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Demand Foods (DMND) -- was panned as a sell in one of this week's lightning rounds as Cramer called it "too crazy for this guy" and invited the CEO to appear on the show to give the counter argument to why the stock should be avoided after large losses in recent weeks. DMND trades at a respectable 13X earnings and 1.47X book value. The company is producing a 12% return on equity but drops only 5% of sales to the bottom line. We prefer businesses which earn a 10% profit margin or higher, but we also note that certain retail oriented business models can do well despite lower margins. DMND has actually experienced fairly robust YOY growth in sales (32%) and YOY growth in net income (26%) which makes this a stock to watch if the name becomes a bit cheaper in the months and weeks ahead in our view. For now, however, we will stick with Cramer and say that it's a bit too hard to call right here.
Alcoa (AA) -- Cramer clearly unmarried this trade which he liked earlier in the year, stating that Alcoa had a "weak quarter" and "may not make money" going forward. He thinks that the stock is "dead money" and that "estimates are way too high." Alcoa is clearly a cyclical enterprise who's fate is tied to the ups and downs of not only the aluminum and base metal market but also the demand side stemming from macro-economic trends and pressures out of China. While Alcoa does look quite cheap at first glance with a PE of just 9.4X and forward PE in the 9X range, the discount to book value does not leave investors with much of a margin of safety because much of Alcoa's book value is in the form of intangible assets like Goodwill (Spanish for brand value) which should be excluded from liquidation value by the astute equity analyst. While Alcoa does look cheap, remember that in recessions and contractions these cyclical names tend to get clobbered. Recently, Cramer has become a little more bullish on Alcoa, but still thinks the quarter will be ugly.
Baidu.com (BIDU) -- Baidu is a name that Hedgephone recommended shorting at the $150 level this summer because we felt the name was in a speculative mania. Cramer is a great teacher and investor, but sometimes his favorite names like Netflix (NFLX) and BIDU become crowded trades and can actually be shorted for short term profits when the charts become too vertical and the law of economic gravity takes hold. Cramer still notes that Bidu "is the only Chinese stock I like" but says that with the market in China down for "33 straight weeks" investors should sell the stock or at least avoid it in the short run. We completely agree as the name is trading at far too high a price to sales multiple for our taste. Bidu is still trading at a heady 21X sales and for 45X earnings, which makes the name expensive by most any traditional valuation metric.
Groupon (GRPN) -- While Groupon grew revenues at an astonishing 426% rate YOY, the company is trading for 11X sales and is not generating meaningful profits for shareholders. The stock is highly speculative in our view and Cramer affirmed this stance stating that this market is not the kind of market where you want to own social media stocks. Instead, Cramer has suggested utility and drug stocks would make better investments than social media stocks.
Amazon (AMZN) -- Amazon has long been a short recommendation of Hedgephone's due to the company's astronomical price to earnings and price to book value multiples. Although the stock has come down a bit in recent months, we still feel an opportunity exists to short the name based on valuation due to the company's more than robust 82X price to earnings multiple. Cramer recently said that AMZN stock is a "don't buy" and told a caller to "let it go lower." We agree, and feel that AMZN should trade at around $130 or so before investors could consider looking at the name as a potential buy, though we are less optimistic on this particular name than most
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Energy Transfer Equity(ETE) raised its offer to acquire natural gas company Southern Union(SUG) for about $5.1 billion in cash. Under the new deal, Southern Union shares are valued at $40 a share, higher than Energy Transfer's mid-June bid of $33 a share, and above a competing offer from Williams(WMB) of $39 a share.
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TheStreet) -- With stocks in a slump -- the benchmark S&P 500 has fallen 5% from a peak two months ago -- individual investors are trying to figure out which companies may rebound because they offer value and which may continue their slide.
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TLAB In this topsy-turvy world -- even hot-gadget maker Apple(AAPL) and defensive stalwart Exxon Mobil(XOM) are down -- emulating private-equity investors' approach to evaluating companies may be the smartest move.
Stocks are barely up so far in 2011 after two years of strong gains as higher commodity prices crimp corporate profits, consumer spending is lackluster amid high unemployment and the Federal Reserve is ending its second stimulus program this month. By focusing on corporate balance sheets and private-market valuations, investors may be able to navigate volatility in these summer months.
A stock's price isn't always indicative of value, and the difference between the two can lead to hefty profits, says Mark Travis, chief executive officer of Jacksonville, Florida-based Intrepid Capital Funds. One of his top picks is Tellabs(TLAB), a beaten-up communications-equipment maker that is among the worst performing stocks on the S&P 500 this year.
Travis tries to determine the price that a rational buyer, paying in cash, would offer to acquire a company. With companies holding a record amount of cash -- more than $2 trillion -- following Travis' strategy makes more sense today than ever. Many companies he follows are growing fast and generating a lot of cash, but retail investors know very little about them because they fly under Wall Street's radar.
The strategy also takes advantage of the recent mergers-and-acquisitions frenzy. Through May, there were 1,276 announced deals with a total value of $454 billion, a 39% increase over the same period in 2010, according to a report by advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. U.S. M&A activity will "continue to pick up steadily through the balance of 2011," PwC says.
But after a two-year rally in equities since the March 2009 bottom, aided by the Fed's bond-purchasing programs that boosted asset prices, Travis says the challenge in finding takeover targets has been made tougher. "Higher prices don't mean more opportunity, but more risk," he says. "A lot of the businesses we found were closer to fair price."
That has pushed Travis to be defensive in his posture. He says he couldn't find many businesses that had characteristics that private-equity investors would like, namely an unlevered balance sheet, lots of cash generation and downside protection in the share price. As such, the Intrepid Small Cap Fund(ICMAX) had 34% of its $777 million in total assets in cash equivalents, as of March 31. The Intrepid Capital Fund(ICMBX), meanwhile, had 12% of its $345 million in cash equivalents at the end of the first quarter.
Travis says his firm was invested in one takeout that occurred in late March, and that he has started to find some companies that carry both merit and risk for investors who can stomach the investment. "To find something in this environment where prices are up 100% over the last 24 months, you're going to have to buy something that has some ugly characteristic to it or it wouldn't be cheap," he says.
While investors focus mainly on S&P 500 companies, Travis and Intrepid Capital tend to be buyers of small-cap stocks. Travis says smaller companies that generate cash consistently attract suitors, either larger companies in their industry or private-equity firms. If neither comes forward, Travis is happy knowing the investment will continue to grow as the company's cash builds up.
Baidu(BIDU), China's biggest search engine by revenue, on Monday announced a partnership with Microsoft(MSFT) that would allow its users to see English-language search results generated by Bing, Microsoft's search engine. Microsoft shares were up 0.5% to $26.15 in premarket trading Tuesday and Baidu shares were rising 1% to $144.71.
Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Upgrade From To (Target)
Artio Global Investors ART Ticonderoga Sell Neutral
Constant Contact CTCT Dougherty & Company Sell Neutral
Constellation Energy CEG Wunderlich Hold Buy ($43.5)
Diamond Offshore DO FBR Capital Mkt Perform Outperform ($85)
Kodiak Oil & Gas KOG BMO Capital Markets Market Perform Outperform
Raymond James RJF Ticonderoga Neutral Buy ($37)
Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Upgrade From To (Target)
A.O. Smith AOS KeyBanc Capital Mkts Hold Buy ($47)
Actuant ATU UBS Neutral Buy ($31)
Ciena CIEN UBS Sell Neutral ($17.25)
First Solar FSLR Wunderlich Sell Hold ($125)
Monster Worldwide MWW UBS Neutral Buy
NetSpend NTSP Wedbush Neutral Outperform
Transocean RIG Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform Outperform ($75)
Company Symbol Brokerage Firm Upgrade From To (Target)
Banner BANR McAdams Wright Ragen Hold Buy ($20)
Boston Properties BXP Argus Hold Buy ($112)
China North East Petroleum NEP Rodman & Renshaw Mkt Perform Mkt Outperform ($5.5)
CME Group CME UBS Neutral Buy ($318)
Endo Pharm ENDP Standpoint Research Hold Buy ($55)
Noble Corp NE Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform Outperform ($48)
Regal Entertainment RGC Caris & Company Above Average Buy ($16)
The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil(XOM) to get to areas damaged by the crude spilled from a company pipeline. Shares were down 0.5% to $81.60.
A Pfizer(PFE) stop-smoking drug Chantix increases the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks, according to researchers who analyzed multiple trials involving the drug. Shares were down 0.3% to $20.68
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Aruba Networks ARUN Barclays Capital Equal Weight Overweight ($33)
Avago Tech AVGO Sterne Agee Neutral Buy
Career Education CECO FBR Capital Underperform Mkt Perform ($23)
Cyberonics CYBX WBB Securities Buy Strong Buy
Encore Energy ENP Robert W. Baird Neutral Outperform ($25)
Enersys ENS Ardour Capital Accumulate Buy ($42)
GeoResources GEOI Global Hunter Securities Neutral Accumulate
Kodiak Oil & Gas KOG Global Hunter Securities Neutral Accumulate
Noble Corp NE FBR Capital Mkt Perform Outperform ($55)
TravelCenters of America TA Morgan Keegan Mkt Perform Outperform ($8)
Whiting Petroleum WLL Global Hunter Securities Neutral Accumulate
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•Baidu (BIDU): The Chinese equivalent of Google (GOOG) owns 75% of the market in China.
•Gol Linhas (GOL): This airline should fly high on the rise of the Brazilian middle class, as well as upcoming soccer and Olympics events in the country.
•Freeport McMoRan (FCX): For a commodity play, it's hard to find better than the largest publicly traded copper miner in the world.
•Johnson Controls (JCI): This is a U.S. company with good exposure to China, since it makes auto interiors for manufacturers there. The auto industry was beaten down this year, but Johnson Controls is a good way to capture the chance it will ramp back up.
•Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (BBVA): Again, the strategy here is to jump in as the stock bounces back. This bank is making a big play for more share of the Spanish market.
When asked about his take on General Motors (GM) and Ford (F), Jubak said both automakers are on the upswing, with GM specifically one of the best-positioned to sell more cars in China. But a better way to profit from the recovery in the auto industry is at the supply level, with stocks such as Johnson Controls, he The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]added.
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CA CA INC 10 10 23.17 Neutral Neutral Neutral
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEW 10 10 25.73 Neutral Neutral Neutral
IPG INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC 10 10 12.71 Neutral Neutral Neutral
ORCL ORACLE CORP NEW 10 10 33.05 Neutral Neutral Neutral
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Boeing (BA) would be on Jubak's list for all of 2011, but he said the stock has already appreciated in the first half of the year. It may continue to appreciate through the end of 2011, but a better strategy would be to look at suppliers, such as Precision Castparts (PCP).
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No. Symbol Company name Overall rating Core rating Last Change %Change Volume Market cap. P/E Dividend Dividend yield 6 mo expected return Market cap. market prefs Sector market prefs Growth/value market prefs Fundamental grade Valuation grade Technical grade Ownership grade
1 ASFI Asta Funding Inc 8 10 8.13 -0.26 -3.10% 41,687 118.98 Mil 36.80 0.08 0.98% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
2 BIDU Baidu Inc 8 10 143.35 3.22 2.29% 7.25 Mil 50.00 Bil 78.70 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A A C
3 CBB Cincinnati Bell Inc 8 10 3.29 -0.03 -0.90% 1.09 Mil 654.01 Mil 51.90 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Out of favor Neutral B B A C
4 CNO Cno Financial Group Inc 8 10 8.04 0.13 1.64% 2.63 Mil 2.02 Bil 7.70 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B B
5 DMRC Digimarc Corp 8 10 36.01 0.98 2.80% 49,495 250.77 Mil 251.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A A C
6 EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corp 8 10 13.43 -0.10 -0.74% 28,710 232.76 Mil 12.30 0.21 1.56% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A B C
7 ESIO Electro Scientific Industries Inc 8 10 19.24 -0.06 -0.31% 296,889 548.37 Mil 71.20 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
8 EXPE Expedia Inc 8 10 29.54 0.55 1.90% 2.27 Mil 8.08 Bil 20.40 0.28 0.95% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A B C
9 FMCN Focus Media Holding Ltd 8 10 31.80 0.70 2.25% 2.06 Mil 4.25 Bil 36.90 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B B C
10 FPIC FPIC Insurance Group Inc 8 10 41.67 -0.01 -0.02% 28,107 345.00 Mil 13.80 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B A C
11 FSCI Fisher Communications Inc 8 10 29.98 0.16 0.54% 27,816 264.54 Mil 26.20 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B B C
12 IMMR Immersion Corp 8 10 8.51 -0.02 -0.23% 329,027 242.77 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A C
13 IPI Intrepid Potash Inc 8 10 32.47 -0.03 -0.09% 583,497 2.44 Bil 39.60 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A C
14 IXYS IXYS Corp 8 10 15.04 0.06 0.40% 92,246 474.01 Mil 13.20 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A C
15 LVB Steinway Musical Instruments Inc 8 10 25.62 -0.07 -0.27% 20,053 311.40 Mil 46.60 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
16 NOK Nokia ADR representing one Ord Shs Series A 8 10 6.42 0.00 0.00% 24.80 Mil 24.17 Bil 8.90 0.57 8.90% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A C
17 OMG OM Group Inc 8 10 40.85 0.21 0.52% 212,019 1.27 Bil 13.70 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A B
18 PIR Pier 1 Imports Inc 8 10 12.17 0.60 5.19% 2.65 Mil 1.45 Bil 13.50 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A B
19 PNK Pinnacle Entertainment Inc 8 10 14.99 0.09 0.60% 457,814 928.16 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
20 RAVN Raven Industries Inc 8 10 56.81 1.10 1.97% 49,796 1.03 Bil 23.80 0.72 1.27% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
21 ROC Rockwood Holdings Inc 8 10 56.47 1.18 2.13% 670,007 4.31 Bil 17.80 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A A D
22 RTI RTI International Metals Inc (Holding Co) 8 10 38.38 0.01 0.03% 448,727 1.16 Bil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A
23 SAAS inContact Inc 8 10 4.87 0.12 2.53% 190,869 174.39 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A
24 SED SED International Holdings Inc 8 10 5.10 0.00 0.00% 460 24.97 Mil 7.60 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Out of favor Neutral N/A B A B
25 SMP Standard Motor Products Inc 8 10 15.63 0.40 2.63% 202,189 357.14 Mil 12.30 0.28 1.79% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A A C
26 SPA Sparton Corp 8 10 10.09 -0.13 -1.27% 105,366 103.29 Mil 10.10 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Out of favor Neutral Neutral A B B
27 SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 8 10 9.39 0.13 1.35% 1.11 Mil 488.67 Mil 334.00 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A A C
28 SRSL SRS Labs Inc 8 10 9.86 0.27 2.78% 64,956 146.94 Mil 86.10 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
29 SYKE Sykes Enterprises Inc 8 10 21.63 0.10 0.46% 206,109 1.02 Bil 25.70 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A
30 TIBX TIBCO Software Inc 8 10 29.42 0.40 1.38% 1.90 Mil 4.88 Bil 55.40 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A C
31 TNH Terra Nitrogen Co LP 8 10 134.48 -3.03 -2.20% 86,479 2.49 Bil 13.70 9.96 7.41% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A A C
32 VPFG ViewPoint Financial Group Inc 8 10 13.94 0.14 1.01% 165,746 485.66 Mil 19.60 0.20 1.43% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B A A
33 VRTS Virtus Investment Partners Inc 8 10 63.87 3.17 5.22% 51,626 398.55 Mil 54.20 0.00 0.00% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
34 WTBA West BanCorp Inc 8 10 8.78 -0.03 -0.34% 29,069 152.81 Mil 12.40 0.20 2.28% 11.98% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A C
35 AI Arlington Asset Investment Corp 8 9 31.48 0.09 0.29% 51,194 240.85 Mil 5.90 3.50 11.12% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
36 AIXG Aixtron ADR Representing 1 Ord Shs 8 9 35.32 1.20 3.52% 216,485 3.56 Bil 13.10 0.84 2.37% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A B
37 AMKR Amkor Technology Inc 8 9 6.22 0.05 0.81% 2.89 Mil 1.23 Bil 7.30 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A C
38 BPFH Boston Private Financial Holdings Incorporated 8 9 6.65 0.07 1.06% 356,749 512.04 Mil 0.00 0.04 0.60% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B D A
39 CBOU Caribou Coffee Co Inc 8 9 13.66 0.42 3.17% 679,095 280.90 Mil 8.70 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B C C
40 CCOI Cogent Communications Group Inc 8 9 17.05 0.04 0.23% 325,582 783.80 Mil 805.40 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B A D
41 CEPH Cephalon Inc 8 9 80.18 0.28 0.35% 1.07 Mil 6.11 Bil 12.20 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A A C C
42 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc 8 9 315.72 7.53 2.44% 827,001 9.82 Bil 53.40 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B A D
43 CYMI Cymer Incorporated 8 9 51.18 1.67 3.37% 198,039 1.56 Bil 14.90 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B C
44 DXPE DXP Enterprises Inc 8 9 26.05 0.70 2.76% 44,207 367.44 Mil 17.60 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C C A
45 EQIX Equinix Inc 8 9 101.90 0.88 0.87% 720,175 4.77 Bil 100.60 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
46 EXPR E Express Inc 8 9 21.97 0.17 0.78% 998,219 1.95 Bil 14.80 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
47 FLL Full House Resorts Inc 8 9 3.28 0.13 4.13% 163,728 59.08 Mil 8.10 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D A A
48 GMK Gruma ADR Reptg Four Series B Ord Shs 8 9 8.55 0.31 3.76% 19,875 1.20 Bil 26.00 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A B
49 GTI Graftech International Ltd 8 9 21.01 0.74 3.65% 1.15 Mil 3.05 Bil 16.00 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A C C
50 ING ING Groep ADR Rep 1 Ord Shs
No. Symbol Company name Overall rating Core rating Last Change %Change Volume Market cap. P/E Dividend Dividend yield 6 mo expected return Market cap. market prefs Sector market prefs Growth/value market prefs Fundamental grade Valuation grade Technical grade Ownership grade
51 JOYG Joy Global Inc 8 9 97.14 1.90 1.99% 1.98 Mil 10.20 Bil 19.40 0.70 0.72% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A A D
52 LABL Multi Color Corp 8 9 25.14 0.45 1.82% 37,151 335.22 Mil 17.70 0.20 0.80% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D A C
53 LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc 8 9 11.95 0.00 0.00% 124,411 234.68 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A B C
54 LUFK Lufkin Industries Inc 8 9 86.93 0.88 1.02% 197,450 2.65 Bil 52.90 0.50 0.58% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B B C
55 MKSI MKS Instruments Inc 8 9 26.90 0.48 1.82% 254,553 1.41 Bil 9.70 0.60 2.23% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A C
56 MLHR Herman Miller Inc 8 9 27.57 0.35 1.29% 588,688 1.60 Bil 25.90 0.09 0.32% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B
57 NSSC Napco Security Technologies Inc 8 9 2.91 -0.06 -2.02% 6,218 55.57 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C A
58 NSTC Ness Technologies Inc 8 9 7.61 0.04 0.53% 3.55 Mil 290.27 Mil 34.90 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C A C
59 OYOG OYO Geospace Corp 8 9 101.24 1.24 1.24% 44,071 633.45 Mil 23.40 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
60 PAAS Pan American Silver Corp 8 9 30.30 -0.59 -1.91% 707,599 3.32 Bil 17.90 0.10 0.33% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A C C
61 PCCC PC Connection, Inc 8 9 8.43 0.15 1.81% 66,446 226.72 Mil 9.10 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B C C
62 PLCM Polycom Inc 8 9 64.70 0.40 0.62% 899,693 5.71 Bil 59.50 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B A D
63 RF Regions Financial Corp 8 9 6.30 0.10 1.61% 12.58 Mil 7.92 Bil 0.00 0.04 0.63% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
64 RGR Sturm Ruger & Co Inc 8 9 22.14 0.19 0.87% 103,830 417.80 Mil 15.30 0.33 1.47% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C A C
65 SCR Simcere Pharmaceutical Group 8 9 10.09 0.32 3.28% 76,917 543.81 Mil 20.10 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C A C
66 SEAC SeaChange International Inc 8 9 10.84 0.06 0.56% 109,229 348.31 Mil 39.80 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
67 SM SM Energy Co 8 9 73.82 0.34 0.46% 880,957 4.70 Bil 92.40 0.10 0.14% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B A
68 STBC State Bancorp Inc 8 9 13.57 0.23 1.72% 152,812 230.21 Mil 23.70 0.20 1.47% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D A C
69 TAL Tal International Group Inc 8 9 35.27 0.74 2.14% 328,510 1.18 Bil 12.90 2.00 5.67% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A B
70 TIE Titanium Metals Corp 8 9 18.46 0.14 0.76% 1.60 Mil 3.33 Bil 35.90 0.30 1.63% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B C A
71 TNS Tns Incorporated 8 9 16.73 0.13 0.78% 74,901 426.03 Mil 55.90 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C B C
72 UHAL AMERCO 8 9 96.79 0.64 0.67% 36,212 1.90 Bil 11.00 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B A C B
73 USMO Usa Mobility Inc 8 9 15.44 0.18 1.18% 162,056 341.24 Mil 3.10 1.00 6.48% 10.87% Neutral Out of favor Neutral C A C A
74 WBSN Websense Inc 8 9 26.22 0.25 0.96% 412,722 1.05 Bil 42.70 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C A
75 WSTL Westell Technologies Inc 8 9 3.60 0.03 0.84% 438,376 249.68 Mil 3.70 0.00 0.00% 10.87% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B C C
76 AEC Associated Estates Realty Corp 8 7 16.50 0.25 1.54% 167,487 683.98 Mil 0.00 0.68 4.12% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
77 ALNC Alliance Financial Corp 8 7 31.05 0.52 1.70% 12,247 147.35 Mil 12.00 1.20 3.86% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
78 AMGN Amgen Inc 8 7 58.28 -0.07 -0.12% 5.36 Mil 54.18 Bil 12.10 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A D C
79 AMSF Amerisafe Inc 8 7 23.10 0.48 2.12% 40,179 424.94 Mil 15.30 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
80 ATK Alliant Techsystems Inc 8 7 72.07 0.74 1.04% 134,352 2.43 Bil 7.70 0.80 1.11% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
81 ATVI Activision Blizzard Inc 8 7 11.84 0.16 1.37% 3.53 Mil 13.55 Bil 26.80 0.17 1.39% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
82 BFED Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc 8 7 13.92 -0.08 -0.57% 100 88.81 Mil 15.40 0.20 1.44% 8.52% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C C B
83 BRS Bristow Group Inc 8 7 50.82 -0.20 -0.39% 266,041 1.84 Bil 14.10 0.60 1.18% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
84 CCK Crown Holdings Inc 8 7 39.23 0.41 1.06% 913,333 6.12 Bil 21.20 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
85 CHKM Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP 8 7 28.56 -0.14 -0.49% 54,817 4.03 Bil 34.20 1.40 4.90% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
86 CM Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 8 7 79.79 0.82 1.04% 109,405 31.68 Bil 12.30 3.52 4.41% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral D A C C
87 CMLP Crestwood Midstream Partners Limited Partnership 8 7 27.12 0.17 0.63% 21,195 1.06 Bil 23.80 1.76 6.49% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral D B B
88 CRT Cross Timbers Royalty Trust 8 7 44.45 -0.27 -0.60% 7,485 266.71 Mil 15.80 2.80 6.30% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C D A
89 CTAS Cintas Corp 8 7 33.97 0.94 2.85% 1.61 Mil 4.94 Bil 22.00 0.49 1.44% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B F A C
90 DPM Dcp Midstream Partners LP 8 7 41.10 0.13 0.32% 87,650 1.81 Bil 3,589.50 2.50 6.08% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B
91 DRI Darden Restaurants Inc 8 7 52.79 3.03 6.09% 6.23 Mil 7.20 Bil 15.50 1.72 3.26% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
92 EGAS Energy Incorporated 8 7 11.71 0.16 1.39% 12,910 0 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Out of favor Out of favor Neutral C C B
93 FFDF FFD Financial Corp 8 7 14.83 0.03 0.20% 375 15.00 Mil 10.50 0.68 4.59% 8.52% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
94 FNFG First Niagara Financial Group Inc 8 7 13.35 0.15 1.14% 2.55 Mil 4.05 Bil 17.60 0.64 4.79% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B F C Motley Fools Guide to Investment Clubs
95 GOOD Gladstone Commercial Corp 8 7 17.42 0.09 0.52% 36,843 187.64 Mil 127.30 1.50 8.61% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
96 HCP HCP Inc 8 7 37.23 0.54 1.47% 2.33 Mil 15.12 Bil 43.40 1.92 5.16% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
97 HEP Holly Energy Partners LP 8 7 54.33 0.06 0.10% 10,903 1.20 Bil 23.90 3.42 6.29% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B
98 KED Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co 8 7 19.54 1.41 7.78% 175,923 200.96 Mil 3.20 1.52 7.78% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral F A B C
99 LDR Landauer Inc 8 7 62.30 0.71 1.15% 32,395 586.92 Mil 23.90 2.20 3.53% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
100 LINE Linn Energy LLC
No. Symbol Company name Overall rating Core rating Last Change %Change Volume Market cap. P/E Dividend Dividend yield 6 mo expected return Market cap. market prefs Sector market prefs Growth/value market prefs Fundamental grade Valuation grade Technical grade Ownership grade
101 LLL L 3 Communications Holdings Inc 8 7 88.31 0.86 0.98% 721,916 9.37 Bil 10.70 1.80 2.04% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C D A C
102 LSBK Lake Shore Bancorp Inc 8 7 10.40 0.14 1.36% 400 61.77 Mil 18.20 0.28 2.69% 8.52% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C C B
103 LSTR Landstar System Inc 8 7 47.29 0.81 1.74% 210,926 2.26 Bil 25.50 0.20 0.42% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A F B C
104 LUX Luxottica ADR Reptg One Ord Shs 8 7 32.45 0.35 1.09% 48,371 15.14 Bil 25.70 0.62 1.92% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
105 MJN Mead Johnson Nutrition Co 8 7 69.04 1.49 2.21% 1.03 Mil 14.11 Bil 30.00 1.04 1.51% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
106 MSW Mission West Properties Inc 8 7 8.79 0.01 0.11% 78,152 197.82 Mil 26.40 0.52 5.92% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral D C A C
107 NRIM Northrim BanCorp Inc 8 7 18.92 -0.05 -0.26% 3,995 121.66 Mil 12.80 0.48 2.54% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C D C
108 ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 8 7 37.92 0.62 1.66% 394,658 2.18 Bil 23.70 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
109 PCL Plum Creek Timber Co Inc 8 7 41.31 0.77 1.90% 913,138 6.69 Bil 40.80 1.68 4.07% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
110 PNNW Pennichuck Corp 8 7 28.75 0.00 0.00% 26,334 134.62 Mil 36.80 0.74 2.57% 8.52% Neutral Out of favor Neutral C B C C
111 PSB PS Business Parks REIT Series A 8 7 56.10 1.00 1.81% 100,795 1.39 Bil 31.70 1.76 3.14% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B
112 PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd 8 7 23.23 0.15 0.65% 1.38 Mil 10.79 Bil 23.20 1.10 4.74% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D C
113 RGA Reinsurance Group Of America Inc 8 7 62.02 1.16 1.91% 475,725 4.58 Bil 7.50 0.48 0.77% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
114 SAL Salisbury Bancorp Inc 8 7 26.15 -0.29 -1.10% 200 44.13 Mil 12.40 1.12 4.28% 8.52% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
115 SBAC SBA Communications Corp 8 7 39.33 1.14 2.99% 2.04 Mil 4.46 Bil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
116 SNPS Synopsys Inc 8 7 25.93 0.22 0.86% 755,400 3.80 Bil 20.40 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
117 SYA Symetra Financial Corporation 8 7 13.60 0.17 1.27% 564,386 1.61 Bil 8.90 0.24 1.76% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
118 TD Toronto Dominion Bank 8 7 85.44 1.22 1.44% 527,786 75.73 Bil 14.90 2.75 3.22% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
119 THS TreeHouse Foods Inc 8 7 55.02 0.41 0.75% 357,845 1.95 Bil 21.20 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral F A B C
120 TLF Tandy Leather Factory Inc 8 7 5.20 0.07 1.36% 75,268 52.81 Mil 12.20 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C C B
121 UBP Urstadt Biddle REIT 8 7 17.12 0.22 1.30% 1,779 0 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C
122 VIA Viacom Inc 8 7 58.71 1.23 2.14% 32,918 0 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.52% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
123 AB Alliancebernstein Holding L P 8 7 19.56 0.12 0.62% 405,175 2.06 Bil 15.40 1.27 6.49% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
124 ACIW Aci Worldwide Inc 8 7 33.91 0.14 0.41% 152,487 1.13 Bil 37.00 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B
125 ADS Alliance Data Systems Corp 8 7 94.64 0.57 0.61% 534,199 4.83 Bil 22.60 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
126 AGNC American Capital Agency Corp 8 7 29.60 0.49 1.68% 5.69 Mil 5.09 Bil 4.30 5.60 18.92% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
127 AINV Apollo Investment Corp 8 7 10.34 0.13 1.27% 1.25 Mil 2.03 Bil 11.80 1.12 10.83% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
128 AOS A O Smith Corp 8 7 43.53 1.23 2.91% 226,941 2.01 Bil 33.70 0.56 1.29% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A F B C
129 ASNA Dress Barn Inc 8 7 34.47 0.42 1.23% 626,919 2.69 Bil 15.10 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
130 BMTC Bryn Mawr Bank Corp 8 7 20.38 0.13 0.64% 24,415 255.81 Mil 20.40 0.60 2.94% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
131 BRC Brady Corp 8 7 32.93 0.87 2.71% 277,440 1.74 Bil 17.50 0.72 2.19% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
132 BT BT Group ADR Representing 10 Ord Shs 8 7 32.47 -0.23 -0.70% 368,274 24.95 Bil 10.90 1.20 3.69% 8.04% Neutral Out of favor Neutral C B C C
133 BTE Baytex Energy Corp 8 7 54.36 -0.08 -0.15% 96,794 6.36 Bil 30.90 2.50 4.55% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral D B B C
134 CASS Cass Information Systems Inc 8 7 38.17 0.41 1.09% 11,532 359.32 Mil 17.00 0.64 1.68% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C D C
135 CFFI C&F Financial Corp 8 7 20.96 -0.33 -1.55% 2,445 65.66 Mil 9.30 1.00 4.70% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral A D C
136 CFNB California First National Bancorp 8 7 15.37 0.05 0.33% 1,113 160.12 Mil 15.30 1.00 6.51% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C
137 CHCO City Holding Co 8 7 33.42 0.39 1.18% 38,704 509.30 Mil 13.30 1.36 4.07% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D C
138 CLDT Chatham Lodging Trust 8 7 16.44 0.33 2.05% 53,335 227.21 Mil 0.00 0.70 4.26% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C A D C
139 CNAF Commercial National Financial Corp (Pennsylvania) 8 7 19.25 0.00 0.00% 0 55.07 Mil 10.00 0.88 4.57% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D B B
140 CNBKA Century BanCorp Inc 8 7 26.95 0.49 1.85% 2,705 95.50 Mil 10.80 0.48 1.78% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C C B
141 CSBK Clifton Savings Bancorp Inc 8 7 11.08 0.04 0.36% 8,456 289.62 Mil 32.20 0.24 2.17% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
142 CTO Consolidated Tomoka Land Co 8 7 29.30 0.70 2.45% 12,488 168.07 Mil 0.00 0.04 0.14% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral D A C C
143 EBF Ennis Inc 8 7 17.56 0.16 0.92% 90,013 457.51 Mil 10.60 0.62 3.53% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
144 ENI Enersis ADR Each Representing 50 Ord Shs 8 7 23.28 0.18 0.78% 389,701 15.17 Bil 14.50 0.78 3.35% 8.04% Neutral Out of favor Neutral A C D C
145 ENP Encore Energy Partners LP 8 7 21.41 0.09 0.42% 111,740 984.57 Mil 0.00 1.96 9.15% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral D B B
146 EV Eaton Vance Corp 8 7 30.66 0.43 1.42% 927,057 3.62 Bil 19.90 0.72 2.35% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
147 EXAR Exar Corp 8 7 6.35 0.02 0.32% 139,682 283.15 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D C
148 FCTY 1st Century Bancshares Inc 8 7 3.69 -0.01 -0.27% 220 34.31 Mil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C B C
149 FUR Winthrop Realty Trust 8 7 11.82 -0.12 -1.01% 161,538 388.85 Mil 13.10 0.65 5.50% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D C
150 GA Giant Interactive Group Inc
No. Symbol Company name Overall rating Core rating Last Change %Change Volume Market cap. P/E Dividend Dividend yield 6 mo expected return Market cap. market prefs Sector market prefs Growth/value market prefs Fundamental grade Valuation grade Technical grade Ownership grade
151 GOLD Randgold Resources ADR Reptg 1 Ord Shs 8 7 82.69 -1.36 -1.62% 701,239 7.56 Bil 59.50 0.20 0.24% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral D B B C
152 H Hyatt Hotels Corp 8 7 42.26 1.44 3.53% 419,082 7.35 Bil 113.30 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A D C C
153 HST Host Hotels and Resorts Inc 8 7 17.63 0.68 4.01% 9.22 Mil 12.22 Bil 0.00 0.12 0.68% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
154 IBA Industrias Bachoco SAB de CV 8 7 24.09 -0.01 -0.04% 7,713 1.20 Bil 7.50 0.45 1.87% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D
155 IBN ICICI Bank Ltd 8 7 50.00 0.70 1.42% 2.05 Mil 28.23 Bil 26.70 0.62 1.24% 8.04% Neutral Neutral N/A C C B C
156 KIM Kimco Realty Corp 8 7 18.73 0.27 1.46% 3.67 Mil 7.80 Bil 162.00 0.72 3.84% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D
157 KSW KSW Inc 8 7 3.98 0.06 1.53% 8,950 25.34 Mil 11.50 0.10 2.51% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B D B C
158 LAKE Lakeland Industries Inc 8 7 8.74 -0.07 -0.81% 9,915 45.66 Mil 13.70 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B D B C
159 LII Lennox International Incorporated 8 7 43.64 0.57 1.32% 514,417 2.33 Bil 21.80 0.72 1.65% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
160 LSE CapLease Inc 8 7 4.95 0.04 0.81% 237,231 336.88 Mil 0.00 0.26 5.25% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
161 LWAY Lifeway Foods Inc 8 7 11.22 0.04 0.36% 13,699 184.43 Mil 49.10 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
162 MBRG Middleburg Financial Corporation 8 7 14.99 0.05 0.33% 11,696 104.07 Mil 0.00 0.20 1.33% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C
163 MEDW Mediware Information Systems Inc 8 7 11.13 0.08 0.72% 5,405 89.22 Mil 17.60 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral C C B
164 MFG Mizuho Financial Group ADR Reptg 2 Ord Shs 8 7 3.35 0.07 2.13% 864,344 35.85 Bil 0.00 0.15 4.46% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B D
165 MIG Meadowbrook Insurance Group 8 7 9.97 0.06 0.61% 159,144 531.15 Mil 9.20 0.16 1.60% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
166 MKTAY Makita ADR Reptg 1 Ord Shs 8 7 46.74 0.00 0.00% 3,381 6.45 Bil 17.30 0.81 1.73% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
167 MSA Mine Safety Appliances Co 8 7 38.18 0.84 2.25% 91,010 1.40 Bil 30.10 1.04 2.72% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B
168 NOIZ Micronetics, Inc. 8 7 5.03 0.00 0.00% 6,660 22.92 Mil 15.10 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D A
169 NUTR Nutraceutical International Corp 8 7 15.31 -0.07 -0.46% 19,898 157.72 Mil 10.10 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C C B C
170 PFBX Peoples Financial Corp (Miss) 8 7 13.60 -0.15 -1.09% 1,100 69.86 Mil 66.60 0.18 1.32% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
171 PHG Koninklijke Philips Electronics ADR 8 7 25.74 0.06 0.23% 1.45 Mil 25.84 Bil 11.50 1.11 4.32% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
172 PHI Philippine Long Distance Telephone ADR 8 7 55.47 1.43 2.65% 51,683 10.31 Bil 0.00 3.51 6.33% 8.04% Neutral Out of favor Neutral D A C C
173 PZZI Pizza Inn Inc 8 7 3.06 0.08 2.68% 54,320 24.51 Mil 19.90 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D C A
174 QCCO Qc Hldg Inc 8 7 3.96 -0.04 -1.05% 5,642 67.44 Mil 4.90 0.20 5.05% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D A C
175 RAH Ralcorp Hldg Inc 8 7 87.00 0.42 0.49% 272,818 4.79 Bil 19.30 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
176 RIVR River Valley Bancorp 8 7 17.09 0.84 5.17% 277 25.88 Mil 12.70 0.84 4.92% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
177 RJF Raymond James Financial Inc 8 7 32.66 0.51 1.59% 810,203 4.13 Bil 14.10 0.52 1.59% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
178 RRTS Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc 8 7 15.22 0.14 0.93% 93,535 459.67 Mil 97.60 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B D B C
179 SBBX Sussex Bancorp 8 7 6.69 -0.05 -0.74% 666 22.53 Mil 9.90 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral D C A
180 SIM Grupo Simec ADR 8 7 7.62 0.08 1.06% 24,912 1.27 Bil 0.00 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C
181 SPTN Spartan Stores Inc 8 7 19.56 0.03 0.15% 176,634 446.65 Mil 13.60 0.26 1.33% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B F A C
182 SSBI Summit State Bank 8 7 6.70 -0.02 -0.30% 19,204 31.79 Mil 28.50 0.36 5.37% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
183 TACT Transact Technologies Inc 8 7 12.04 0.34 2.91% 24,435 112.18 Mil 22.70 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C D C
184 TLK Telekomunikasi Indonesia ADR Rep 40 Ord Shs 8 7 34.45 -0.05 -0.14% 179,458 16.93 Bil 12.50 1.50 4.34% 8.04% Neutral Out of favor Neutral D A C C
185 TOFC Tower Financial Corp 8 7 8.20 0.00 0.00% 0 39.59 Mil 11.90 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral Neutral B C C
186 TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc 8 7 61.00 0.66 1.09% 1.73 Mil 15.84 Bil 22.80 1.24 2.03% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A F B C
187 TSN Tyson Foods Inc 8 7 19.53 0.11 0.57% 5.23 Mil 7.41 Bil 8.20 0.16 0.82% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral D B B C
188 TUC Mac Gray Corp 8 7 15.04 -0.41 -2.65% 46,811 213.94 Mil 64.90 0.22 1.46% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C D C
189 TWGP Tower Group Inc 8 7 23.84 0.02 0.08% 202,355 985.41 Mil 8.10 0.75 3.15% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral C B C C
190 ULTI Ultimate Software Group Inc 8 7 54.43 0.00 0.00% 89,156 1.41 Bil 490.20 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C D
191 UMPQ Umpqua Holdings Corp 8 7 11.72 0.15 1.30% 818,953 1.34 Bil 40.60 0.20 1.71% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C
192 VIDE Video Display Corp 8 7 3.90 0.07 1.83% 6,501 29.67 Mil 14.10 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Out of favor Neutral N/A A D
193 VOLC Volcano Corp 8 7 32.52 0.23 0.71% 428,690 1.70 Bil 167.20 0.00 0.00% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral A B F
194 WAG Walgreen Co 8 7 42.83 0.37 0.87% 4.72 Mil 38.78 Bil 16.70 0.70 1.63% 8.04% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C C
195 AAPL Apple Inc 8 8 343.26 7.59 2.26% 15.55 Mil 317.43 Bil 16.40 0.00 0.00% 7.46% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B C C
196 ABCO Advisory Board Co 8 8 57.13 -0.75 -1.30% 55,627 928.61 Mil 50.60 0.00 0.00% 7.46% Neutral Neutral Neutral A C A D
197 AF Astoria Financial Corp 8 8 13.23 0.44 3.44% 954,647 1.30 Bil 14.20 0.52 3.93% 7.46% Neutral Neutral Neutral B C C B
198 AIV Apartment Investment & Management Co 8 8 26.06 0.53 2.08% 1.27 Mil 3.32 Bil 0.00 0.48 1.84% 7.46% Neutral Neutral Neutral B B B C
Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) announced positive study data for its growth hormone treatment. Shares are up almost 7% at $1.26 on over 75,000 shares in the pre-market.
Affymax, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFY) is down huge after reporting that its anemia drug met primary endpoints. Shares closed at $23.01, but the stock is down almost 65% at $8.07 on over 1.7 million shares.
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is rallying with stocks and with China after the Yuan de-pegging news from the weekend. Shares are up 3.3% at $76.59 on about 150,000 shares. BP plc (NYSE: BP) is down 3.6% at $30.62 on heavy ADR volume. The oil giant has said that the costs of cleaning up the oil spill already reached $2 billion. Weekend reports put the company at raising up to $50 billion through debt and via asset sales. The worst case scenario now have the leak being up to 100,000 barrels a day this could be even more than 100,000.
EF Johnson Technologies Inc. (EFJI) said it has agreed to a new price of about $40.2 million in its buyout by Francisco Partners, a 43% hike from their previously agreed deal.
EF Johnson said it will now be bought for $1.50 a share, a 46% premium to Friday's close of $1.03. Amendments to the deal also increased termination fees and allowable transaction expenses.
No reason for the boost was given in a statement announcing the move, and spokesmen for the company's were not immediately available for comment.
The maker of portable radios and other communications gear for the military and public-safety workers first announced the deal last month as it swung to the black for the first quarter on strong sales growth. It had seen sales trend downward in recent years and suffered liquidity concerns in recent months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) logged its second 2% weekly gain in a row last week, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) closed four consecutive sessions above its 200-day moving average. It would seem that the bulls are back in control, and that Wall Street has left the lows of its recent bull market correction in the rear-view mirror. What's more, with news out of China driving U.S. stock futures sharply higher in pre-market trading, it looks like traders have received a much needed spark to extend the recent run higher. Specifically, futures on the DJIA and the SPX are trading roughly 114 points and 16.75 points above fair value, respectively. Finally, as Todd Salamone noted in this week's Monday Morning Outlook, sentiment on the "customer-only, equity option buyers on the International Securities Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange is at a pessimistic extreme for 2010." Historically, our data has shown that "the market is more apt to surge higher when a pessimistic extreme is identified," according to Todd.
In merger and acquisition news, Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (RAH) said it is buying American Italian Pasta Co. (AIPC) for $53 per share in cash, making the deal worth approximately $1.2 billion. AIPC closed at $41.73 per share on Friday. Ralcorp Holdings Inc. also agreed to buy two private food firms, North American Baking Ltd. and J.T. Bakeries Inc.
Finally, Luby's Inc. (LUB) rallied sharply late on Friday, after the company announced that it was buying bankrupt Fuddruckers for $61 million in cash. Luby's said it will receive "substantially all of the assets of Fuddruckers, Inc., Magic Brands, LLC and certain of their affiliates."
American Italian Pasta Co. (NASDAQ: AIPC) is soaring on active trading of more than 2 million shares after Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) agreed to buy the company out for $1.2 billion. Shares are up 26% at $52.62, well above the $44.00 high of the last 52-weeks.
You can join our free daily email distribution list to hear more about dividend trends, analyst upgrades and downgrades, top day trader and active trader alerts, news on Buffett and other investment gurus, IPOs, secondary offerings, private equity, and more. BP (NYSE: BP): An internal BP document released by US Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey over the weekend estimated the rate of oil spill at 100,000 barrels per day versus the government estimate of 60,000 barrels. Meanwhile, BP on Monday said it has so far spent two billion dollars on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP shares slumped more than 3% in pre-market trading.Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH): Ralcorp Holdings on Monday agreed to acquire American Italian Pasta Co. (NASDAQ: AIPC) for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal that values American Italian Pasta at $53 a share represents a 27% premium to Friday's closing price of $41.73. Ralcorp said Friday that it expects third-quarter earnings of $1 a share. Analysts currently expect earnings of $1.29 a share. Shares of Ralcorp Holdings fell more than 2% in Monday's pre-market trading. NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG): The company said Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with US Solar, an affiliate of Arclight Capital Partners LLC, to acquire a portfolio of solar development projects on nine sites in California and Arizona.
HOW DO YOU SAY, "DON'T BE EVIL" IN MANDARIN? The answer: You can't, if you happen to be within earshot or eyeshot of the Beijing apparatchiks. Who would ever have thought that simple and rather bland admonition would trigger a confrontation between the world's two greatest powers, China and Google?
In fact, much as it grieves us to say so, it was all Google's fault. For the company had the effrontery to demonstrate that its corporate motto wasn't just a bit of inspirational fluff but actually was supposed to be, of all things, pertinent to its business practices. We know that Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who founded the company, are still youngsters as moguls go, but, really, who ever dreamed they'd be so naive as to try to live up to a smiley slogan?
When you get down to it, Google (ticker: GOOG) refrained from setting the behavioral bar too high. We mean, it doesn't urge either its management or its employees to be good, just to abstain from inflicting harm. And, as carpers fell all over each other in a rush to point out, the company hasn't always been on the side of the angels in its business tactics, and it did agree to bend to censorship when it entered the market four years ago.
To which we say, so what? Perfect isn't the point; summoning up the courage to stick your tongue out at blatant and treacherous abuse of power is.
"Don't be evil" seemingly doesn't lend itself to easy translation. Earnest attempts to do so by the Chinese somehow yielded only pornographic cuneiform that, regrettably, we can't pass along because it has no place in a family magazine. (Nor, we might interject, does porno video on the Internet, which, if we understand it correctly, is the official excuse for shutting down Google's YouTube site in China. We confess, it never occurred to us that was why YouTube is so popular.)
Clean living obviously ranks second only to party loyalty in the Chinese catechism. So the Sino cybernauts had no choice but to launch an attack on Google's computer systems to make sure everything on those systems was, by the ruling clique's lights, "kosher" (sorry, we don't know how you say that in Mandarin, either).
What they were particularly interested in were the identities of those bothersome pests, the dissidents, who are inclined to post all kinds of subversive messages online promoting such blasphemous notions as the Communist bosses don't know best about everything. Imagine! Just the sort of dangerous ideas that can make the natives restless, a rather disturbing prospect when you're talking a billion-odd natives.
And, of course, the authorities are so keen on discovering just who those dissidents are simply because they're eager to reason with them, and gently persuade them of the error of their ways. The persuasion process might take eight or 10 years, but, hey, what's the hurry? After all, the misguided activists are guaranteed three squares (or at least three slivers) a day and a whole 10 minutes in the exercise yard. If you happen to be in the neighborhood and listen carefully, you can hear them holler for joy.
Nor was Google singled out. All told, something like three dozen American companies were attacked on the odd chance they might have some data or info worth appropriating. Besides "don't be evil" and "kosher," the phrase "intellectual property" seemingly is alien to the Chinese lexicon.
Whether Google decides to act on its threat to pull out of Beijing refuses to curb its appetite for censorship, we'll find out in the weeks ahead. But just by making a public fuss over the invidious intrusions and the stifling grip of censorship, the company merits a big thumbs-up! And that such dispassionate sources as the Chinese government and Microsoft (MSFT), which has designs for its own search engine in the giant Sino market, disagree, merely reinforces our impulse to shout "bravo" to Google.
HOW MUCH THE FESTERING quarrel between China and Google exerted an overall effect on the market admittedly is arguable. Given stocks' abrupt retreat on Friday from 15-month highs set the day before, it's tempting to infer that the fracas, adding to a growing number of contentious issues between the U.S. and Beijing -- on currency manipulation, barriers to the Chinese market that make a mockery of free trade and some scattered retaliatory actions by us, Washington's decision to sell arms to Taiwan and the forthcoming official visit by the Dalai Lama -- raised the specter of a more serious chill in the relations between the two countries and helped cool investor enthusiasm.
More likely, we suspect, Friday's fall was caused by more mundane factors, like disappointing fourth-quarter operating results and some less-than-exhilarating economic reports. At the same time, the latest readings showed mounting optimism on the part of investors, both pros and do-it-yourselfers, usually a sign that, for a spell, anyway, the easy money had been made.
Investors Intelligence, which canvasses advisory services and treats them as an ideal contrary indicator (they're most excited about equities when the market is about to take a spill and most negative when it's poised to go up), found in its latest survey that 53.4% of them were bullish, the highest level since December of '07, not in retrospect the most propitious time to buy stocks. A scant 15.9% were bearish, just a fraction above the 15.6% a fortnight ago, which was a pessimistic low that goes back to April '87, a few months before equities were about to do a historic swan dive.
While for the most part, the public, still nursing its wounds from the portfolio devastation it absorbed in 2008 and early 2009, has not vigorously participated in the great 70% rally from last March's lows, it has begun to get its toes wet of late. That's reflected in the latest soundings of sentiment among members of the American Association of Individual Investors, which recorded 47.4% bullish and 26.9% bearish.
We might note that one sure indicator of at least incipient euphoria is a tendency among some technicians to downplay the Investors Intelligence numbers by contending that the real key is the growing number of those seers who are looking for a correction. No sooner did they run that one up the flagpole than the ranks of those anticipating a correction began to shrink and, besides, as the chaps who run the survey point out, most of the correction group are basically bullish.
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL just a tad sorry for the poor banks. On the face of it they've never had it so good: borrowing money from the Fed at zero interest and doing all sorts of interesting things with it, like lending it out (sparingly) at 5% and several notches higher, but also playing the runaway market big-time.
Yet they're the target of opprobrium from hoi polloi, who, poor souls, can't grasp that banks, as one of the mightiest of their chieftains recently declared, "do God's work." Of course, no one seems to have inquired, but the god he was referring to was Mammon.
According to a front-page piece in Friday's Wall Street Journal, the 38 top lenders enjoyed a record year in 2009, with revenues taking a great leap forward, to $449.6 billion from $306.2 billion in 2008. And their hard-working or something employees will receive an aggregate of $145.8 billion in compensation and benefits. Laboring for Mammon certainly pays off.
Still, bankers aren't all that chipper these days.
Not only are they reluctant to own up to what they do for fear of being at a minimum verbally assaulted, but they're also smack dab in the cross hairs of the dastardly politicians, who besides regularly scolding leading bankers in full view of the voting pubic, are busily devising ways and means to make them pay for their sins, not least in the form of taxes.
As it happens, banks were prominent losers in Friday's wide retreat and, indeed, they were among the prime causes of the market's turning tail and heading down. There were some reports of inexorably rising credit losses that disturbed investors. And then JPMorgan Chase (JPM), despite a strong rise in fourth-quarter earnings (they quadrupled), came in, as the cliché goes, a bit light in the revenue department.
Even more discouraging so far as investors were concerned, the top brass seemed less than ebullient about Chase's immediate prospects. It's not inconceivable, to be sure, that the big cheeses in banking, in order to cool the public rage and calm down the rabid politicians, are deliberating playing it humble. But, Freud shmeud, the CFO's warning of "cautious outlook, two words," was not a model of reassurance.
Nor was CEO Jamie Dimon wildly encouraging when he reckoned that things might be better in the second half. Which leaves the obvious possibility they might not and, in any event, appears to put a question mark on the five-plus months left in the first half.
As we've said, perhaps ad nauseam, expectations for the banks have far outraced likely results this year. But that's true as well for the market as a whole. To us, anyway, that suggests more disappointments and more reactions like Friday's
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