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Be Thankful for a Strong Earning Season – Earnings Trends
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Key Points:
•    Earnings Surprise Ratio (#beat/#miss) at 5.26, almost double normal
•    Median Earnings Surprise 7.20%, very strong
•    Year-over-year Earnings Growth Ratio (# Pos Growth/# Neg Growth) at 0.80
•    Sales Surprise Ratio at 1.44
•    Sales Growth Ratio at just 0.43
•    Total Net Income for S&P 500 reported so far is 11.1% below what those same 478 firms reported a year ago, 10.3% above what they earned in 2Q09
•    Total S&P 500 Revenues reported so far down 10.9% year over year, up 3.4% from 2Q09
•    2009 Earnings Revisions ratio for full S&P 5< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><>< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><>< />< />< />< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< /><>< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><>< />< />< /><>< />< />< /><>< />< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< /><>< />< />< /><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><><>< />< /><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  11/23/09 Comment


Does Semitool CEO have to say goodbye to planes for deal to happen?

gulfstream.jpegEarlier this week, Applied Materials (AMAT) announced that it was acquiring Semitool (SMTL) in a $364 million all-cash deal.

As we’ve footnoted before, Semitool had an interesting side-deal with CEO Ray Thompson that had the company leasing several planes and an aircraft hangar from separate companies owned or controlled by Thompson. Given Semitool’s size, the arrangement, which in 2006 had the company paying Thompson $3.2 million, seemed a tad excessive.

Fast forward to yesterday, and this SC 14D-9 filed. Here’s the relevant part:

<><>Semitool leases two airplanes and an aircraft hangar f...
By  footnoted   (+0.00%)  11/20/09 Comment


Applied Materials To Buy Semitool For $11/Shr
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Applied Materials (AMAT) this morning said it agreed to buy Semitool (SMTL) for $11 a share in cash, or an aggregate $364 million. Based in Kalispell, Montana, Semitool makes electrochemical plating and wafer surface preparation equipment used by chip packaging and manufacturing companies.

Directors and officers holding 32% of Semtool’s shares have agreed to tender their shares. The deal is expected to close by year end.

SMTL this morning is up $2.56, or 30.5%, to $10.96.
By  Eric Savitz (Barron's)    11/17/09 Comment


Earnings highlights: Abercrombie, Blockbuster, Disney, Macy's, Walmart ...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Walt Disney (DIS), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), Applied Materials (AMAT), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Toll Brothers (TOL), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Blackstone Group L.P (BX), Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF)

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

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  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) lower Q3 results still topped expectations and sent shares higher.
  • Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) posted much better-than-expected Q4 earnings, the first profit in a year.
    • <>AstraZeneca (AZN) received an analyst's downgrade d...
    By  Trey Thoelcke   (+0.00%)  11/14/09 Comment


    Applied Materials: Burned By The Sun
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    Applied Materials (AMAT) yesterday afternoon posted stellar results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended October 25; revenue of $1.53 billion was well ahead of the Street at $1.32 billion, and non-GAAP EPS of 13 cents a share crushed the consensus number at three cents. Likewise, the company said FY Q1 revenue would be up 10%-25% sequentially, which implies $1.68 billion to $1.91 billion, smartly above the Street consensus at $1.4 billion.

    <>As I noted yesterday, CEO Michael Splinter said on the call that he expects the chip industry to spend $18 to $20 billion on capital equipment in 2010, up ...
    By  Eric Savitz (Barron's)    11/12/09 Comment



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    suha   (-11.64%  risk: conservative)
    Are they worth buying? - Ever since i started following these have been just lurking around 20. Wondering If they will ever hit 40s and 30s?
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    Possible Growth? - I think there's potential growth in this stock.
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