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Bullish on MAT ... MAT

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+16.64% in 485 days Analysts' Recommendation: Buy 30 Days Ago: Buy Analysts' Target: $24 Analysts' Targets BWS Financial $26 Buy Friday, June 06, 2008 BWS Financial $26 Buy Friday, June 06, 2008 Lehman Brothers $22 Overweight Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Wedbush Morgan Securities $22 Buy Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Caris & Company $24 Above Average Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Needham & Co. $27 Hold Friday, February 01, 2008 Mattel, Inc. and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and market various toy products worldwide.... Continue reading »

If Its Mattel It's Not Swell MAT

-6.10% in 794 days Mattel (MAT) has become the latest poster child for a grossly mismanaged supply chain. Yes they have been sourcing in China to take advantage of low wages and other efficiencies. But somehow the drive to efficiency allowed them to lose control over their products and actually endanger innocent children. This is a major management failing. Yes we can engage in China bashing. Yes there have been some unacceptable substances such as lead found in toys and their components. Yes there are some bad actors in China who appear to have no scruples. But the biggest problem is Mattel'... Continue reading »

MAT ready to get off the mat!? MAT

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-12.10% in 32 days (closed on 08/03/07) Here's a chart with technical analysis of the stock. http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=MAT&p=D&yr=0&mn=... Continue reading »

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World Wrestling Tops View – Analyst Blog

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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) recently reported its third quarter results. The company posted a robust earnings growth of nearly 68% to $8.9 million from $5.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Earnings per share came in at 12 cents, compared to 7 cents last year and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 33%, or 3 cents.   The Stamford, CT-based company’s revenues grew by 2.3% to $111.3 million, compared to $108.8 million last year. In terms of segments, Live and Televised Entertainment, the flagship segment, recorded a 13.4% year-over-year expansion in revenues to $77.9 million< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />... Continue reading »

Wall Street didn't want to play with Hasbro after Q3 results

Filed under: Earnings reports, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS) Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) isn't doing too well today. Shares of the toy entity are down 3.5% at the time of this writing in early afternoon trading. Third-quarter results are the catalyst, apparently. Management must hate this, because on Friday, rival Mattel (NYSE: MAT) saw a bid after its own earnings release. <>Hasbro's top line contracted 2%, and earnings per share, even with some dilution from a joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA) and investments in Hasbro's virtual-studio initiative, increased 11% to 99 c... Continue reading »

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: AXP, HAL, EL, MAT, CAT....

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Estee Lauder (EL), Caterpillar (CAT), Halliburton (HAL), American Express (AXP), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Analyst initiations, Deere and Co (DE), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) Analyst upgrades: <> American Express (NYSE:AXP) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at FBR Capital, as the firm sees limited near-term downside in the stock. The firm raised its target price on the shares to $37 from $25. <>RBC Capital upgraded Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL) to Outperform from Sector Pe... Continue reading »

Earnings highlights: C, GE, GOOG, HOG, INTC, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MAT, NOK ...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Google (GOOG), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Bank of America (BAC), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Mattel, Inc (MAT), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Harley-Davidson (HOG) Here are some highlights from last week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: <> Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) higher Q3 earnings topped expectations but revenue was in line. <><><>Advanced... Continue reading »

Mattel gets a bid on third-quarter news

Filed under: Earnings reports, Mattel, Inc (MAT), Hasbro Inc (HAS) Toy maker Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT), whose competitors include Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), issued its Q3 release this morning. The numbers weren't as fun as some of the company's products, but investors are giving the stock a healthy bid as I write this. What would be the reason behind such reaction, especially on a down day for the Dow?<>First, here's the data. Sales decreased 8%. They were affected, in part, by currency translation. Earnings per share came in at 63 cents. This was two pennies below last ye... Continue reading »

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