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Earnings Highlights: Amazon, Apple, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Hershey, IBM ...

Posted Apr 24th 2010 12:10PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Coca-Cola (KO), Amazon.com (AMZN), International Business Machines (IBM), Halliburton (HAL), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), American Express (AXP), Hershey Co (HSY), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Honeywell Intl (HON), E*TRADE (ETFC)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks:

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) strong Q1 results beat earnings expectations, and yet shares sold off.
American Express Co. (AXP) reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings, which lifted shares.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares rose to a new all-time high after it said earnings surged 90% in its Q2.
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) beat Q1 earnings estimates but weaker-than-expected revenue sent shares lower.
eBay Inc. (EBAY) shares sold off after Q1 earnings were in line with expectations and guidance was weak.

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Hasbro Hits New 52-Week High on Earnings

Posted Apr 19th 2010 5:20PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS)

Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) had a notable trading day. The company's shares hit a new 52-week high of $40.77 after the first-quarter earnings report was distributed to the market. Volume was strong during the session.

Quite frankly, I look upon Hasbro as a very viable candidate for investment capital. Why do I say this? Well, I think we've got a nice combination of technical and fundamental strength. And let us start with the technical side of things. Check out the one-year chart. Not a bad trend, huh? Wall Street is clearly positive on the future prospects of the toy maker. Put this chart together with the 52-week high and you've got yourself a compelling price-action thesis.

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Before the Bell: Futures Lower as Goldman Shockwaves Continue

Posted Apr 19th 2010 8:15AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Market Matters, Scandals, International Business Machines (IBM), Halliburton (HAL), Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Lilly (Eli) (LLY), Economic Data, Oil

U.S. stock futures fell Monday, indicating that stocks could retreat at the open, as Wall Street remained shaken by SEC the fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs. Investors will focus on more corporate results, including from Citigroup, and await some economic data.

On Friday, Wall Street reeled after hearing the Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) in relation to subprime securities. Goldman defrauded investors, the charges say, by not telling investors material information, specifically that the CDO it was selling had been deliberately constructed out of residential mortgages backed securities ikely to become worthless. Goldman Sachs shares dropped nearly 13% on Friday.

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How Do Bank of America and Mattel Look After Their Reports?

Posted Apr 17th 2010 11:40AM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Bank of America BAC On Friday, Bank of America (BAC) and Mattel (MAT) reported first-quarter earnings data. How do these two look after their respective releases?

Let's go with the financial business first. Bank of America is a solid brand in the money-services arena. Over the last year, the stock has risen very nicely, as the BAC chart clearly shows. Shares of the company were quite close to the 52-week high of $19.86 on Thursday before the Q1 numbers were sent to the market.

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Analyst Calls: AKAM, HAS, ICE, KIRK, LM, PEET, RSH, WMT ...

Posted Mar 15th 2010 10:40AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Wal-Mart (WMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Analyst Initiations

Analyst Upgrades

FBR Capital upgraded Legg Mason (LM) to market perform from underperform, citing stabilizing outflows and an improved liquidity position.
Walmart (WMT) was upgraded to buy from hold by Citigroup on expectations the company will regain market share from aggressive price cuts.
Piper Jaffray upgraded Kirkland's (KIRK) to overweight from neutral following the company's Q4 results.
Greenbrier (GBX) was upgraded to buy from hold by KeyBanc as the company believes that railcar fundamentals have improved.
Citigroup upgraded WM Morrison (MRWSY) to buy from sell.
HSBC raised Millicom (MICC) to overweight from neutral.
HealthSouth (HLS) was raised to outperform from market perform by Raymond James.

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Hasbro Powers Ahead

Posted Mar 10th 2010 2:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hasbro Inc (HAS), Stocks to Buy

As expected, toymaker Hasbro Inc. (HAS), which I first wrote about on June 22, 2009, at a price of $24.30, has powered ahead, aided by a better-than-expected December quarter, and a revenue outlook that's more-than sufficient for today's reserved times.

Note: I consider Hasbro to be a high-risk stock not suitable for low/moderate-risk investors.

Hasbro is a toy sector survivor. New products, a strong performance in the interactive toy trend, and an improved product mix have positioned HAS for the economic recovery. Also, Hasbro's strong relationship with its major retail customers is another strategic plus.

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Earnings Highlights: Acer, Baidu, Coca-Cola, Disney, Hasbro, Sprint ...

Posted Feb 13th 2010 2:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Coca-Cola (KO), Walt Disney (DIS), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Electronic Arts (ERTS)

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks:

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) received an analyst's upgrade ahead of next week's Q4 earnings report.
Acer Inc. reported its highest quarterly earnings in almost three years due in part to growth in shipments.
Baidu Inc. (BIDU) swung to a better-than-expected Q4 profit, with strong revenue growth, and offered rosy guidance.
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) offered an upside surprise as well as full-year earnings above Wall Street estimates.
Coinstar Inc. (CSTR) strong quarterly results and guidance, as well as litigation concerns, failed to inspire Wall Street.
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) posted strong Q4 and full-year earnings results due to growth in emerging markets.

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Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks List Shrinks from 26 to 21

Posted Feb 9th 2010 2:30PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Management, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Entrepreneurs, Serious Money, Stock Screen, Raytheon Company (RTN), Xcel Energy (XEL), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

While most investors are fretting the markets recent contraction, you can be quite confident that "my pal Warren" has a smile on his face, as does Peter Lynch, Ken Heebner, Bill Miller, Bruce Berkowitz, and any number of fellow value investors that know now may be a time of opportunity. That is because they have the experience and understanding to pounce when they have a chance to buy things cheap.

This is the fourth installment of my series to discover just that: cheap stocks. If you would like to get on board from the beginning then review the initial post which screened for stocks with lower than market average P/E ratios, see Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks. In the second installment, I looked at yield and PEG ratios: Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth. Then I moved on to the the P/S and P/CF metrics in Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26, cutting nine stocks.

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Chasing Value: Hasbro Earnings Makes My Point

Posted Feb 9th 2010 1:20PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Good news, Money and Finance Today, Hasbro Inc (HAS), Chasing Value™, Stock Screen, Stock Picks

Yesterday Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) reported 2009 fourth quarter and full-year results.

For the fourth quarter 2009, the Company reported net revenues of $1.38 billion, an increase of $144.1 million or 12%, compared to $1.23 billion a year ago. 2009 fourth quarter revenues grew 7% excluding a $55.4 million positive impact of foreign exchange. The Company reported net earnings for the quarter of $165.6 million or $1.09 per diluted share, an increase of $72.0 million or 77%, compared to $93.6 million or $0.62 per diluted share in 2008.

The strong results in a bad year support my contention that today's stock market, even in these uncertain times, does have plenty of bargains.

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Closing Bell: The Selling Bias Becomes Clearer (CTIC, CIT, SAP, HAS, UPS, STJ)

Posted Feb 8th 2010 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: CIT Group (CIT), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Hasbro Inc (HAS)

The stock market tried to make a comeback several times today, but the indexes closed down sharply on the day. We did not even have Washington D.C. open to bash the financial markets, but we had continued concern that banks were ceasing to trade with some emerging market banks that are in the nations of the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain).

Here were today's closing bell levels:

Dow 9,908.39 -103.84 (-1.04%)
S&P 500 1,056.75 -9.44 (-0.89%)
Nasdaq 2,126.05 -15.07 (-0.70%)

Top Day Trader Alerts
Top Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades

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Hasbro Soars on Q4 Earnings 22% Above Estimates

Posted Feb 8th 2010 1:30PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Good news, Hasbro Inc (HAS), Options, Technical Analysis

Hasbro (HAS - option chain) shares are rising today after the company reported earnings this morning, posting a fourth-quarter profit of $165.56 million, or $1.09 per share, on revenue of $1.38 billion. Analysts had forecast a profit of 81 cents per share on revenue of $1.34 billion. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on HAS.

HAS opened this morning at $33.65. So far today the stock has hit a low of $33.53 and a high of $35.19. As of 11:40, HAS is trading at $34.99 up $4.18 (13.6%). The chart for HAS looks bullish and S&P gives HAS a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy ranking.

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Before the Bell: Futures Pointing to a Higher Start

Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:07AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Magazines, CIT Group (CIT), CVS Corp (CVS), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Economic Data, Oil

U.S. stock futures were ~~lower~~ higher Monday morning as concerns about the debt situation in Europe continued to weigh on sentiment. The Dow industrials, it seems, for now will continue to flirt with the 10,000 level, following general declines in U.S. stocks markets last week.

[Update: So far this morning futures have changed direction several times as investors try to find a firm footing.]

Stocks slumped last as worries mounted over debt problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain and a mixed bag of economic indicators in the U.S. Meanwhile, concerns over Greece abated somewhat as the government worked Monday on a tax overhaul aimed at getting its deficit under control.

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The Week in Preview: High Hopes for Coinstar, Agilent, Chipotle, Baidu, Hasbro

Posted Feb 7th 2010 12:30PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Agilent Technologies (A), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Hasbro Inc (HAS)

Quarterly reports continue to roll out this week, with results due from Allstate Corp. (ALL), Coca-Cola Co. (KO), Marriott International Inc. (MAR), Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP), New York Times Co. (NYT), Pepsico Inc. (PEP), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), Viacom (VIA), Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and many others. Here's a look at a few of the companies that analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect to be the biggest earnings gainers this week.

Analysts are looking for Coinstar Inc. (CSTR), which distributes coin-counting, DVD-rental, and other self-service kiosks, to report that its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year ago to $0.32 per share. Revenue for the three months that ended in December is expected to have jumped 26.1% to $329.2 million. The analysts' forecast for the full year calls for earnings of $0.94 per share (+46.8%) on $1.2 billion in revenue (+25.9%). Coinstar has beat earnings estimates in the past three quarters, by as much as six cents per share.

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Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26

Posted Feb 3rd 2010 10:40AM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, Raytheon Company (RTN), Xcel Energy (XEL), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

Is the market overpriced? Maybe it is cheap, or perhaps it is fairly valued. This is the third in a series examining the issue. Still, it has been my contention that it does not make any difference because no matter how the market is valued as a whole, there are plenty of cheap stocks out there to accommodate a large amount of capital allocation even this deep into a bull run.

If you would like to follow along from the beginning, the initial post screened stocks for lower than market average P/E ratios: Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks. In the second installment, I looked at yield and PEG ratios: Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth.

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Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth

Posted Feb 1st 2010 2:50PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, Stocks to Buy, Raytheon Company (RTN), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

Let's try and reduce the gambling by examining the facts and ignoring what the bulls and bears are chatting up at the moment. We started the process by screening for lower than market average P/E ratios, see: Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks.

Two more important criteria influence today's review: the yield, a favorite of "my pal Warren"; and the price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) a focus of Peter Lynch, the retired fund manager extraordinaire of Fidelity's Magellan Fund.

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