnings per share of $0.02 for the period… Read more

Rocky Mountain also has solid looking margins. The company has a healthy 16.7 percent operating margin and 7.47 percent profit margin. Rocky should be able to maintain these decent margins as it… Read more

The Farmville publisher greatly minimized its losses from $435 million in Q4 2011 to $48.6 million during the quarter. Analysts had estimated of losses of $212 million… Read more

Turning to the fundamentals, the company has a market cap of $64.7 million and currently has a buy rating from analysts. Current price to earnings shows up at 7.54 and the company is trading at a discount… Read more

4/26/2013

Cray’s Titan is now the world’s fastest supercomputer after hitting a performance of 17.59 petaflops or quadrillion of calculations per second to beat IBM’s Sequoia with its 16.32 petaflops… Read more

Kandi is currently trading at $3.83 a share while Telsa is a soaring $45.45 a share. Considering the comparison of situations, how can this be possible? This price discrepancy likely has a lot… Read more

ZLTQ has the money to grow. It currently holds $45 million in cash and has no debt so it can both pay for expansion plus handle its current losses without too much trouble. Long-term though… Read more

Given that one can expect some level of inspection, companies like The WhiteWave Foods Co (NYSE:WWAV) will be under surveillance due to the fact that it has a European segment to its business… Read more

During this time, shares of CEDC were trading at more than $75 while the market value stood at $3.48 billion. CEDC’s peak soon followed a downhill ride when the global debt and equity markets plummeted… Read more

4/25/2013

Calavo’s financial figures are pretty impressive. Over the past five years, it has experienced a high average sales growth of about 12.7 percent. Its average earnings growth over the past five years… Read more

The recent profitable quarter has pushed shares of Telsa Motors nearly 16 percent higher, to $43 per share. This is a huge leap for the company since it went public at $17 in June, 2010. Telsa’s profitability is mostly attributed to its… Read more

Black Diamond paid about $10.3 million in cash for the acquisition while taking responsibility of another $2.7 million in debts. The third acquisition was for Japanese distribution assets… Read more

4/24/2013

Carriage stock climbed by 3.03 percent to close at $20.76 per share at the start of the new week. In summary, the company’s stock increased by 18.32 percent, or $3.29 in March… Read more

When news hit the market, investors loaded up on shares, driving the price up 18 percent overnight. The stock closed Wednesday April 10 at $3.38 a share, and hit a high of $4.73 the next morning… Read more

The stock closed at $26.12 on April 9, 2013 and opened at $21.33 the next morning. The reason behind this large loss was the company’s financial results. Fiscal fourth quarter was largely disappointing as… Read more

This is why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has clauses that assure this. Emerging companies like Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) and iSoftStone Holdings Ltd (NYSE: ISS) are examples of… Read more

Combined with a 2.3 percent jump in sales, better margins caused net profit to grow 11.3 percent to $18.9 million in 2012. This was also made possible by a clean balance sheet… Read more

4/23/2013

Although profitability was affected last year, it was primarily due to onetime charges, such as goodwill impairment and loss on debt extinguishment. In recent years, the company’s… Read more

Despite the decline in prices, Coffee Holding Company still reported better than expected first quarter results. It reported sales of $31.3 million during the period. While this is lower than the previous year’s… Read more

While all companies that produce generic drugs are monitored, special focus will be on emerging companies like China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD) and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc… Read more

DHT offers a small dividend of $0.08 a year, which translates to a 1.7 percent yield. The stock unfortunately has been on a downward spiral since 2011 and the company was forced to announce a 12… Read more

Just by looking at the S&P 500, investors can not accurately conclude if a crash is just around the corner.  Below are key metrics to consider… Read more

4/22/2013

Toward the fall of fiscal 2012, Panasonic, alongside Sony (NYSE: SNE), was downgraded by Fitch. The ratings agency downgraded Panasonic from BBB minus to BB… Read more

The creditors include Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income Fund, National Public Finance Guarantee Corp,  the Franklin California High Yield Municipal Fund, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp and Warren Buffet’s prime gem, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC)… Read more

Qualys will announce Q1, 2013 financial results on May 6, and the numbers are expected to be very good. The stock gained 2.48 percent to close at $11.97 on April 11, 2013 and Qualys appears to… Read more

In its latest earnings release, Flexsteel reported earnings that helped propel the stock to a 52-week high of $26.29. Net sales were seen to increase by… Read more

Most recently, Landec reported revenue of $117.9mm as opposed to the predicted $109mm. In addition, sales, as reported by GAAP were 47 percent up on the previous year’s quarter… Read more

4/19/2013

However, shares of NutriSystem traded down 0.40 percent on April 9 to close at $7.54, which is closer to the 52-week low of $7.21. In comparison, Herbalife traded down 3.75 percent to close at $36.95… Read more

Its net income for fiscal 2012 came in at $430.8 million compared with $76.8 million in 2011. In a filing with the SEC, the company also revealed that U.S. orders… Read more

In fact, over the last 15 months, Buffet has managed to acquire a total of 28, (mostly regional), newspapers for the combined sum of $344 million. In… Read more

One of the major reasons why you should avoid Kythera at the moment is the depressing financials. The company started on a good note with its IPO at $16 per share before rising to $23.38, a 12.7 percent rise… Read more

Earnings are on an upward trend for at least the next couple of quarters and the company also boasts cash reserves of… Read more

4/18/2014

ParkerVision, (market cap $321.89 million), has a beta of -0.34, largely as a result of being involved in a decade long lawsuit with mobile chip maker Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM). The stock has been… Read more

Institutional Investor Services and Glass Lewis, the proxy consultants, view the deal in a different light. The two have, in a persistent fashion, spotlighted T-Mobile’s glaring debt burden… Read more

Over the past five years, Ebix has grown its revenues by 22 percent a year while maintaining a healthy 40 percent operating margin… Read more

However, FIZZ might not be a hidden gem for much longer. Last December, this company made the news for making a large, special dividend of $2.55 to its shareholders…. Read more

Fundamentally, this business services company has a market cap of $167 million and currently has a buy rating from analysts. The stock has a price to earnings of 47 and a forward price to earnings of 9.3… Read more

4/17/2013

Fundamentally, the company has a market cap of $119.44 million and currently has a hold rating from analysts. Furthermore, (as previously stated) Acorn is not profitable and does not appear… Read more

Notably, the company dropped from $28.59 on November 29, 2012 to $23.59 on December 1, 2012. STON recovered… Read more

The stock began 2013 trading at around $16 and has seen a slow, but gradual rise in its share price until the end of February, when the stock jumped from $18 a share to its current level of $30 a share. CLVS… Read more

The stock’s chart shows a clear bullish technical price action, setting higher 52-week highs, and higher lows. As long as the stock continues to trade above $20 with strong volume… Read more

Turning to the fundamentals, the company trades at a market cap of $106.75 million and currently has a hold rating from analysts. Current price to earnings comes in at 7.54 and forward price to earnings… Read more

However, all is not perfect for this consumer giant. The company has been under extreme pressure since the late 1990s when it was valued at over $3 billion and trading above $30 a share. Today, ELY is valued at… Read more

4/16/2013

Its current market price of $14.7 is a 55 percent discount to the book value of $26.90 while cash of over $13 per share reflects a healthy balance sheet. In the most recent quarter, the company posted a profit of $13.9 million compared to a loss of $18 million…. Read more

Although a small-cap in the stock market along with companies like Ebix (NASDAQ: EBIX), Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), the business does not lack investors. Luckily, Barrett’s ability to grow and a 90 percent… Read more

This company recently put together a $607 million dollar deal connecting Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) with deals in 24 states… Read more

In the past quarter, Starbucks not only met analysts’ expectations but it also improved both its revenue and bottom line. Revenue grew 10 percent year-over-year from $3.44 billion to $3.8 billion. Profits also… Read more

The reason behind this rally is not difficult to understand. In the quarter ended 31 December 2012, AMN reported a net profit of $7 million, a significant jump from a loss of… Read more

4/15/2013

Cal Dive International is a marine contractor specializing in oil well services and equipment. The company has maintained its uptrend in top line growth in recent quarters, resulting in narrowing losses… Read more

With or without the release of new products, Apple still manages to break sales records as well as disappoint investors. And for those that are eager to find out, this trend is surely going to continue till the… Read more

The company went public in July 2010 at $36.00 per share and did another offering in December of 2010 at $61.00 per share. It is currently trading at $16.62 and has a market cap of $587 million. The stock’s… Read more

On January 30^th, RCKB reported net income of $4.3 million ($0.16 per diluted share), showing record annual earnings growth. The company stated that “strong fundamentals, increased loan growth… Read more

To add more pain and suffering, the company reported another negative quarter for this year. Tesla reported a loss of $75 million or $0.65 per share for its Q4, which is a much bigger loss from what… Read more

4/12/2013

At a forward price earnings ratio of 13.8, the stock is not expensive and it becomes even more attractive given the clean balance sheet… Read more

Taser has a potential upside of about 34 percent based on a current share price of $7.70 and analysts’ consensus price target of $10.00. The stock should hit resistance at its 50-day moving average… Read more

Vera has a market cap of $907 million and sells for $22.36 per share. Share price with this investment has been flitting between $18 and $32 over the past year. Beta is 0.29, a good indication that this play is much… Read more

Last year marked a tough year for the industry as the economy continues to rebound and demand has not yet caught up. However, the company reported full year 2012 earnings on February 25^th, which saw… Read more

Fundamentally, the company has a market cap of $47.8 million and currently has a hold rating. The company has no earnings right now, but as I hinted at earlier… Read more

4/11/2013

Despite having products in a sector that is expected to see growth, Sonus has an EPS of -0.18 with a price-to-sales of 2.87. The net loss for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $16.4 million… Read more

It paid a total of $26 million for the clubs and $10 million for the related real estate. It financed this acquisition through 9.5 percent seller notes… Read more

Voxx’s revenues increased 17.5 percent over the year ago total, driven by the Hirschmann acquisition and… Read more

The company reported quarterly earnings on March 7, 2013 below previous forecasts, which were described as disappointing by CEO Joseph DeVivo. Net sales for the quarter came in at $82 million… Read more

Thomas Reuters, analysts reckon that Broadcom, on its $8.44 billion revenue, will earn $2.77 per share… Read more

4/10/2013

The company was forced to restate earnings which wiped $56.5 million off profits… Read more

This is a highly important aspect, especially as Facebook turns into a mobile company. All through the fourth quarter, 23 percent of Facebook’s $1.585 billion… Read more

Del Frisco’s stock has been on a nice run in 2013, rising from $14 to a high of $18.48, before settling at around $17. The strong appreciation came on the heels of the company’s strong performance… Read more

Enanta had forecast a range of $14-$16 for its offering and it was finally sold at the bottom point of the range at $14 to make $56 million by selling 4 million shares… Read more

The stock has extremely high short interest as traders are making a bearish call on nearly 22 percent of its float of 151 million shares… Read more

4/9/2013

CFO purchased 59,732 shares on the same day. Three Vice-Presidents have also been buying up stock, Steinberg (69,381 shares), Todd (43,497 shares) and Johnsen ($53,238 shares)… Read more

PC Tel Inc is currently trading just 11 percent above its book value of $6.26 per share. The company reported 32.6 percent growth in top line in the most… Read more

Q4 revenues were relatively in line, while the company deferred approximately $15 million of revenue to future periods from Q1 to Q3, which… Read more

Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2012 were $6.8 million, compared to $5.4 million for the comparable period in 2011… Read more

Taking a look at the fundamentals, the company has a market cap of $159.71 million and has a price to earnings of 6.36. Forward price to earnings comes in at 5.74 and the stock is at a significant… Read more

4/8/2013

Ahmad remarked that while the high end market typically grows rates in the range of 50 to100 percent, the market will grow 10-15 percent this year… Read more

California based Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a generics player with a strategy focused on aggressive acquisitions to bring in new assets. In 2011, the company acquired CyDex which was instrumental in… Read more

On January 24^th, 2013 the company announced 2012 year end results to the delight of shareholders. The company earned $2.02 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2012 representing an increase… Read more

This represented almost 23 percent growth in revenue. At the same time, the cash flow for the company also improved by over 30 percent, closing out… Read more

Consequently, gross profit margin increased slightly for the three months ended December 31, 2012 to 27.3 percent from 27.2 percent for the same period in the prior year. The appliance category increase… Read more

A good example is Leap Wireless International’s (NASDAQ: LEAP) Muve Music service that is available on all Cricket phones. It has over 1.4 million subscribers and is the largest subscription music service in the… Read more

4/5/2013

The company offers value meals that cost around $2.50. Average daily customer traffic per restaurant is over 1,100 customers across their 256… Read more

The market cap for the company is around $333 million but no person with that kind of money would be willing to spend it on RadioShack. The company is struggling to find a private… Read more

In fact, there is a chance that it may go on to earn over $750 million. If that happens, it could turn out to be the best year Real D… Read more

In addition to the sale of 3.5 million shares, Annie’s has also announced that it will sell a further 525,000 shares. This batch will be sold… Read more

With the price of the company’s shares rising in the past year to over 150 percent, Barrett’s earnings are expected to grow at 35 percent per year over a period of five years. The results… Read more

4/4/2013

Another potential upside to Permian is that it is a small-cap company with growth potential.  As investors shifted into dividend paying stocks, Permian saw its share price triple from $8 to nearly $24 a share… Read more

Though the company achieved FDA approval for Korlym and made it commercially available to patients less than two… Read more

Looking at the fundamentals, Ambow has a market share of $70.53 million and currently has a “hold” rating from analysts. The stock has a price to earnings of 9.5 and is currently undervalued to its future… Read more

The company reported cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $99.1 million at December 31, 2012, compared with… Read more

4/3/2013

The stock has a nice price to earnings ratio of 3.72 and the stock gained 3.02 percent yesterday to close at $4.77… Read more

Masimo reported total revenue of $113mm one year after the procurement, which represents a 14 percent growth from the $99mm that… Read more

Rhino is paying its investors to wait with a sizable dividend. This company currently has a healthy dividend yield of about 13 percent. Rhino can afford this decent payout because it is running at a… Read more

Revenue however was weaker than expected, coming in at $201.6mm, from a consensus of $206.52mm…. Read more

The company announced the launch of a new family of Intelligent Nano-Second Time-Stamping (NICS), an enabler of next generation network monitoring in big data environments. The new product is expected to… Read more

04/02/2013

With a market cap of $338m and revenue of $122m, Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALC), is a stock that will benefit tremendously from the coming bull market in agriculture. When it comes to investing in an agriculture… Read more

If the American housing recovery continues, foreign investors will want to get on board through REITs and… Read more

OCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) is trading lower, down 0.97 percent to close at $2.04 per share. The company’s stock is trading well below its 52 week high of $8.47, opening the day’s trading at… Read more

Trina Solar Limited stock fell in the same manner as Canadian Solar Inc. The company’s shares, of which 1.6 million were traded on Monday, fell 2.92 percent to close at $3.99… Read more

More than 50 percent of the increase in revenue is attributable to major acquisitions and new contracts. Student Transportation issued dividends worth $0.55 per share to investors recently… Read more

04/01/2013

Going by figures in J.C. Penney’s annual report that was filed with the SEC, the company is noted to have slashed 43,000 jobs in 2012. As of January 28, 2012, the company reported 159,000 full-time and part-… Read more

Competitor Official Payments Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OPAY) traded lower in the same session, down 0.18 percent at $5.69 per share. The company’s stock is trading below its 52 week high of $6.49, opening the… Read more

Despite better looking margins, this company still has a slightly negative EPS that is just below zero. Another strong quarter or two of revenue growth will push this stat into positive territory. This is often a… Read more

With a market cap of $253 million and a forward P/E of 13.07, NWPX is nicely poised to take on new contracts in… Read more

The company estimated a capex of $112 million (the largest in the company’s history) to expand its natural gas transmission and distribution systems. Chesapeake’s… Read more

03/28/2013

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) is trading lower, down 0.02 percent at $44.21 per share. The company’s stock is trading just below its 52 week high of $45.00, recently opening at $43.66. The company… Read more

Highlighting the strides the country is making in switching from fossil fuels to green energy, the President stated that more that 50 percent of additional energy capacity utilized by United States in 2012 came from renewable sources… Read more

Big giants Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) and Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) are expected to suffer a lot as well. As per law, processed meat will not be available in stores until it has been inspected. Both large… Read more

The Baltic Dry Index, a broadly used indicator of rates and vessel demand in the industry, is currently middling at about 769. This is the lowest that it has been since 1985. In fact, charter rates are… Read more

Twitter, another large social networking site, is already giving stiff competition to Facebook. If it goes public then Facebook may be in big trouble…. Read more

At the same time, competitor PhotoMedex Inc. (NASDAQ: PHMD) traded lower, down 1.55 percent to close at $15.92 per share. The company’s stock is trading below its 52 week high of $19.18, opening the… Read more

3/27/2013

Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ: LAYN) is also trading higher, up by 1.32 percent to close at $22.19. The company is below its 52 week high of $25.11 per share. The market capitalization for Layne… Read more

The company recently trimmed its 2013 guidance to $102.5 million from $105 million. GHM is a smaller player… Read more

The company enjoys healthy returns on equity that regularly exceed 10 percent. With a market cap of $531 million, the company has over $200 million… Read more

The company reported net income in the quarter ending December 31, 2012 of -$7.07 million on revenues of $20.98 million… Read more

Despite trading down in Monday’s session, Alderon Iron Ore Corp should benefit greatly from the strategic partnership as it moves to increase its market share. Shares of Alderon traded down by 7.88… Read more

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNX) saw its shares rise about 3.21 percent in Monday trading. Better earnings results were posted by the company, beating expectations for the fourth quarter of 2012… Read more

However, Datalink, (market cap $221 million), has even bigger goals as it quietly plans to snap up several more acquisitions over the next few years in a bid to double sales to $1 billion… Read more

Barrett Business Services’ growth has been phenomenal in the past three years and analysts give it a buy rating. Having recorded a loss in 2002, the company saw a rise in earnings between 2003 and 2005… Read more

3/26/2013

The P/E ratio is an unreal 1,726.00 for the trailing twelve month period. FB shares are currently trading down, in the same neighborhood as at the beginning of the year, around $25.80… Read more

The stock price has been on a tear since the beginning of the year, appreciating from $18 to just above $25. Technically there appears to be some strong support at $24 a… Read more

America is home to several multinational companies that have their presence around the world including. Over the years, many U.S. companies have flourished in China… Read more

A comparable concern is PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLXT), a company whose shares are trading at around $5. PLXT is a Sunnyvale, California based manufacturer of integrated circuits… Read more

Putting all this into perspective, it becomes candidly clear that there is big money in emerging markets. Within five years, the number of U.S. companies making inroads into emerging markets will have doubled… Read more

3/25/2013

Depomed Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO), a small-cap pharmaceutical company, is currently going through this application process for its new drug Serada. This… Read more

Advent Software, Inc. is a San Francisco, California based data management company. The company has a market capitalization around $1.4 billion and is trading at around $29 per share. The company stock is trading near its 52 week high of $30 per share. The quick ratio for… Read more

Positive developments are being reported by Neonode, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEON). The company recently entered into a deal with AB Volvo… Read more

The rating agency cut global growth forecasts to 2.2 percent in 2013 and 2.8 percent in 2014, from their last estimates of 2.4 percent and 2.9 percent respectively.  The divergence in the EU/U.S. growth paths is once again reinforced, despite lower estimates for both areas in 2013… Read more

Another solar products company, Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) is experiencing the same troubles that have dogged Canadian Solar Inc. The retroactive duties being imposed by the European… Read more

3/22/2013

Vringo, Inc. (NYSE: VRNG), with a market capitalization of around $235 million, is trading around $3 per share in trading of just around one million shares. The company has scheduled an investor call for March… Read more

Immediately after this announcement, Furiex’s share price shot up 75 percent and this rally kept going. Furiex currently trades at about $40 a share, double where it was last… Read more

The San Jose, California based Pericom Semiconductor has a market capitalization of around $168 million, slightly higher than the market… Read more

Cass Information Systems continued positive earnings reports will help to propel it to even higher share value. Analysts are rewarding CASS by upgrading it from… Read more

The company’s stock is coming off its 52 week low of around $35 per share and moving upward. Thought to be oversold at around $38 per share a month ago, the company continues to rise, gaining an additional 10.5 percent in share… Read more

HHG is a perfect example of this phenomenon, losing around 30 percent of its share price over the last couple of years…. Read more

With the purchase of BOXX Modular Holdings Inc., Black Diamond was able to strengthen and expand their group of wholly owned subsidiaries. This makes for strong quarterly reports. The resulting profits… Read more

Earnings per share (EPS) (which indicates the company’s profitability) stand at $1.12 for the company. A larger U.S. based competitor, People’s United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) offers a basic EPS of $0.64… Read more

3/21/2013

The lower target price for the company means that it might be losing ground to its main competitors, especially 3SBio, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRX) whose stock price gained a few points recently. This means that… Read more

This is expected to be a major boost for residential construction firms such as Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV), M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO), and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE: BZH)… Read more

The company is already witnessing the benefits of a recovering economy in its operations as revenues jumped to $287 million in the year-end quarter from… Read more

According to the Department of Energy statistics, U.S. oil production surpassed 7 million barrels per day in November and December, marking first such occasion in 20 years. Domestic crude oil production increased at a pace of about 812,000 barrels per day in 2012, which… Read more

The stock is currently trading at just above $69 per share, about $10 below its all-time high of $79.50 reached on April 6, 2011. Like most equities, the stock has been on a tear since December 2012, rallying… Read More

3/20/2013

On February 27th, this maker of therapeutic products for tissue repair and healing products announced big profits for its Q4 2012 operations. Its margins grew 66.1… Read more

The company trades at $3.05 per share and has a market cap of  $303.66 million. Compared to competing stocks like Best Buy and Wal-Mart, an emerging stock pick like Radio Shack is safe for future consideration… Read more

An accounting change by the company in the fourth quarter of 2012 resulted in a charge of $1.1 billion, which was part of a total 2012 loss of around $2.5 billion… Read more

The stock is currently trading at about $1.21 per share. Technically the stock has some nice upward potential, as it is expected to rise over the next few months. The stock is way off its 52-week high of $2.71… Read more

03/19/2013

The company is gaining popularity among Indian, Mexican, Chinese and Philippine immigrants, specifically targeting Internet users with fast money transfers and low transaction fees. The company generates around 70 to75 percent of its revenues from… Read more

The company, based in San Jose, California, is holding a little over $11 per share and trading with a healthy price to earnings ratio of around 28. Analysts are bullish on the company, which has three buy and one hold recommendations. A market capitalization of around $484 million indicates a company looking to shed its emerging… Read more

The company’s recent earnings reports exceeded analysts, estimates by $0.10. Non-GAAP earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 were around $0.18…. Read more

Trading near its 52 week low at around $5 per share, analysts are calling into question the management ability of Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL), a Park City, Utah maker of headphones, ear buds and gaming headsets. Recently announced GAAP earnings of $0.47 failed to meet expectations and has cast… Read more

This Chapel Hill, North Carolina maker of development and clinical stage antibiotics used to treat bacterial infectious diseases, is trading at around $7, three-fourths of its 52 week high. Cempra Inc. is a newer… Read more

03/18/2013

Consequently, the company reported fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $20.7 million, an increase of $0.3 million compared to $20.4 million in the third quarter of 2012. Gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2012… Read more

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.  (NYSE: JKS) and Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) fell 12 percent, while JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: JASO) and Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) stocks dropped on average by… Read more

Rosetta Stone stock has been on an upward trend following the announcement of first quarter earnings.  Revenues were $78.7 million for the first quarter of 2013, representing a 2.27 percent decrease as… Read more

In its 2012 fourth quarter report, Gevo reported revenues of $1.9 million, compared to $17.2 million in the same period in 2011. The decrease in revenues resulted from the company suspending ethanol.. Read more

The SGIC, a producer of servers and data storage systems, is trading near its 52 week high at $15 per share, suggesting that it is a good buy. A closer look at its fundamentals, however, tells investors to look… Read more

The total revenue for Edgewater Technology, Inc. reported in Q4 of 2012 was $24.2 million compared to $26.4 million in the previous year’s same quarter. Service revenue was $19.5 million as compared to… Read more

On trailing 12 months basis, sales have grown by 11.08 percent. This yields earnings per share growth of 116 percent. This is significantly higher than its five year historical earnings growth of 13 percent… Read more

03/15/2013

The company’s market capitalization is around $428 million and a change in its underperforming business lines resulted in a better than expected earnings report. The company released adjusted earnings per… Read more

Canaccord Genuity has given Nanosphere, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSPH) a buy rating and a price target of $5.00.Canaccord Genuity said, “Nanosphere is all set to capture a meaningful stake of the $5 billion molecular… Read more

On the flip side, with its declining revenues, the stock has underperformed against a 0.3 percent industry average decline. Over the last three years (2009-2012) USMO’s revenues dropped by 24 percent, 29… Read more

Envestnet Inc. (NYSE: ENV) reported quarterly revenues of $44.60 million, much higher than the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $43.90. This is a remarkable increase from the $32.64 million recorded in the same quarter last year. Earnings per share (at… Read more

Anticipation of an impressive Q4 2012 report by CombiMatrix Corporation (NASDAQ: CBMX) caused its shares to surge 136 percent as investors and the market reacted to the news. However, the realities were quite different after the results were released. For instance, the shares plunged some 27.35… Read more

03/14/2013

Marking a gigantic leap forward in the digital marketing industry, Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RINN) aligned its flagship RoninCast 4.0 software with Samsung’s (OTN: SSNLF) latest Smart… Read more

The hormone already has passed through a Phase II clinical trial which means that it is one step closer towards being made available for use. In major news related to the development of the… Read more

With the targeted PFS events reached, the results and data collected will now be reviewed by an independent committee. The committee will… Read more

Feburary 28^th. The company reported net sales of $382 million which was up by $2.2 million from sales of Q4 2011. Consolidated gross profits for the period were increased by $0.1 million to $50.50 million while GP margin… Read more

Shares of Affymax are trading at $2.68, marginally up by 1.13 percent but considerably lower than the 52 week high of $28. Volume of shares traded has also gone down significantly from an average of 4.15… Read more

The company’s financial security is very solid with a current ratio of 3.51. Earnings are expected to jump 40 percent this year and… Read more

The company’s last earnings report was negatively affected by Hurricane Sandy as well as weakness in Europe. The stock is currently trading around $12.78 per share, below its 52-week high of $13.53. With a… Read more

The allegations stem from the observation that the $12.25 per-share purchase price, which stands at a 49 percent premium value for Zipcar is at a sharp 32 percent discount to Zipcar’s IPO price a year earlier… Read more

03/13/2013

While these conditions are good for the market as a whole, they are problems for gold. Gold lost over 7 percent of its value over the past year while Keegan’s share price collapsed by 50 percent. You can see there’s a very strong… Read more

Conclusively, while JAKKS traded down 6.32 percent to close at $11.41 on March 1, we can be hopeful that Mario and Luigi, Donkey Kong, Zelda, El Chavo and others will be able to work their magic and lift JAKKS Pacific higher… Read more

The company is in a very niche industry that is in high demand. For example, the company reported record annual earnings in 2012. Revenues totaled $46.6 million or an 11 percent increase from fiscal 2011. Earnings per share totaled $1.10 compared to… Read more

Alaska Air failed to meet expectations with dropped margins on GAAP earnings per share, but it did meet expectations on the revenue front and even bagged more profits year-over year in the fourth quarter of… Read more

The revenues generated during the fourth quarter this year for the company’s airline operations stood at $103.6 million, excluding fuel charges and other expenses. This is a dip from $108.3… Read more

Delphi Automotive stock surged to their highest peak on the NYSE in the last nine months after the announcement. Its dividend yield of 1.7 percent still failed to even out the average yield of 2.2 percent for… Read more

Campus Crest Communities Inc. (NYSE: CCG) announced on February 28^th that the public issue of 22.2 million of new shares in its common stock will be made at an offer price of $12.25 a share. The public issue will bring as much as $260.8 million in proceeds net of… Read more

3/12/2013

Ferro Corp produces performance materials such as coatings, colors, ceramics, plastics and other by-products. The company recently received a tender offer of $6.50 a share, both in cash and stock. Ferro… Read more

Just this week, it was reported that gold fell $5.80 in April futures to level out at $1572.80 for a Troy Ounce at the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. This is the lowest settlement price for gold since July 18, 2012… Read more

Though Verizon holds a 65 percent stake in the Redbox venture, Coinstar stands to gain substantially as well. The service, which is currently in beta stage, will be priced at $6, $8 or $9 per month of usage… Read more

This is an entirely new market, not only for AT&T, but also for the entire telecommunications world. This is also a potential market for app makers, since mobile connection will be useless without functionalities,… Read more

The report did a great job of examining and providing readers with data on the demand for prefabricated housing such as modular, pre-cut and penalized homes for the years 2002, 2007, 2012, while providing forecasts for 2017 and 2022… Read more

The fourth quarter has not been a promising one for the already struggling J.C Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP). This quarter has done little to provide any sort of hope to CEO Ron Johnson. After earning $291.4 million a year ago, which comes to about $1.28 per… Read more

3/11/2012

America’s Car-Mart’s earning per share (EPS) increased by 15 percent compared to the same fiscal quarter of the year before, showing improved profitability. Its revenue increased by 12.9 percent on a… Read more

There was an increase of about 0.57 percent in share price on the day this deal was announced compared to the closing share price of the day before. On May 1, 2012, Allot acquired Ortiva wireless. Allot closed on that day at about… Read more

Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU), LG Electronics, Inc. (066570: KS), Zte Corp.-H (763: Hong Kong) and Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. (002502. SZ). So we’re making Alcatel our target, at least for this article. We’ll consider if this… Read more

Its revenue grew by about 44.5 percent in 2011 when compared to 2010. Its EPS is also impressive. One other thing I found about DNA Link is that its results improve significantly across board on a yearly basis… Read more

On a quarterly basis, AeroVironment has been reporting an increase in its EPS over the past two years, barring first quarter fiscal 2013, a quarter during which the company usually struggles. Its last quarter… Read more

3/8/2013

Another small cap that stands to flourish as Keystone XL becomes a reality is Blueknight Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: BKEP) with its $175 million market cap. This assertion is made with knowledge of… Read more

It pegged the price target at $4, forecasting its shares to decline by 65 percent from current prices. The firm noted that management has… Read more

Keryx announced in September that it had cash, cash equivalents, interest receivable, and investment securities of $20.2 million, compared to $39.5 million on December 31, 2011. The net loss for the quarter… Read more

Research and development expenses were $3.8 million and $12.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, compared to $1.8 million and $5.1 million for the three and nine… Read more

In its 2012 third quarter report, net revenues increased 36 percent to $133.1 million, compared to $97.8 million in the third quarter of 2011. Local revenues increased 17 percent to $73 million, compared to… Read more

3/7/2012

In another positive move, LMI also secured a large line of credit through Regal-Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). While LMI initially wanted to have a $75 million five-year… Read more

In its recent fourth quarter report, the company reported full year 2012 net income of $51.3 million, a $203.1 million improvement from its full year 2011 net loss of $151.8 million. The company also reported… Read more

On a GAAP basis, net loss for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012 was $11.6 million. This might seem discouraging, but it is not so when compared with a net loss of $15.1 million in the prior… Read more

USANA is making a big push to move into the Chinese market. Just this week, the company received licenses to sell in three new Chinese provinces. As China continues to get richer, there are more and… Read more

The only issue that’s not in favor of Agree Realty is its financial position. The company’s balance sheet indicates a total cash position of $542,000, while total debt is $125.75 million. This raises serious… Read more

3/6/2013

QSII’s compound revenue growth over a nine year period, 2003-2012, was a healthy 26 percent. Operating cash flow over the same period has also been healthy, at 22 percent. QSII has only had a dividend in place… Read more

However, for those of us that invest in healthcare stocks, it is quite clear that we need not sacrifice our health; we just need to peek in our portfolios. If you are planning on adding to your portfolio this month, you may want to consider the three emerging growth healthcare stocks… Read more

The company’s recent fourth quarter earnings release shows just that. Omnicare reported earnings of $0.86 per share on revenue of $1.53 billion. Analysts were looking for earnings of $0.85 per share on… Read more

3/5/2013

Matrix Service Co., market cap: $398.63 million, offers a great investment opportunity. The company, as of mid-last year, had its roots squarely in the middle of the storage business both geographically and… Read more

Inovio stock hit recent new highs in January of this year and is moving upwards, although the stock price is likely to be fairly bumpy while the company is in mid-stage clinical testing. Like any other biotech firm, a… Read more

Last week, the Dow and S&P 500, hit five-year highs on talks of a possible merger between OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP).  Individual stocks of both companies moved sharply higher (12.4 percent for ODP and 22 percent for OMX) on reports of merger talks between the two competing office supplies retailers… Read more

Looking at the next few months there is certainly going to be some volatility. Investing in a company that offers a good point of entry and unique product and services is the key to avoiding some of the gyrations in the market. Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ:  CTCT) is one of those companies in the IT service sector…. Read more

The company’s historical financial performance can attest to this claim. Revenues have grown by 97 percent over the last 5 years. In fact, the company has grown its revenues from $536,000 in 2009 to… Read more

The first emerging growth company to consider is Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) a provider of micro electronics and microwave components used in wireless, space and defence electronics markets. The… Read more

For the fourth quarter, which ended December 31, 2012, Audience’s revenue increased by $20 million compared to the same quarter of the prior year. This accounts for about 115 percent year-over-year… Read more

3/4/2013

Atrion Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRI) has released its operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. The numbers were not so impressive, at least with respect to S&P Capital IQ estimates. Operating income declined by 8 percent for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 compared to the same quarter of the year… Read more

News surfaced on February 11, 2013 that AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMAG)could be in trouble, following an announcement by Branham Law, LLP that it is investigating AMAG and certain of its officers and directors for potential breaches of fiduciary duties. This is in connection with AMAG’s apparent failure to disclose that… Read more

The good thing about this partnership is that Softbank’s market is large. Market reach extends out of Japan to the rest of Asia, Europe and the US. In addition, it boasts of some first-world companies as its… Read more

Shares in the company rose 25 percent on 65 time’s average volume on the heels of an announcement that the EPA has given thumbs up to one of the company’s new products. The product, called Xtrem-A-… Read more

Lydall, Inc.’s (NYSE: LDL) stock went from a buy rating to a neutral rating by Sidoti towards the end of last month and investors were beginning to become concerned. At the time, the company was moving at a 50-day average of $14.82 with $8.79 and $15.93 being the 52 week low and high respectively… Read more

3/1/2013

IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), the owner of Match.com (the largest online dating service) released 2012 fourth quarter earnings in early February. The company reported a profit of $40.7 million, down… Read more

Kratos’ share price still remains depressed because of fears about the sequester cuts. No doubt this is going to be a significant challenge. With less money, the military is going to have to cut a number of… Read more

If an investor wants to be long in the housing market right now, the higher beta names are the way to go. Beta is a measure of a stock’s volatility in relation to the market. The market has a beta of 1.0, and stocks… Read more

However there are small-cap companies that do stand to profit from environmental concerns and one of them is CECO Environmental Corporation (NASDAQ: CECE), a company that specializes in the provision of… Read more

For all you technical traders out there, we are seeing the price action hitting resistance and making a turn lower as of this writing. Initially, the stock saw sideways resistance at $11 but broke out on the upside to… Read more

2/28/2013

These changes were probably responsible for the 2.4 percent drop in students taking classes from Corinthian. The numbers fell from from 90,910 in 2011 to 88,688 in 2012. In fact, new student enrolments… Read more

Net income amounted to $1.2 million for the quarter. Full year net income reached $31.1 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.63. The company expects to grow its earnings per share in the range of… Read more

As part of measures to boost its profile in the IT sector in China, the company announced In December 2012, that it had gone into a joint venture with International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM)… Read more

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties (NYSE: GNI) gives investors a great return for their money with earnings per share at $13.58 and a yield of 21 percent. The company is a registered nonvoting Trust under the laws of the state of Michigan pursuant to a Trust agreement signed on December 7 1906. The Trust owns mineral and non-mineral properties in Northeastern… Read more

2/27/2013

Industrial sales of trucks and cranes are also on the rise in 2013, making way for companies like Manitex International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTX) to take hold of the market. Manitex is a growing name in the field of… Read more

The buzz surrounding the company is promising for investors. Firstly, CPK has formed a synergy with Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) through one of its subsidiaries, Sharp Energy. CPK will supply… Read more

Fundamentally, the company is in great shape. Currently TKR has a price to earnings ratio of 11.14, with forward price to earnings coming in at 11.46.  The nice share price run since December has given the… Read more

In part 1, I discussed Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) and its well-positioned portfolio of anti-friction bearings, steel and power transmissions; all very important factors that factories will be looking to upgrade. In part 2, I will be discussing another important tool in today’s factories and manufacturing community: robots.  These days, most of the… Read more

This stock still has a lot of upside potential. First of all, the global economy is far from being in a complete recovery. As the United States and Europe move towards rising employment numbers, the price of oil… Read more

2/26/2013

Ericsson is one of the leading wireless carrier providers in Europe and the deal with VimpelCom will definitely fuel the company’s savings and make way for larger growth in the market. Aside from… Read More

The corporate circles are abuzz with the news of the merger between US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and American Airlines, and the comeback of the ‘One World Alliance’.  It is no secret that alliances have proven to be some of the smartest moves by airline carriers in the past, with Star Alliance being a good example of a success story. According to reliable sources, US Airways (NYSE: LCC) is… Read More

The 27 year old ownership of NBC Universal by General Electric (NYSE: GE) has come to an end, as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), the largest cable TV operator in the U.S., is set to acquire a 49 percent stake in overall holdings… Read More

With future earnings set to grow by 15-20 percent per year, HBIO could be worth upwards of $7 with a potential upside of as much as $10. Even if HBIO grew by only 10 percent or so, the stock would still be… Read More

The first emerging growth company on the list is 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) with a market cap of $483.53 million. 8×8 was in the news last week regarding its partnership with SoftBank Telecom Corporation… Read More

2/25/2013

We’ll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors. We’ll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for Medicare, because our medical bills shouldn’t… Read More

RTEC recently reported its full year 2012 results. The company said that its revenues amounted to $218.5 million, an increase of 17 percent year-over-year. Front-end customers accounted for 62 percent of the revenues and back-end customers contributed the remaining 38 percent… Read More

Earlier this month, Solazyme and Mitsui & Company Ltd (8031: Tokyo) entered into a $20 million agreement to jointly synthesize triglyceride oils for use in the oleochemical industry. Applications for… Read More

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) has made the transition. The company’s magazineMartha Stewart Living is available in a digital format as well as in print. MSO has a market cap of $198.53… Read More

ACCO reported revenues of $529.7 million for the quarter, an increase of 51 percent compared to the same period last year. This easily exceeds the consensus revenue estimates of $541.1 million. The better than expected revenue figure is largely attributed to the addition of MeadWestvaco Corporation’s (NYSE: MWV) consumer and office business. ACCO paid $860 million for this acquisition last year… Read More

2/22/2013

A good example is Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED). In the third quarter of fiscal 2012, the company beat analysts’ estimates on several counts, including EPS which came in at $0.42. Analysts had earlier pegged… Read more

Blue chip companies have a tradition of dividend growth, however  non blue chip companies like Whiting USA Trust (NYSE: WHX) can also provide a regular “paycheck” for retirees looking for guaranteed… Read more

With uncertain times ahead, investing in industries that are set to rebound sometimes offer the greatest protection. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ: USAP) manufactures and markets semi-… Read more

2/21/2013

The company receives its income under two royalty agreements; the Exxon Mobil  Corporation (NYSE: XOM) Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: ADR) rate agreement which covers gas sales from the western part of… Read more

The second emerging growth company is 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (NYSE: FLWS). The company has a market cap of $282 million and is trading up at $4.35. FLWS delivers fresh flowers and a large selection of… Read more

The Fukushima disaster in March 2011 was a watershed in nuclear power generation. When the tsunami badly damaged the Fukushima reactor and resulted in radiation release, the Japanese government shut down its nuclear reactors. Even more significant… Read more

2/20/2013

A drop in consumer sales was already in the cards because of the expiration of the pay-roll tax holiday, but the situation may not last long according to experts. The recovery in the real estate niche is a strong… Read more

The stock is currently trading at $12.00 per share and is flirting with its 6-month high of $12.36. The company has been relatively range bound, with tremendous support at $10.50 per share. Recently there… Read more

For the first nine months of 2012 revenue for the company was $277.2 million, up 25.9 percent from $220.3 million for the first nine months of 2011. FF’s adjusted EBITDA was $46.5 million, a 10.5 percent… Read more

2/19/2013

In its fourth quarter of 2012, the Company generated revenues that totaled $5.9 million, compared with revenues of $2.8 million for the third quarter of 2012. Net loss for the quarter was $21.7 million,… Read more

In fiscal 2012, Microsoft’s net income dropped by $6.2 billion compared to fiscal 2011. This decrease isn’t essentially as a result of decrease in sales. The company stated that a goodwill impairment charge is… Read more

Well, for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, Anaren’s revenue growth was 6.34 percent year-over-year.  This isn’t a record revenue growth for the company, but it does show significant improvement from… Read more

The results show that net sales increased by 4.5 percent for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 compared to the second quarter for fiscal 2012. This may not look substantial, but according to the… Read more

RSYS reported a net loss of $35.1 million in its last quarterly report. However, included in the net loss was a $29.7 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge resulting from the recent reduction in the company’s… Read more

2/15/2013

The company has high hopes for the future. It projects that its cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities will reach $55 million by the end of 2013. Sangamo expects that revenues will be in the range of… Read more

Definitely look to small-cap tobacco companies such as Vector Group (NYSE: VGR) to hop on the train as well as larger companies like Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) and Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI). Vector is a solid performer which consistently turns a profit. It also pays double digit dividends to its shareholders… Read more

LOPE has a low debt equity of only 0.13 and an extremely low forward P/E of 13.90. The company shows strong growth on all key parameters with the average annual earnings growth for the past five years at a… Read more

Indeed, shares in the company are up over 16 percent for the first two months of 2013. The stock has been trending in a tight consolidation pattern with a low of $2.60 and a high of $3.68. This pattern has… Read more

2/14/2013

Sales for Q3 2012 were $27.5 million, a record for Edac and a 26 percent increase from Q3 of 2011. Gross profit for Q3 of 2012 was up year-over-year by 50 percent. Operating income was also up by a tidy 69… Read more

Shares got a substantial boost (almost 11 percent) last Friday as the specter of an online gaming bill was revived in New Jersey. According to Reuters, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie initially vetoed the… Read more

On January 30, 2013 the company announced the acquisition of Dicks Sporting Goods and Petsmart in St Joseph Missouri. Both tenants have around nine and a half years remaining on their respective leases. The cost of the… Read more

The highlights of the disappointing earnings include a 2.25 percent year-over-year decline in revenue. Quarterly net income also dipped to $239 thousand from $948 thousand in fiscal 2012 Q1. To add to the already… Read more

2/13/2013

Over the past five years, NEWP has grown sales by 3.69 percent a year. This is in line with the average growth rate of its industry of 3 percent to 5 percent. Company revenue growth rate in 2012 was right at 18… Read more

The company’s stock currently trades at $19.41 in a nice yearly channel that ranges from about $17.75 to $20.00. MSEX has a nice dividend of 3.85 percent, which is not expected to go lower anytime soon. The… Read more

Q3 2012 numbers were solid. Manitex increased revenue by 44 percent jumping to $53.4 million. Its net income increased 145 percent to $2.5 million. The company repaid $3.8 million of long term debt from net… Read more

KEYN recently reported its first fiscal quarter of 2013. Revenue for the quarter reached $33.9 million, compared to $33.1 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2012. Total Internet revenue was $16.4 million, up… Read more

2/12/2013

CPI recently released its 2012 unaudited results versus its 2011 audited report. The company had revenue of around $89.6 million in 2012, an increase of 21 percent from $74.1 million in 2011. Net income… Read more

Collectors Universe has a market cap of $98 million. It currently trades at $11.97, which is great for investors who want to get in at a decent entry point. Service revenues declined by 15 percent to $9.6 million in this year’s second quarter, compared to… Read more

BSET had a solid year in 2012 and fourth quarter numbers were exceedingly strong. The stock has grown by 71.03 percent over the last year powered by a phenomenal earnings growth of 2483.33 percent, far… Read more

ALSK has a market capitalization of $79 million and shares are trading at $1.73. GNCMA boasts a market cap of $341.54 million and shares are selling for $8.19 as of today. General Communication has had an… Read more

2/11/2013

Kadant (NYSE: KAI)… This is also a sign that management expects strong financial performance going forward. In fact, trailing 12 months revenues grew by 12% compared to the industry’s dismal growth rate of 3%. This also… Read more

Last monday Sonus Netowrks (NASDAQ: SONS) was up a whopping 16% to $2.67, as Oracle made a bid for Acme Packet for $29.25 a share. Acme, a competitor to Sonus Networks, is expected to accept the bid without any other competitive… Read more

Cleveland Biolabs (NASDAQ: CBLI) founded in 2003 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, has a market capitalization of $81.66 million. Shares are currently trading at up at $1.88. In December of 2012 Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Cleveland BioLabs with an Outperform rating and a $3 price target… Read more

Currently Opexa (NADSAQ: OPXA) has a market cap of $16.87 million and is selling for $2.92 per share. The company’s shares had jumped to over $4 after the announcement of the deal with Merck, but have settled down… Read more

2/8/2013

On January 22, 2013, Arrow Financial (NASDAQ: AROW) released its annual operating results for the three- and twelvemonth periods ended December 31, 2012. The fourth quarter records net income of $5.5 million, which shows a… Read more

Currently, Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) has a market cap of $5.52 Billion and currently holds a “buy” rating from analysts.  The stock has a high price to earnings of 44 but the forward price to earnings of 9.17, implies a sizeable… Read more

2/7/2013

Herbalife (NYSE: HLF)hares dropped to a low of $24.24 and were selling today at a low of just $30.84, rebounding back to over $34.00. The company has released a statement saying that it is… Read more

There is an old Wall Street adage that says, “Buy when there is blood on the street.” For instance, the market is quick to dump a stock that presented a slower than expected quarterly results. The short-sightedness of the market creates various opportunities for the trained eye. Recently, Tessco Technologies (NASDAQ: TESS)… Read more

Landauer (NYSE: LDR) is scheduled to release its Q1 2013 financial results on Monday, February 11^th after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call for investors on Tuesday, February 12^th at 10am (Eastern Time). Getting short LDR at these levels may be a nice short-term play… Read more

2/06/2013

Spartech Corp (NYSE: SEH) is currently trading at $9.66, close to its 52-week high of $9.95 reached on January 4^th of this year (the 52-week low is $3.54). Technically, the stock appears to be in breakout mode as the price is… Read more

According to a news report released by Reuters this morning Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is nearing a deal for a buyout from a consortium led by CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) is also in on… Read more

Over the past few years, the market has been selling these stocks indiscriminately giving astute investors opportunity to buy into good names. PC Connection (NASDAQ: PCCC) is one good business that the… Read more

Currently, Cray’s stock price is 18.42 dollars and the consensus recommendation on NASDAQ is to buy the company’s shares. The company is competing with the likes of Concurrent Computer Corporation… Read more

2/5/2013

Their stock price is under a dollar at this point, and it appears as if they have no way to go but up. During the first quarter of 2013, Cabana lemonades and health products are expected to bring in major revenue… Read more

You on Demand (NYSE: YOD) You has a market cap of $13.13 million and is currently trading at $1.11, a nice entry point for anyone looking to get in on the ground floor. The company certainly has potential to grow if the business strategy… Read more

At a current market cap of $32.1 million P&F is much smaller than Ethan Allen and La-Z-Boy (both north of $800 million). Its price performance is an impressive 44.14%, far ahead of its peers: Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) at 2.41%, A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) at 11.34%, and Planar Systems (NASDAQ:PLNR) at 13.29%… Read more

Farmer Brothers Co. (NASDAQ: FARM) is anticipated to earn $0.24 on sales of $143 million. That’s pretty big difference compared to a $0.6 cent loss on sales of $123 million it produced last year… Read more

2/4/2013

As far as other recent developments are concerned, Spectrum pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI) also offered a dividend to their shareholders in December 2012, which was a first for the company. The company has also been… Read more

Silicon Motion (NASDAQ: SIMO) Although the earnings per share (EPS) will be announced at the conference call, it is being predicted that the EPS for the fourth quarter of 2012 will be $0.31, as opposed to $0.37 in the fourth quarter of 2011… Read more

In March of 2007 Altria spun off its remaining stake in Kraft Foods to its shareholders. The spinoff strengthened the company by reducing debt and allowing Altria (NYSE: MO) purchase as much as $40 billion worth of… Read more

Besides boasting an endearing name, Almost Family Inc. (NASDAQ: AFAM) is also a solid contender in the home healthcare industry. Trading at $20.00 per share the company has a market cap of $186.72 million… Read more

2/1/2013

Small-cap retailers abound in today’s market and, if chosen wisely, can offer nice long-term options for the savvy investor… Read more

Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT), which may be the strongest pure play in today’s market for any company that produces engines and fuel system technologies that use natural gas… Read more

Great Southern Bank (NASDAQ: GSBC) has a price to earnings of 8 and a forward price to earnings of 13.42.  Moving to the PEG, we see the stock is undervalued due to a PEG of 0.89.  Debt to equity comes in a bit… Read more

Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY) managed to raise revenue of $36.2 million. This figure edged up 64.3 percent to $59.5 million in 2011 and… Read more

1/31/2013

800 Flowers (NASDAQ: FLWS) has a market cap of $243.99 million and is currently trading at $3.76. Three of five analysts offering one year price forecasts for 1-800-Flowers have a median target of $5.00, with a high estimate of $5.00 and a low estimate of $5.00… Read more

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ: NATR) currently trades at $14.46, in between its 52-week range of $13.02 and $17.73.     The company does not have any huge competitors in the industry; however, there are other similar companies. The… Read more

The PEG ratio indicates an over or undervalued stock. It varies by industry and by type of company; although a rule of thumb is that a PEG ratio below one is desirable. The accuracy of the PEG ratio is dependent upon a number of factors. Accuracy is key and… Read more

IEC Electronics Corp (NYSE: IEC) Earnings estimates continue to trend upward. For 2012, the Zacks Consensus Estimate increased 1.3 percent to $0.76, translating to a year-over-year growth of 33.3 percent. In 2013,  Zacks projects an increase of $0.85, up 2.4 percent. This reflects a… Read more

Computer Task Group (NASDAQ: CTGX) currently trades at $19.09, very close to its 52-week closing low of $19.12. The stock recently made an intra-day high of $19.30 on January 3^rd of this year before pulling back to around $19 a share… Read more

1/30/2013

Over the last 4 years, its net income in Rocky Brands (NASAQ: RCKY) has grown from $1.17 million to $8.31 million. In the recent quarter, it reported sales of $62.9 million, an increase of 4.5% compared to the same period last year. Operating… Read more

Matador Resources (NASDAQ: MTDR) has a 52-week range of $7.70 and $12.33, and is currently trading at $8.02. When viewing a 6-month chart the trend in the stock appears horrendous, as time again the price fails and makes new lows… Read more

Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ: BLDR)’s year-over-year sales growth exceeded 30% in each of the past four quarters, and the company currently sees no signs of its sales pace slowing. Consequently, it was prompted to proactively seek… Read more

BlueGreen (NYSE:BGX) reported net income of $11.7 million in its 2012 third quarter report, compared with a net income of $7.1 million in third quarter 2011. Income from continuing operations attributable to Bluegreen… Read more

In its 2012 fourth quarter report, Headwaters’ (NYSE: HW) revenue increased 8% to $633 million, while its gross profit margin improved by 230 basis points to 29.8%. Also operating income increased 120% to $15.9 million,… Read more

1/29/2013

More importantly, current economic conditions and positive retail sales reports suggest that retailers will rake in handsomely in coming years. Jobless claims have been reducing steadily and as reported recently,… Read more

Businesses are able to hire temps for up to four months at a time.  This means the company can still have as many workers and skate around the new Obamacare mandate.  One temporary staffing company that will benefit is Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA)… Read more

Moving on the financials, SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) is currently valued at $1.16 Billion and currently has no price to earnings.  Price to sales comes in high at 9.3 and price to book is a little overvalued at 1.51… Read more

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: SNSs) work translates to a rosy top line as demonstrated by the $25 million it earned from a previously announced royalty purchase agreement with Royalty Pharma. It took… Read more

1/28/2013

So where are the investment opportunities? Three major public companies in the 3-D printing space—3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB), and Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS)—already have market caps north of $1 billion thanks to rising share prices and stratospheric P/E ratios… Read more

With China still well in the expansion phase, the region demands a plethora of parts and materials, and Edgen (NYSE: EDG) is there to accommodate. Considering the latest reading of 7.8% GDP and industrial production of 10.3%… Read more

Having said that, there are small-cap companies who do compete in the industry and one of them is Emmy award winning company Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT). In October of 2012 the company announced… Read more

Limoneria (NASDAQ: LMNR) has a market cap of $243.32 million and is trading at $21.80. Q4 results are out and the numbers are not bad, though TheStreet downgraded the company this past week from a buy to hold… Read more

1/25/2013

According to RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, “the Blackberry 10 will advance the operating system environment to a whole new level.”  While that claim remains to be seen, what is certain is that Research In Motion will… Read more

Barron’s published its list of best stock picks for 2013 last month and the only small-cap to make the list was Barnes and Noble (NYSE: BKS).  That was a surprise for analysts and investors alike. BKS has had its share of challenges this past year as it has made the change from its retail format to an essentially Nook format. Earlier this month the company announced disappointing holiday sales figures that seemed to belie Barron’s… Read more

The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO), found primarily in the Southeastern US, is a retailer of women’s apparel. Cato is a dividend paying company, currently yielding 3.75 percent. The company has a record of… Read more

1/24/2013

Ecology and Environment, Inc. (NYSE: EEI) has not had the best year. E & E declared combined revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 of $36.8 million, a decline of $5.5 million or 13 percent from the $42.3 million the company… Read more

To be clear, alternative energy plays are not meant as short term investments and could take a few years before any meaningful integration into society.  With that being said, Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is well positioned… Read more

The Fed’s own figures show unemployment falling by 0.22% annually if GDP growth is in the 2.25% to 2.75% range, which also puts 6.5% between five and six years away… Read more

1/23/2013

Key Tronic corp (NASDAQ: KTCC) For the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013, it reported good financial results. Revenues were up 40% to $69.8 million. Net income came in at $3.7 million, or diluted per share earnings of $0.35. This is up 200%… Read more

This paid off for investors. Atrion Corp (NASDAQ: ATRI) was able to deliver earnings per share growth of at least 10% a year for the thirteen years between 1999 and 2011. During this same period, Atrion took its share price from… Read more

The solar industry is still weak and companies are recovering from badly damaged balance sheets. LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) holds barely over $100 million of cash compared to over $3 billion of debt and it has a soaring debt to… Read more

Sturm Ruger has a market cap of $988.85 million and is trading at $52.15. Smith & Wesson has a market cap of $589.67 million and is trading at $8.98 per share. Both companies are doing well by the numbers right now and are worth a bit of research in order to see if they are viable options for your portfolio… Read more

Earnings season has produced some winners and loser so far for Q4 of 2012, most notably GE and financials as golden, and Intel as one of the fallen gems. United States Lime and Minerals (NASDAQ: USLM) expectations are fairly low… Read more

1/22/2013

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), A recent partnership with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has resulted in the inception of Redbox Instant, a video-streaming service that is competitively priced ($8.00) with chief rival Netflix’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) streaming service… Read more

Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC), For the last 5 years, sales have grown by 11.74% a year. Average operating margins have remained low at 3% for the same period. While margins have appeared low, this translates to earnings per share growth of 24%. However, the recent… Read more

Lionbridge Technology (NASDAQ: LIOX) Lately there has been some insider buying, Edward Blechschmid, Director purchased 25,000 shares on January 14^th. On December 20^th, Guy Chazal, Director, bought 27,500 shares. CEO Rory Cowan also purchased… Read more

Comstock Mining (NASADQ: LODE), the company has a market cap of $83.64 million. Shares are trading for $1.92 as of this morning. Net loss for Q3 2012 was $9.0 million compared to $2.0 million for Q3 2011. According to the company, the $7.0 million increase was… Read more

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has come under attack for spending exorbitant amounts of money on marketing. Some models show that the beleaguered company has spent as much on marketing as it has made in revenue.  Errors… Read more

1/17/2013

NIC, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV), In the same breadth, same-state portal revenues also edged up 8 percent during the quarter. From 2007 up until the 2012 3Q earnings release date, the company’s steadily growing bottom line has… Read more

Both ARNA and VVUS are expected to launch their products during the first half of 2013. Their paths to success are not clear, in part due to the issues outlined above. The Wall Street EPS consensus does not… Read more

Female Health Company (NASADQ: FHCO)’s historical financial track record is a proof of the company’s potential. For the last 5 years, sales have increased by 12.64% a year. This is higher than the overall industry revenue growth of 6.60%. Operating… Read more

Adams Research and Energy (NYSE: AE) has been beaten down, off 52.16% from its 52-week high, but it is seeing a comeback, now up 29.05% from its 52-week low and boasting rating upgrades from Thomson Reuters on November 9 and Second Opinion on January 7… Read more

1/16/2013

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), had a rough go of it this past year as revenues and profits continued to shrivel n the third quarter of fiscal year 2013. Dell did manage to collect revenues of $13.7 billion; it was still a considerable… Read more

Sure, Celldex (NASDAQ: CLDX) reported a net loss of $15 million for the third quarter of 2012 compared with a net loss of $11.8 million for the third quarter of 2011. It reported a net loss of $47.3 million for the nine months…  Read more

MultiMedia Games (NASDAQ: MGAM) saw its share price fall by over 80% from 2007 to 2009 as casinos stopped investing in new equipment. This trend carried across the industry as the shares of major casino firms like Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) took similar nosedives… Read more

1/15/2013

In Dyas Corp’s (NASDAQ: DYAX) 2012 third quarter report, total revenues increased to $13.1 million, compared with $10.1 million for the comparable quarter in 2011. Net sales for Kalbitor in the quarter were $10.8 million… Read more

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), has a market capitalization of $149 million and trades around $6 per share, which means its valuation could increase as the biometric sector expands… Read more

For the three months ended September 30, 2012, Orexigen (NASDAQ: OREX) had $56.1 million in cash and equivalents, and an additional $52.2 million in marketable securities. The company projected the use of $70 million to $75 million in cash in 2012, resulting in a year-end balance of cash, cash equivalent, and marketable securities of between $130 million to $135 million… Read more

1/14/2013

The robust growth is attributed to the Patrick Industries (NASDAQ: PATK)’s recreational and manufactured segment, as well as the acquisitions completed in 2011 and 2012… Read more

Shares of the Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRS) have rallied over 25 percent in the past week. Prices have moved between a 52 week high of $11.75 and a 52 week low of $1.57 and are now trading 140% above that low price at $3.88 per share… Read more

QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) also plans to work with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The company will provide the cloud enabling solution for the Microsoft Cloud OS. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) also recently announced a deal with QLogic… Read more

In November, LeapFrog (NYSE: LF) reported third quarter earnings of 51 cents per share, beating Zacks Consensus Estimate by 24.4 percent and, better yet, outperforming last year’s earnings by a hefty 71 percent. Net revenue leaped (pun intended) 28 percent year over year to $193.1 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $174 million. Revenue was… Read more

1/11/2013

2012 was a mighty fine year for Barrett Business Services Inc. (NASDAQ: BBSI). In fact, this small-cap offering, $280.5 million, has been outperforming quarterly earnings expectations for the past three years. Since the release of its third-quarter results on Oct 23, 2012, shares have jumped over 27 percent… Read more

Wet Seal’s (NASDAQ: WTSLA) troubles are nothing new. In July of 2012 the company’s CEO, Susan McGalla, was fired by the board. According to a statement issued by CFO Steven Benrubi her departure was attributed to the dismal… Read more

Companies such as component maker ABB, Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Emerson and electric and carbon fiber manufacturer Zoltek (NASDAQ: ZOLT), all stand to increase business in 2013. CEO of Zoltek, Rumy, stated that “the extension could… Read more

Star Scientific Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI) has seen a plethora of institutional buying and a fast appreciation in price from November’s low. In the past, much of the company’s performance was based on its success winning lawsuits against the… Read more

1/10/2013

ST Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) has a market cap of $6.82B and has a forward price to earnings of 32.5.  However, the wireless business is included in this number so it appears to be more… Read more

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is by no means in poor health. PC sales may be down at the moment, but sales are healthy in other areas, such as the Windows system and the Xbox game console. Microsoft’s genius has produced… Read more

Marissa Mayer, What exactly are the challenges facing the new chief of Yahoo? It is no secret that Yahoo is a company whose innumerable problems run deep. It is known for being a corporation that is unable to keep any new… Read more

American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) currently has a price to earnings of 7.25 and a forward price to earnings of 11.  Furthermore, the stock shows it is on sale with a PEG of 0.84, price to sales of 0.72 and price to book of… Read more

Claymore/Clear global Timber Index (NYSE: CUT) is made up of companies globally that own or lease forest land and harvest trees for lumber and other wood-based products.  CUT gained over 28 percent in 2012 and has a dividend yield of 3 percent. It has a market… Read more

1/9/2013

Take a look at Apple. This big wig has fenced out a great number of small cap companies by using the legal system. Some of its patents touch on the fundamental functionality of smartphones while others are… Read more

By no means is Polaroid the first to offer such a service. Costco (NASDAQ: COST) prints photos directly from iPhones and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) prints Instagram photos for its customers. Polaroid plans… Read more

Hallador Energy (NASDAQ: HNRG) currently trades at $8.25 and has a 52-week range of $6.55 – $11.00. The company has a market cap of $232 million and in the last 40-days has seen a lot of insider stock purchases by its… Read more

Cytori Therapeutics (NASAQ: CYTX) only has one piece of outstanding debt, a $25 million term loan set to mature on March 1, 2015. The company recently raised capital by selling 7 million shares of stock to aid in the development… Read more

1/8/2013

Family Dollar Stores Inc’s (NYSE: FDO) same-store sales rose only about 2.5 percent in December, down more than 60 percent from the second quarter of 2012. Family Dollar Chief Executive Officer Howard Levine attributed the lagging sales to… Read more

Developers in touch with the NextWeb report references to a new iPhone identifier—iPhone6,1—and the next major operating system update for both smartphone and tablet devices—iOS 7—expected to launch mid-year. The identifiers for the Apple iPhone 6 are… Read more

According to reports, Zipcar (NYSE: ZIP) will be receiving approximately $500 million in cash proceeds from the deal, which Avis expects to fund from additional debt and available cash. Zipcar is expecting… Read more

HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM), The numbers look decent. The most recent closing price was $23.86. Revenue grew by 27.93 percent during the third quarter of 2012; $26.38 million versus $20.62 million reported in the third… Read more

Analysts are mixed on Bank of America. Some call for a buy, some are neutral and others advise against investing in a company with so many issues, legal and otherwise. With the help of Warren Buffett… Read more

1/7/2013

Omnova Solutions (NYSE: OMN), There are some heavyweights behind the stock as fund manager Mario Gabelli recently increased their stake in the company from 4.5% to 6.6%… Read more

Shareholders shouldn’t be overly concerned over the 11% increase because it is essential for the Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) to sustain research and development expenditures, especially with tough competition from the likes of Qualcomm… Read more

Signet’s (NYSE: SIG) performance has been extraordinary since 2008. Operating earnings growth has seen a healthy 22.9%, and the company shows no debt on its balance sheet. Their financial third quarter… Read more

1/4/2013

Nathan’s Famous (NASDAQ: NATH) reported third quarter EPS of $0.63, up over the $0.45 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $21.36 million as opposed to $19.12 million from a year ago. The company has a debt to equity ratio of 0%; an EPS diluted quarterly year-over year growth of 40.19%, and free cash… Read more

Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW) is at an attractive level at $5.90 as it just above its 52-week low of $5.01 (high is $10.40). One of the biggest catalysts for the stock is the international growth that lies ahead for the company, as… Read more

For the last 5 years, earnings per share have grown by 7% compared to the overall decline of the industry. Operating margins have also been higher at 18.89%, implying that MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) commands pricing power over its customers. Return on equity has also been higher at 13%… Read more

1/3/2013

There are a number of reasons why the Danbury-based ATMI, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATMI) could perform against the odds in 2013, but it remains to be seen whether or not, ATMI can beat analyst estimates and projections… Read more

For the last 5 years, Zygo Corp. (NASDAQ: ZYGO)’s earnings per share have grown by 23.08% a year. This is in contrast to the industry’s earnings decline of 3% a year. Operating margins has also increased from 5-year average operating… Read more

Kforce, Inc. (NASDAQ: KFRC) recently hit its 52-week high of $14.92 on December 28, and pulled back slightly. Less than a couple of months ago the stock was trading as low as $10.32, but over the last 6-weeks there has been a considerable move to the upside (about 29%)… Read more

1/2/2013

There has been a significant amount of insider buying recently that has spurred interest in the stock. In November, Virtusa Corp’s Director, Rowland T. Moriarty made a $462,477 purchase of VRTU, buying… Read more

A good play on this sector would be Texas-based US Physical Therapy (NASDAQ: USPH). The company operates through subsidiary clinic partnerships in which it owns a 1% general partnership. It also operates… Read more

12/31/2012

Roadrunner (NASDAQ: RRTS) is an intriguing investment option due to the company’s superior management and growth strategy. The company is expanding their outbound service center operations in the… Read more

12/28/2012

Newport Corp. (NASDAQ: NEWP) is an attractive buy at $13 a share, as the chart looks technically favorable. Insider buying has been strong and the fact that the entire sector is suffering makes investing for a rebound enticing… Read more

Leapfrog (NYSE: LF) is an interesting opportunity as there has been quite a bit of insider buying in the last couple of months as the executive team appears to be purchasing more equity in the company than usual. CEO John Barbour has purchased shares several times over the last 8-weeks, along with… Read more

12/27/2012

Operating on the assumption that they might be mistaken, investors who take the other side of the coin could cash in nicely. Of course it’s too late to jump in for tomorrow’s much anticipated apocalypse, but no worries, seems there is always another one just around the corner… Read more

Briggs & Stratton’s (NYSE: BGG) board recently approved the pulling forward of its 12-cent quarterly cash dividend into 2012, protecting the company’s shareholders from potential tax increases… Read more

12/26/2012

So far this week, shares of U.S. gunmakers, Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) and Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) have slumped sharply because of what analysts called ‘fear caused by the threat of increased gun regulation’… Read more

12/21/2012

But what makes ALCO Stores (NASDASQ: ALCO) inviting as an investment is its outrageously low valuation, in combination with a fundamentally solid–if not particularly sexy–business model. The stock most recently closed at $9.10 for a total market cap of $29.7 million. This puts its price-to-book ratio at only 0.34, an outrageously low figure… Read more

Echo Global Logistic’s (NYSE: ECH) development has outpaced the industry taken as a whole, which has been expanding at less than 3 percent annually. Even with higher fuel prices the company has been able to sustain… Read more

12/20/2012

Given the confluence of positive factors, some analysts have predicted Xplore (NASDAQ: XPLR) is headed for explosive growth in the near future, and that it should be considered by investors for their portfolio… Read more

The medical device sector is well positioned for growth. There is a growing demand for healthcare as the elderly become a greater percentage of the global population. Moreover, the innovations offered by the companies… Read more

12/19/2012

Amsurg Corp (NASDAQ: AMSG) has a market capitalization of $920mm and is trading just above $29 a share. The stock has a 52-week range of 24.80 – 32.17, and year-to-date the stock has returned over 11.50%… Read more

Now True Religion (NASDAQ: TRLG)  has announced that it is for sale. The company said in October it has taken on Guggenheim Securities to feel out potential buyers. But at over 10 weeks since the formal announcement… Read more

12/18/2012

Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) Travel share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $76.21 and a 52-week low of $47.32 and are now trading at almost 60% above that low price at $74.02 per share.  It is one of three companies in the Airlines industry with the highest… Read more

Otter Tail (NASDAQ: OTTR) currently trades at $24.73 and has a 52-week range of $20.70 and $25.21. The company has a market cap of $894mm and offers a dividend yield of 4.80%. Since June… Read more

The stock trades at just above $15 dollars a share and has since rebounded from a 6-month low of $13.48 a share. The company recently refinanced some of its debt with a new… Read more

Wet Seal (NASDAQ: WTSLA) is our Emerging Growth Stock Pick in Retail that is definitely worth watching. The company has a market cap of $249 million and owns over 550 retail outlets… Read more

12/17/2012

Wet Seal (NASDAQ: WTSLA) is our Emerging Growth Stock Pick in Retail that is definitely worth watching. The company has a market cap of $249 million and owns over 550 retail outlets… Read more

Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) is hoping to decrease its dependence on satellite television, where it is losing subscribers. It has hoped to become the first company to offer mobile TV, voice and data connections since it purchased spectrum from DBSD North America and Terrestar… Read more

Businesses in the home construction supply-chain should prepare for a tidy increase in sales in 2013. As a result some emerging growth suppliers in this segment are positioned to benefit… Read more

BioFuels…  The world’s oil reserves are a limited commodity. Statistics released by BP in 2009, indicate that remaining verified world crude reserves stand at approximately 1.258 trillion barrels… Read more

12/14/2012

Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL) has a potential upside of 19.5% based on a current price of $1.39 and analysts’ consensus price target of $1.61… Read more

Blount International (NYSE: BLT) has just over a $700 million market cap and is trading around $14.30, close to the middle of its 52-week range of $12.46 and $17.62. Technically the stock chart is showing a 3-month upward trend and is expected to test its 6-month high of $15.00… Read more

During the third quarter, many companies in the energy industry were hit by impairment charges, most notably Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN). The big wig posted an 88 percent dip in revenue, recording $1.86 billion compared with $3.5 billion a year earlier. Devon’s dip in revenue, coupled with $1.1 billion… Read more

12/13/2012

Detroit automakers saw strong sales in November, as Chrysler, Ford (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) saw their sales rise by 14 percent, 6.5 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively. In fact, new vehicle sales are estimated to jump 12 percent compared to November 2011, thanks to… Read more

USA Mobility’s (NASDAQ: USMO) core products and services continue to deliver and are expected to grow in 2013. With a solid reputation and expansion strategy the company will continue to gain more clients over the next few years due in part to the growth in the industry… Read more

As detailed in M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO)’s third quarter earnings report, the promising housing company managed to poke its head above the break-even point, posting quarterly profits of $8.3 million compared to losses of $4.7 million a year earlier. Other key highlights in the report include a 29 percent increase… Read more

All Manufacturing segments had clear-cut earnings increases for the first time since the third quarter of 2005. GE (NYSE: GE) is operating strongly and is on track to provide double-digit earnings growth in 2012 for both Industrial and GE Capital segments… Read more

Despite competitive pressure, Macy’s (NYSE: M) refused to open its doors early on Thanksgiving like retail “chasing” competitors Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), and Target (NYSE: TGT), both of whom pushed back Black Friday making Thanksgiving Black Thursday… Read more

12/12/2012

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ: HELE) sells its products primarily through mass merchandisers and directly online to end user consumers. At around $32 a share the stock appears undervalued with estimates as high as $50 a share, while others with a more pessimistic outlook are looking for $40… Read more

Castle Brand Inc. (NYSE: ROX) with a market cap of $30 million, is a developer and international marketer of premium and super-premium branded spirits and wine. Net sales increased 9.8% to $10.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, as compared to $9.4 million for the… Read more

Since reporting earnings Buckeye Technologies (NYSE: BKI) has taken a nosedive from the $32 per share to a 52-week low of $23.52 per share. The stock has since recovered a bit and is now trading around $28 per share. Buckeye was way oversold a couple of weeks ago and is still considered to be… Read more

Due out by the end of next year, the SCOUT is a tiny piece of hardware that reads a subject’s vitals upon contact. Simply place the device on your left temple and in less than 10 seconds it will read pulse, heart rate, electrical heart activity, temperature, blood oxygenation and heart-rate variability. Then, the device sends the information to an app on an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android smartphone… Read more

12/11/2012

Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ: COCO) has a market cap of $196.4 million and currently has a “hold” rating from analysts.  The stock has a price to earnings of 8 and forward price to earnings of 5.  Additionally, Corinthian Colleges has a PEG of 0.45, price to sales of 0.12, price to book of 0.35 and price to free cash flow of…  Read more

Jerry Grantham gave a chilling forecast on the U.S economy, a forecast that, if accurate, could forever change the U.S economic landscape and in particular the future of emerging growth companies… Read more

One name that comes to mind is Majesco Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: COOL).  Fundamentally, Majesco has a market cap of $38 million and currently has a “hold” rating from analysts.  The company has a price to earnings of 11 and a forward price to earnings of 3.37.  Valuation wise… Read more

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), the flagship American solar company, has been the poster child of this disappointment: it’s price has cratered from a high above $168 at the start of 2011, to under $50 at the start of this year… Read more

Gains in Service Sector Jobs…   Many of the service oriented companies showing marked increases in the sector are emerging growth businesses such as Titan Machinery, Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN) with a market cap of $491 million… Read more

12/10/2012

Those that have weathered the storm in the shipping industry will be able to come out stronger as we have seen the survivors of the housing market perform quite well this year. Navios Maritime (NYSE: NM) and Dryships, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) have been severely oversold due an ailing industry and the fact that their headquarters are located in Greece… Read more

Consequently, Xoma (NASDAQ: XOMA) raised $40 million on October 24 through a private placement with Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) and Cowen & Company (NASDAQ: CWON) at $3.00 per share… Read more

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Bringing jobs back into the US…  Companies to benefit include TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT), Multi-Fineline Electronix (NASDAQ: MFLX), TTM Technologies (NASDSAQ: TTMI) and Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI)…  Read more

Affymax (NASDAQ: AFFY) reported a strong quarter that ended September 30, 2012 with total revenues of $13.6 million, beating the $13.2 million recorded for the quarter ending 30 September, 2011… Read more

Companies such as Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL), LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK), Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ),and JA Solar Holdings (NASDAQ: JASO) are likely to reap the benefits of Middle Eastern countries opting for solar powered solutions to growing energy concerns in the region… Read more

12/7/2012

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) is an agricultural products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and management.  Over the past five years, gross margin peaked at 44.2% and averaged 39.9%. Operating margin peaked at 16.6% and averaged 11.3%… Read more

Oritani Financial (NASAQ: ORIT), AAON Inc. (NASDAQ: AAON), Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP) and Espey Mfg. (NYSE: ESP) among others racing to offer unique dividends…  Read more

Threshold (NADSAQ: THLD) recently reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012, and it showed encouraging statistics. Revenue for the third quarter was $1.8 million. The net loss for the quarter was $1.0 million, compared to a net loss of $4.0 million…  Read more

Emerging Growth in Defense and the Fiscal Cliff…  Taser International, (NASDAQ: TASR), Dynamics Research Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCO), Kratos Defense & Security (NASDAQ: KTOS), Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN)…  Read more

12/6/2012

Being sued for having a sale?  Or Deceptive Pricing Tactics?  We discuss Jos.A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) and others… Read more

Bluefly (NASDAQ: BFLY) Similarly, there was a 26 percent increase in first-time customers. To underscore the increased enthusiasm from first-time customers, the company also managed to record a 44 percent growth rate in orders from international markets… Read more

12/5/2012

Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN) and Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) both outperform this time of the year because their core business benefits… Read more

Yelp (NASDAQ: YELP) Analysts at Cantor have suggested that the previous declines were excessively based on the weak execution and focus enacted by a minority of direct sales people, and that this had an exaggerated impact on short term performance… Read more

Given the confluence of positive factors, some analysts have suggested that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could buy a stake in Pandora (NYSE: P) that is as large as 15% in early 2013… Read more

TESSCO Technologies (NASDAQ: TESS) also reported impressive F2Q12 results, with core market revenue growing by 21 percent while the overall revenue growth stood at 33 percent. The company’s earnings per share… Read more

12/4/2012

Two companies that have been around for over 100-years and provide unwavering stability include Nash Finch (NASDAQ: NAFC) and Core-Mark (NASDAQ: CORE)… Read more

This is a more than twofold rise from the year-earlier quarter, as Electronics for Imaging (NASDAQ: EFII) beat the mean analyst estimate of 22 cents per share… Read more

In 2011, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) established a partnership with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the US Department of Labor, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), and the Direct Employers Association to create a social jobs network that puts to use the rising popularity of social media in an effort to help counteract the high levels of unemployment that are seen across the nation…  Read more

Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) has posted strong rallies this month, driven largely by more optimistic analyst ratings, which suggest that the long-term prospects for the company might be improving…  Read more

12/3/2012

Although firms such as Novartis (NYSE: NVS) have started cultivating the vaccines using animal cell cultures, the process is still imperfect… Read more

Therefore, Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) is one of the few small companies in a position to sue the smartphone tech giants over some patent infringements. This is a big step forward to Immersion as the settlement gives a guaranteed stream of income… Read more

Analysts expect Aceto Corp (NASDAQ: ACET) to earn $0.82 per share for the current fiscal year. This is an increase of 24.20% compared to the prior year. For the next 5 years, it is forecasted to grow its earnings by 22% a year. This is higher than the pharmaceutical industry’s projected earnings growth of 14.66%… Read more

12/2/2012

Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ: SCVL), based in Evansville, Indiana, founded in 1978, is a US retailer specializing in footwear for the family.The company recently dropped 10% after the company… Read more

Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) recently signed an agreement to acquire Sealy Corp in a transaction valued at about $1.3 billion. According to S&P, the company will have a… Read more

Our Vices will Set us Free…  How to reduct the national Debt, Organically so to speak…  Read more

12/01/2012

Encore Wire Corp (NASDAQ: WIRE) announced a poor earnings report on October 24^th, coming in with lower revenue, EPS and operating margin. After a $1 dollar drop following the report the stock quickly stabilized and is now trading higher… Read more

Its last quarter earnings report spooked some investors causing the stock to fall in oversold territory at $35.50. Following the earnings announcement Faro Technology’s (NASDAQ: FARO) dropped just below $33 before finding support, staying well within its 52-week range of $31.98 to $59.66… Read more

11/30/2012

Still, some analysts point out that in spite of COD: Black Ops 2’s apparent success, it has sold less in its first week than the franchise’s last release, Modern Warfare 3, which sold 13.4 million units in the week of its launch in 2011… Read more

Earlier this week, we got big news that Apple and HTC had finally settled their differences and signed a “peace treaty”.  Under the new agreement, HTC will pay… Read more

On November 8^th, Primoris announced that its James Construction Group subsidiary recently executed a new contract with the Texas Department of Transportation for approximately $241.3 million…  Read more

With a market capitalization of $525 million Texas Pacific Land Trust (NYSE: TPL) is trading just above $56 dollars a shares, slightly below the company’s 52-week high of $61.51… Read more

11/29/2012

But there are plenty of publicly traded companies that ship freight by ground, and which may benefit from a decline in air shipments. In the trucking space, I like Celadon Group (NYSE: CGI), Roadrunner… Read more

Major oil companies have already staked out land over the Monterey shale, which means they need only gain permission to lease the resources underneath before beginning drilling. Among these are…  Read more

11/28/2012

“There is definitely consumer demand for same-day delivery, at the right price,” Matt Nemer, a senior analyst at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Securities in San Francisco, told the Associated Press… Read more

Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT) A short interest of 27% makes the name a bit risky, but with a growing interest to covert to natural gas due to recent weather events and new data showing Co2 emissions, demand is expected to grow… Read more

Bello Corp (NASDAQ: BLC) The company currently offers a dividend over 4% and its stock price is considered to be way oversold based on an RSI value below 30 (average RSI for dividend payers is 42)… Read more

Brooks Automation (NASDAQ: BRKS) EmergingGrowth.com likes it…   Despite what Analysts say. It seems that analysts are still bearish over the company’s prospects for next year. They expect earnings per share of $0.07 for the next fiscal year, a significant decline of around 80% from the previous year… Read more

The next couple of months will present a host of opportunities for AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR). The companies can either double its efforts in light of increased consumer travel or it can put more focus on defense… Read more

11/27/2012

Swinging back to profit from then, Waterstone Financial (NASAQ: WSBF) have been posting the best quarterly financial results since second quarter 2009. It recorded net income of $2.2 million, or 7 cents per share, for the quarter ending March 31, 2012, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million, or 5 cents per share, same period a year earlier… Read more

No company reflects this like PGT Inc. (NASDAQ: PGTI), which has seen its fortunes over the last 12 months… Read more

Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV) The number of net contracts increased 32.7% to 4,395 homes, compared with 3,313 homes in the first nine months last year… Read more

Patent infringement is fast becoming an unacknowledged segment of business that can yield hefty monetary rewards if you are on the winning side of a judge’s decision… Read more

11/26/2012

Astronics Corp (NASDAQ: ARO) trades at 8.1 times forward earnings and 0.8 times earnings growth. Competitors such as TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) and Breeze-Eastern Corp. (NYSE: BZC) are both valued at more than 20 times earnings… Read more

Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU) Revenue for second quarter 2012 was $72.2 million, an increase of 3 percent sequentially and 30 percent year-over-year. Income from operations was also up at $6.6 million compared with $5 million for second quarter fiscal year 2011… Read more

Some analysts remain optimistic about Intel’s prospects for the long-term. They point to the fact that Intel is aggressively making a play to get into smartphones… Read more

PetMed Express (NASDAQ: PETS)  Sales were relatively flat during the quarter, but total orders increased by 5.5%, and reorder sales increased by 2.1%… Read more

Dynamic Materials Corp (NASDAQ: BOOM)  Third quarter gross margin increased to 31% which was higher than the forecast of 29%. The increase primarily resulted from a more favorable product mix and stronger pricing environment.  For the fourth quarter, sales should improve sequentially from the third quarter… Read more

Open Table (NASDAQ: OPEN) They also reported earnings per share of $0.42, $0.06 better than analyst’s estimates for the same period…  Read more

11/21/2012

Flagstar Bancorp’s (NYSE: FBC)  However, one interesting thing about Flagstar is that CEO Joseph Campanelli picked up 100,000 extra shares between January 30^th and February 3^rd of this year.  Furthermore, we have seen some buying from another executive vice president earlier in the year…  Read more

Magicjack (NASDAQ: CALL) has had a very good year so far as shares are up 29% year to and analysts’ are forecasting an 81% gain for 2013. Read more

Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH)  beat an estimate of $336.8 million that was posted by 8 analysts polled by S&P capital IQ. In addition, the $370.9 million revenue represents an 11 percent year-over-year increase from $334.9 million…  Read more

11/20/2012

Protection in Utilities:  The company has a great track record when it comes to paying dividends. A yearly chart shows the 52-week high at $4.52 and the 52-week low at $3.80. With many folks selling Northeast Utilities this has made Star Gas oversold and offers a nice dividend while waiting for the stock to appreciate… Read more

With the recent release of the third quarter results, NetSpend Holdings (NASDAQ: NTSP)once again has proven to be the ideal value stock. For the last three quarters, NTSP has continued with its aggressive growth even surpassing the expectations of many analysts… Read more

Vipshop Holding’s (NYSE: VIPS) December quarter guidance was equally impressive. The company provided guidance of $237.5 million in revenue, which beat analyst expectations by 18 percent. Piper Jaffray analysts increased their estimates to be in-line with the guidance. The analysts also revised their Q4 earnings per share estimate from ($0.06) to ($0.01) per share… Read more

11/19/2012

Anika Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK) The fact that supply will increase following the Bedford ramp up, coupled with the company’s good fundamentals, suggest that Anika will be a huge growth story in Fiscal 2013 moving forward to 2014… Read more

ICG Group (NASDAQ: ICGE) On a longer term, analysts are more bullish over the company’s prospects. It is forecasted to grow its earnings by 17.50% a year for the next 5 years… Read more

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: SPPI) revolutionary drugs show promising results in early testing, and analysts recommend widespread clinical applications for some of them… Read more

11/15/2012

Ellie Mae (NASDAQ: ELLI) turned in third-quarter earnings recently that were up 289%, nearly twice what analysts had forecast…  Read more

Questcor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: QCOR) Although this is half of the 52 week high/low range for the stock, it is trending up after a low of $17.25. Analyst Baren Amin notes that even with the drama involving Athcar over the past two months, physician opinion of the drug has not changed and is still high…  Read more

Stamps.com (NASDAQ: STMP) This is a growth of 49% from the prior year’s results and beats analyst expectations of $0.38 earnings per share…  Read more

11/14/2012

In fact, within 24 hours of the election results, Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) saw its stock increase by 9.62 percent, while Sturm Ruger & Co.’s (NYSE: RGR) shares increased by 6.81 percent, rises analysts attribute to sales increases following Tuesday’s election results…  Read more

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI) What I also find alluring about this biotech company is that total revenue for the third quarter was up at $69 million, topping analyst estimates of $65.5 million…  Read more

Analysts are now left to determine what impact tools such as Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter and Youtube had on election results, as well as if and how well social media buzz predicted election results…  Read more

11/13/2012

There’s little doubt the House of Mouse will turn a profit—analysts estimate Lucasfilm currently earns about $800 million each year on its current films, merchandising and other entertainment holdings. Plus, Disney (NYSE: DIS) has already announced plans to revive the Star Wars franchise with a series of sequels starting in 2015…  Read more

Will all of this help Nokia (NYSE: NOK) turn around? Analysts are pessimistic. In the long term, Nokia’s problems are likely to continue…  Read more

11/12/2012

Astoria Financial (NYSE: AF) Some analysts are down on the stock since the company had to close its operations for 2-days due to Hurricane Sandy. This will have a slight negative affect on the company, but at $9.35 we see it as a quality growth buy, and expect it to outperform expectations over the next few quarters…  Read more

Why is General Motors (NYSE: GM) still having problems? In 2009 General Motors filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and despite record profits, despite high sales, and despite a government bailout, some analysts are concerned that the conglomerate may be headed for another round in bankruptcy court…  Read more

Analysts all over the country were speculating on the outcome of the elections and how will it affect the standing of both established giants and emerging growth companies alike…  Read more

11/11/2012

Road Runner Transportation Systems (NASDAQ: RRTS) For the current fiscal year, analysts expect the company to earn $1.18 per share. This is an increase of 43% from the previous year…  Read more

For the fiscal year, analysts expect the company to earn $0.58 per share. This is a decline of 59% from the previous year. If you do a run-rate, full year per share earnings will be at $0.74. However, this seems like an in accurate assumption if you consider the loss per share it will incur for the fourth quarter…  Read more

Turning to growth, analysts expect earnings to rise 12% next year and 16% annually over the next five years. Looking at management valuation ratios, Deckers (NASDAQ: DECK) has a return on equity of 22.3%, return on assets of 14% and a return on investment of 21%…  Read more

Furthermore, Taser’s (NASDAQ: TASR) balance sheet shows the company has zero debt and analysts have a 1.8 “Buy” rating on the stock…  Read more

11/9/2012

Dunkin’ Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) has an asset-light business model, low-risk expansion strategy, and tremendous growth opportunities both domestically and abroad. The company looks healthy and analysts are bullish…  Read more

11/8/2012

Attackers recently went for the most sensitive sector of the market to create confusion and speculation in the mind of investors and analysts – the banks. Major Banks such as the US Bank (NYSE: USB), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), HSBC (NYSE: HSB) and the Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) had their websites hacked within a series of malicious attacks…  Read more

Analysts believe Thermon Group (NYSE: THR) Holdings should be included in many portfolios. The company is set to grow and its assets appreciate in an environment of increasing inflation that is likely in the coming years… Read more

11/7/2012

The report showed Skullcandy (NASDAQ: SKUL) earned revenues of $71 million on earnings per share of $0.23.  Analysts polled were expecting $69.9 million in revenue on earnings per share of $0.23…  Read more

The good news is that analysts think that the worst is over for now. As of the beginning of November shares were rebounding, selling for over $8.25…  Read more

This is higher than the information technology industry’s growth rate of 20%. In the case of Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU), it is expected to grow its earnings by 34.20% this year. For the next 5 years, analysts see that earnings will grow by 23% a year…  Read more

11/6/2012

So when fast food giant McDonald’s, (NYSE: MCD)a company that relies on stronger consumer spending both domestically and internationally, posts poor quarterly results, should analysts sit up and take notice with a view to developing a more rounded perspective on global economic health?  Read more

But some analysts remain sceptical as to the root cause of these attacks, with developing concern that they may in fact be backed by Iranian government cyber terrorist operations…  Read more

11/5/2012

Analysts say Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) could Disappear within the next Decade…  Read more

Analysts expect the company to earn $1.38 for the current fiscal year. This suggests a growth 6.20% on year-on-year basis. For the next 5 years, analysts expect annual growth of 15% for Gordman Stores (NASDAQ: GMAN)…  Read more

11/1/2012

Regarding Romney’s plan of action, many analysts have argued that it can be a successful step in encouraging companies to bring their overseas earnings back into the country instead of keeping them in offshore tax havens…  Read more

10/31/2012

The company may have gotten bad ratings in Earnings Revision, Equity and Cash Flow from a few analysts but the majority are bullish on the stock advising strongly to buy…  Read more

Unfortunately, it is relatively unknown when the drug could be evaluated for approval but some analysts see interest in the stock picking up in December of this year…  Read more

10/30/2012

So if you want a more emerging growth alternative to LinkedIn, which some analysts feel have an unreasonable valuation, why not consider Monster (NYSE: MWW)?  Read more

Looking at Claude Resources’ (NYSE: CGR) growth expectations, the company is estimated at seeing an earnings loss of 9% this year but should see earnings grow 175% next year, according to analysts…  Read more

With the acquisition of BP America Production Company’s Sunray and Hemphill Processing plants and associated 2,500-mile gathering system, analysts predict EROC is going to be a player on the expanding use and distribution of natural gas in the next few years…  Read more

10/29/2012

While many analysts believe that cloud computing is dominated by big names such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Google (NYSE: GOOG), a critical overview suggests that there are many openings for emerging companies…  Read more

10/25/2012

Northern Oil & Gas Inc. (NYSE: NOG) has been voted by many analysts as one of the companies to benefit from the rise in Bakken spot crude oil prices…  Read more

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: KOG) is one of the most favored stocks by many analysts, thanks to its decision to execute an aggressive production growth plan…  Read more

10/23/2012

Constant innovations in Prismacolor fine art pens, Uni-ball, and Goodie hair supplies make them an analysts’ favorite. At $19.31, NWL is in its 52 week high range.  Analysts expect stock to go to $22.04.  With a market cap of 5.58B it pays a 2% dividend…  Read more

10/18/2012

In a research note earlier this month, Pacific Crest Securities analyst James Faucette agreed the iPhone 5 has clearly closed the gap…  Read more

10/17/2012

Chavez needs to sell oil to the US and the rest of the world to sustain his government and his national economy, and the lack of substance behind his ultra-socialist economic framework is concerning to both investors and global analysts alike…  Read more

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was overvalued at launch, and many analysts agree that its price was out of kilter with market expectations…  Read more

10/15/2012

Analysts said in a research report that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) stock price has come to a record high and its stock price will rise sharply in the next 12 months…  Read more

Analysts at both Brean Murray and CRT Capital attributed the move up in coal shares to Romney’s support…  Read more

10/14/2012

“As the go-go years for many alleged violations were 2006 and 2007, the ability to bring more of these suits is rapidly disappearing,” said Jaret Seiberg, a financial services analyst for Guggenheim Washington Research Group, in a note written to investors… Read more

On top of the 142,000 added in August, however, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent—its first time below 8.1 percent all year. Some analysts say, however, that the drop only means many of the unemployed have given up their work search and are no longer included in the ratio… Read more

10/4/12

Take a look at three US companies—just within the technology sector– with a strong presence in China. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) offers graphic chips for PC’s Smart phones, tablets, etc. and 30% of their revenue comes from China.  Analysts look for 20% growth in the coming year…  Read more

Such were the costs of staffing provisions at a unionized GM (NYSE: GM) that analysts suggested its labor was up to $20 per hour less competitive than its competitors, with the company spending more on healthcare for its staff than on steel…  Read more

9/26/2012

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) offers an 8.1% return on equity and analysts expect a 16% increase in the next year…  Read more

9/25/12

But given analyst projections (which suggest that diamond prices could rise by nearly 10% in the next decade), shrewd investors should look to some of the smaller companies with heavy diamond exposure to capitalize on growth prospects that are seen long term… Read more

Reports from this summer showed that same-store sales rose 2.2% this August (well above analyst estimates of 1.3%) and as long as these numbers remain supported, Bon Ton (NASDAQ: BONT) looks set to build on its 90% rally that has been posted in the last three months…  Read more

9/24/2012

With earnings per share of $0.96, its historic P/E ratio is just 18.45. Compare that to competitors like eLong Inc (NASDAQ: LONG) which is trading at a P/E of 76.05, and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) at 21.48, and there’s more than a little room for upward movement in the stock price. Over the next year, analysts’ estimates center on earnings growth of 27% at Ctrip, compared to just 17% at Expedia…  Read more

SkyWest (NASDAQ: SKYW) operates domestically with a fleet of over 700 aircraft, and takes off 4000 times a day. That’s a lot of flights, and plenty of scope for things to go wrong. Yet analysts are becoming more bullish about the airline’s prospects…  Read more

With recent reports showing that analysts are forecasting retail sales in Brazil to grow by nearly 45% in the next half decade, these decisions from US companies seem less surprising…  Read more

9/21/2012

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have both been more popular and successful in the market as compared to their former ally Facebook NASDAQ: FB), which has resulted in a reduced analyst rating and target price of the stocks from $35 to $23…  Read more

 

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