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Cash flow from operations of $231 million was lighter in the quarter due to challenging sales linearity, and the company repurchased $251 million of its shares. | 2 | negative |
The Gulf of Mexico jackup market started the quarter with a strong tailwind, especially for premium units such as Rowan's eleven 350' independent leg cantilevered units (ILCs). | 1 | positive |
While the cancellation of the Comanche was a disappointment to Sikorsky, additional work on the Blackhawk should help to mitigate the loss. | 2 | negative |
A continued improvement in performance at the company's newer divisions, along with a turn at A.J. | 1 | positive |
Data on morbidity and hospitalization are expected in H2 2003, while data on mortality is expected in H1 2004. | 0 | neutral |
ACE can experience significant earnings volatility arising from catastrophic events, Hurricane Katrina being an example. | 2 | negative |
LP has reached an agreement to sell its composite decking business to Fibre Composites, LLC � a manufacturer of similar outdoor composite products in the U.S. A sale or closure of this business had been expected, given anemic results in recent quarters. | 2 | negative |
The result was 1% weaker than our $380 million estimate. | 2 | negative |
The company has seen its net interest revenue steadily decline over the last 12 months due to a planned exit of selected lending businesses and weak earning asset growth. | 2 | negative |
Ryoshin Leasing Corporation - This fall GECS will finalize the formation of a new joint venture and will control 80% of the leading leasing company in conjunction with Mistshubishi Corporation, the Japanese trading house, and Mitshubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, a leading Japanese trust bank. | 0 | neutral |
This provides the company with the ability to complete an acquisition and convert it before the year 2000. | 1 | positive |
Amgen has been pleased with safety and efficacy data from these compounds. | 1 | positive |
quarter as the combined ratio improved to 90.9% from 94.4% in the first quarter. | 1 | positive |
On the cost side, we estimate Tribune has an incremental $20M of newsprint expense savings versus 1H, while there is still likely additional savings that will flow into 3Q from the 2Q layoffs. | 1 | positive |
The net margin was up 90 basis points due to good cost control on the SG&A (selling, general and administrative) expense line, partially offset by increases in all other expense itemsmost notably research and development (R&D). | 1 | positive |
Clearly this is a psychological benefit for WLA; Lipitor market share gains have been steady and this might provide some additional momentum over time. | 1 | positive |
As described in the spending detail above, the swing in EBITDA from these three cost categories should be almost $100 million in 2000, or more than 10% growth just from reduced spending alone (on about a $1 billion base). | 0 | neutral |
Pretax earnings in the fixed annuity segment were $23.7 million in the third quarter of 2001 compared with $21.9 million a year earlier. | 0 | neutral |
This seems like a fairly conservative outlook in our opinion though the company did articulate a couple of factors which will contribute to ongoing MLR pressure. | 2 | negative |
Its 10% daily revenue growth was driven by 4.2% daily volume growth and 5.2% year-over-year yield improvement. | 1 | positive |
Our new FY09 adjusted EPS estimate implies 12% growth over FY08, although we point out that this is inclusive of Longs integration costs.. | 0 | neutral |
Like last quarter, we expect Europe to be the standout performer at the top-line, now that the drag of the detergent business is gone. | 1 | positive |
Commercial and Consumer realized negative 3% incremental operating profit margins due to higher costs. | 2 | negative |
The upside was driven primarily by favorable weather and reserve development (about $0.27 in total), but most operating metrics support our view of the cycle dynamics in personal automobile. | 1 | positive |
preferred equity offering for LHO in February 2002, sole-managed a follow-on offering of 2.2 million LHO shares at $14.73 per share in July 2003, and lead-managed an offering of 1.1 million preferred shares at $25.00 per share for LHO in September 2003.. | 0 | neutral |
Stryker Endoscopy: Endoscopy sales increased 20% (18% constant currency) in the quarter (22% domestically/13% internationally) to approximately $120 million, $2 million short of our 22% growth assumption of $122 million. | 2 | negative |
The cashmere will be priced at an appealing $39.50 - $49.50 and the company hopes it will act as a traffic driver for the holiday season. | 1 | positive |
These revisions increased MRK's 5-year EPS compound growth rate to 5% from 3% previously.. | 1 | positive |
Any asset impairment or reserve change would lower book equity and, therefore, debt covenant issues could come into play on the company's $1 billion undrawn revolver. | 2 | negative |
We estimate that the better-for-you business represents around 13% of Frito-Lay's total portfolio, whereas the indulgent business claims the remaining 87%, where volume growth grew in the low single digits during 2003. | 1 | positive |
In addition the company is making significant investment in the Barnett Shale (Fort Worth Basin), as one of the core growth assets (Exhibit 4 & Exhibit 5).. | 0 | neutral |
Clearly a majority of the growth will come from its existing product offering. | 0 | neutral |
-28 Sales surprised to the downside in the quarter, which was generally worse than underlying script growth (tracked by IMS). | 2 | negative |
We are also initiating a 2002 estimate of $4.05 and maintaining our 2000 estimate of $3.80. | 0 | neutral |
Specific Investment Risks related to the Industry or Issuer The company faces challenging economic conditions. | 2 | negative |
Accounts receivable increased 33.6%, primarily driven by the growth in Target Visa receivables, which had total period-end receivables growth of 33.8% over last year. | 1 | positive |
We had forecast first European sales of Amevive in 2004. | 0 | neutral |
Sales of safety-engineered blood collection products helped drive Preanalytical sales growth, which was $74 million in the quarter versus $64 million in 4Q02 (16% growth). | 1 | positive |
Chart 7: Stock Price Against 50 and 200 Day Moving Averages. | 0 | neutral |
These were partly offset by strong performances in CRM, procurement and Asia. | 1 | positive |
To this point, the only potential offset to slowing operating margin expansion would be an acceleration in the store expansion of either Christmas Tree Shops and/or Harmon Discount � at which point, we don't see either happening this year or next. | 2 | negative |
The breakup fees range between 4-5% of the transaction value. | 0 | neutral |
Sales in ladies' and men's apparel were below last year.. | 2 | negative |
In total, Gateway had 758 retail locations worldwide at quarter's end. | 0 | neutral |
OMC has outperformed media peers in 2008 driven by strong international growth, Olympic impact to US national, FX, marketing services share gain and digital. | 1 | positive |
Small and mid-size group enrollment growth is insufficient to provided this. | 2 | negative |
That said, there are some near term headwinds that we will monitor over the next several quarters. | 2 | negative |
The company sees particular strength in the Asia/Pacific and European regions and aims to further strengthen its network of international distribution partners in those areas. | 1 | positive |
The quarter had excellent linearity through the holidays, and bookings were about in line with shipments. | 1 | positive |
Black's presence should contribute to both institutional client retention as well as Janus' ability to attract new institutional customers. | 1 | positive |
This is best efforts, at this stage, and our estimates are under review. | 0 | neutral |
Conversely, yesterday, CAH effectively discussed current dialogue with most of its pharma manufactures relationships, including the completion of a next generation distribution agreement with Merck, which apparently provided similar economics to historical agreements albeit in a new fee for service model, where CAH is ... | 0 | neutral |
As edge network capacity increases and is utilized, we expect core network investments to increase also (adding to what we believe is a building, natural replacement upcycle). | 0 | neutral |
The exhibits below show LLTC's earnings sensitivity to variations in 2007 revenue and profitability; with the blue highlighted range showing what we believe is the most likely range of outcomes. | 0 | neutral |
Gap is moving through the excess inventory via markdowns and expects that the levels will be back on line starting in the fall season.. | 2 | negative |
Importantly, management indicated that the restructuring charge booked in 3Q03 could lead to annualized expense savings of $80-85 million by the end of 2004. | 1 | positive |
Third, while Freddie Mac's growth prospects have always been supported by its ability to promote strong primary market originations and capture a greater share of secondary market volume, we believe the company's recent entrance into several nontraditional segments of the mortgage market offer tremendous new growth opp... | 1 | positive |
Investment advisory fees totaled $189.7 million in the second quarter, below our estimate of $192.3 million. | 2 | negative |
Lifescan: Sales continue to be on the mend, as 4Q revenues grew 16%, to $288 million. | 1 | positive |
The key SGA disappointment was with PINK and bras. | 2 | negative |
We are holding expenses in check as Maxim has guided that has sales increase SG&A will not scale and that total below the line items will get to 25% of sales and head toward 20% with sales growth. | 1 | positive |
HIGHLIGHTS We have previously noted market disruptions on Tuesday, Feb. 27 on the NYSE, related to the DJIA calculations. | 0 | neutral |
SAFECO's 1Q99 EPS of $0.60 fell significantly short of both our estimate of $0.70 and the consensus estimate of $0.69. | 2 | negative |
Old Navy continues to search for the right balance of fashion and basics. | 0 | neutral |
The BlueLight Special, which was reborn on April 2, has resulted in strong initial results, with BlueLight shoppers purchasing almost 2X the items of other shoppers (with the average basket size up 20%) and registering significantly higher average purchases. | 1 | positive |
PRGO announced this morning that its partner on generic Prilosec OTC, Dexcel (private), had reached a settlement with patent holder AstraZeneca (AZN, $49.10, Not Covered) regarding Dexcel's Paragraph IV challenge of AZN's patents (we had known a settlement had been reached, but we had not known the nature of the agreem... | 0 | neutral |
Today, G announced the launch of M3Power, its new razor & blade system for. | 0 | neutral |
The infusions were generally well tolerated, with transient mild-to-moderate infusion-related reactions that occurred in 59% of patients during either the double-blind or open-label phases of treatment. | 1 | positive |
However, the one important trump card that remains to be played is whether a higher hospital reimbursement rate for CRT-D technology will translate into higher procedure rates, which we would expect. | 1 | positive |
We are a bit nervous about management's volume growth guidance for this year, and we think that increasing competition could pressure volume growth in future years. | 2 | negative |
We are somewhat surprised by the degree of volatility in the results, from unexpected margin declines in fiscal 4Q04, to soft. | 2 | negative |
Strong 4Q Results; Raising Estimates & Price Target. | 1 | positive |
In October, Hyundai initiated aggressive moves to penetrate the North American arena through the shipment of more than one million cdmaOne handsets over the course of 1999. | 0 | neutral |
However, note the Lucent's role at BT is primarily to provide professional services related to designing and deploying the IP core with Juniper's equipment. | 0 | neutral |
Gross deposits totaled $1.58 billion in the quarter, down 48% versus the year ago quarter and 21% sequentially. | 2 | negative |
Trend lines were not as positive as we originally thought. | 2 | negative |
Operating results exclude an after-tax gain of $7M resulting from equity investment gains and an after-tax charge of $7M related to the purchase of in-process R&D associated with the PowerSchool acquisition.. | 0 | neutral |
Using the same peer comparison, this leads us to a price to book multiple of 1.1 times. | 0 | neutral |
In addition to convenience, Genzyme claims this will also lower the cost of therapy for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. | 1 | positive |
Separately, excluding $334 million in gains for the Visa IPO, equity investment (venture capital) losses totaled $21 million, well-below the trailing four-quarter average of $184 million. | 1 | positive |
2008's fiscal calendar contains one fewer week than 2007. | 0 | neutral |
Revenues from software sales increased 13% YoY to $61 million as a result of higher sales volume, with minimal pricing growth, due to rebate coupons and other discounts. | 1 | positive |
Most of the upside came in PCs and Servers but Printers and Services also delivered impressive results. | 1 | positive |
Based on our analysis of 2Q we highlight the following three take-aways: 1) Vision tracking better than expected on both take-rate and ARPU contribution; 2) customer quality improving with better churn while CPGA is edging; 3) gross add productivity lags the industry but improvements expected for 2H/03. | 1 | positive |
Comcast reported second quarter 2000 results that essentially matched our expectations. | 0 | neutral |
First, Starwood has $2.4 billion of debt maturing by mid-2003. | 0 | neutral |
We estimate that if MBNA decided to outsource its card processing, this one addition alone would increase Total System's earnings by 50%. | 1 | positive |
We believe the period of significant investment in both offshore capacity and EC start-up expenses probably will peak in 2004. | 0 | neutral |
(CMVT:NASDAQ) Outperform 2. Woodbury, NY-based Comverse Technology, Inc. (www.comverse.com) designs, manufactures, markets and supports computer and telecommunications systems and software for multimedia communications and information processing applications, such as voice messaging, wireless data, prepaid calling and ... | 1 | positive |
Perhaps we are oversimplifying an extremely complex debate. | 0 | neutral |
JWN reports 1Q results on Thursday, May 15th after the close.. | 0 | neutral |
While the bulk s of these acquisitions were small aggregate operations, early in 1999, the firm closed on its $890 million purchase of CalMat, giving the company a major aggregates presence in the western U.S. | 1 | positive |
In predicating the timing, we are venturing to predict how quickly a government agency will move. | 0 | neutral |
On track to meet our $0.26 EPS expectations, according to top executives. | 0 | neutral |
The July comp number was at the midpoint of the company's preliminary estimate range of 5.5-6.5% for the month. | 0 | neutral |
Its market mix based on 2000 revenues was 26% Missile Defense & Space Control, 23% Human Space Fight and Exploration, 13% Launch Services, and 38% Information & Communications. | 0 | neutral |
The company expects losses on disposed bonds to be about $55 million, slightly lower than the amount experienced in 2002. | 2 | negative |
The provision covered chargeoffs, although loan growth led to a decline in the coverage ratio to 1.31% from 1.35% as of September 30.. | 0 | neutral |
We estimate the effect on EPS is $2.39 from the natural gas hedges and -$0.33 from the oil hedges. | 0 | neutral |
This business would contract meaningfully if the hedge funds contracted. | 2 | negative |
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