Via blogs.marketwatch.com/greenberg:
Aside from doing a tremendous job building a successful business from scratch, it appears you've also got to give NutriSystems (ntri) credit for knowing how to game the market.
Known for blowing past estimates, its shares took a hit two weeks ago after issuing first quarter guidance that wasn't quite what analysts had been expecting.
At the time the diet company said it would "update" guidance when it reported fourth quarter results, which it did last night. The stock leaped, in part, on investor enthusiasm that guidance that was revised even higher -- to a range of 88 cents to 92 cents, up from original guidance of 82 cents to 86 cents. ...
$49.5 (02/16/07)
