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Reported EPS of $1.60 include 1) a total of $0.50/shr in gains mostly tied to timber/insurance proceeds & $0.02 misc. | 0 | neutral |
Beverage earnings should slip next year as Sara Lee spends more heavily to support the rollout of the Senseo coffee system in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Denmark. | 2 | negative |
We expect money to exchange hands by November 1999. | 0 | neutral |
Management plans to release full Q2 results on July 24 with a conference call at 11:30 AM ET. Valuation and Rating. | 0 | neutral |
With so much traffic moving off the LAN using IP, there was widespread adoption of hardware-based routers (so-called Layer 3 switches) to handle what had become standardized IP traffic. | 1 | positive |
Comcast also owns two professional Philadelphia sports teams, the also owns two professional Philadelphia sports teams, the 76ers and Flyers, as well as sports and entertainment arenas. | 0 | neutral |
We anticipate Merrill Lynch will report first quarter results the week of April 12. | 0 | neutral |
Additionally, CCE will also increase prices in the fall so the company remains committed to its revenue enhancement strategy, which should benefit all bottlers. | 1 | positive |
Figures 9 and 10 show our expectations for Amerada Hess' production profile to 2008. | 0 | neutral |
This should improve returns on capital, visible growth and the ability to be more choosy with forward tactics. | 1 | positive |
According to government data, the annualized, seasonally-adjusted level of corporate bankruptcies in the second quarter of 2001 was 40,121, a year-over-increase of almost 12% which had not been reached since the first quarter of 1993. | 0 | neutral |
Maintain 15%-20% Stock Gain Relative to the Market Over the Next Year. | 1 | positive |
Its widespread technical capabilities, which offered vertical integration benefits from semiconductors to mobile infrastructure and terminals, became a liability as redundant cost structures permeated the organization's legendary "warring tribes," an affectionate term used to describe the internal competition for resou... | 2 | negative |
The following two tables describe the monthly revenue and EBITDA per employee metrics for the three RBOCs and Qwest. Table 10: Revenue and EBITDA Per Employee Metrics 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00. | 0 | neutral |
More funding? It's no secret that GEM and PEP were not aligned, and no surprise that PEP and PBG should have a truer partnership. | 0 | neutral |
KMI generated cash flow of approximately $612MM in 2004, of which $205MM was used to pay down debt, $60MM for share repurchases, and $295MM for dividend payments. | 0 | neutral |
In addition to the strong cyclical growth the company is experiencing worldwide, we believe that the Eastern Hemisphere, particularly the Middle East and the Russia/Caspian regions, particularly in the production related product lines such as Oil Tools, Centrilift and Baker Petrolite will continue to provide good secul... | 1 | positive |
In 1996, foreign ' liquids ievets jumped up by 18% with the acquisition of Ampolex and a 25% interest in the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan, as well as additions in Nigeria. | 1 | positive |
ADC has made several acquisitions in the software area in recent years, including Metrica in 1996, NewNet in 1997, Saville Systems in 1999, and Centigram in 2000. | 0 | neutral |
Of these three, international shows the highest upside potential. | 1 | positive |
DISCUSSION We continue to maintain our BUY rating with a 12-month price target of $48 assuming the stock trades at a 35% P/E discount to the S&P 500. | 1 | positive |
The company hopes to repeat this performance with other LSD drugs in clinical development, most notably Fabrazyme (approved in Europe, pending approval in the US) and Aldurazyme (filed for approval).. | 0 | neutral |
Attendance at WDW tracks consumer confidence in the broad United States. | 0 | neutral |
Management reported that the company has made headway in improving patient compliance, resulting in increased usage of Synagis from four vials per patient in the previous season to 4.25-4.5 vials per patient this season. | 1 | positive |
The absolute level of profitability for this vehicle, however, is debatable. | 2 | negative |
Exhibit 2: Quarterly Income Statement, 2001-2005E. | 0 | neutral |
Centex reported homebuilding revenues of $940 million, down -47% year/year, which was below our $1.04 billion forecast. | 2 | negative |
INVESTMENT THESIS We favor companies with a superior ability to sustain and grow cash flow through internal and external initiatives. | 1 | positive |
This leverage to the credit environment and the stock's premium valuation are the key reasons behind our market perform rating. | 0 | neutral |
n Long-term story continues to be strong despite current economic conditions. | 1 | positive |
This is a highly leveraged business; hence, along with broadcasting, which is also highly leveraged, led to the much higher than forecast profitability. | 1 | positive |
In our view, upside opportunities to our estimates could come from three areas: stronger sales of U.S. footwear, higher gross margins, or additional share repurchases. | 1 | positive |
Wireless LAN Semiconductor Technology 3G CDMA wireless technology. | 0 | neutral |
We still think BJS's shares have more room to increase relative to the group on average multiples, although the relative upside potential is not as great as when we upgraded the stock last April.. | 1 | positive |
Net debt was reduced $257 million (10%), and interest expense fell 15%. | 1 | positive |
Alcoa has experienced roughly $752 mln ($0.62/share after tax) in input/energy escalation YTD. | 0 | neutral |
Note: * - Same-store growth shown above is adjusted to exclude inflation during 2004-2005 period due to branch closures; same-store growth for branches open 2+ years. | 0 | neutral |
The tax rate is expected to be 24% for the remainder of the year and the company maintained its annual R&D expectation of $2.1B and capex of $1.3B. | 0 | neutral |
generate $1.2 million in revenues and, with estimated gross margins of 65%+ (in line with the AIS divisional average), a significant portion of that revenue should fall to the bottom line. | 0 | neutral |
Source: Needham & Company, Inc.; Solectron Corporation. | 0 | neutral |
EBITDA: $2.652 billion versus $2.663 billion earlier. | 0 | neutral |
On the other side, a good 2Q05 performance could see our missing on a 10-15% multiple expansion to historical averages.. | 1 | positive |
Management believes that Fluor is well placed for the switch from coal-fired plants to integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) owing to new technology adoption and increasing environmental resistance against coal going forward to 2008 and beyond.. | 1 | positive |
The new specialty foundry company manufactures semiconductor wafers based on bipolar, BiCMOS, silicon germanium, analog and mixed-signal CMOS process technologies. | 0 | neutral |
There are numerous swing factors contributing to this flat to up forecast, which are detailed in exhibit 1.. | 1 | positive |
Jamie Dimon will become chief executive officer on Dec. 31, 2005, six months earlier than the schedule set out in the merger agreement. | 0 | neutral |
Explosive Origination Growth Fueled By ARM Popularity. | 1 | positive |
University of Phoenix opened four new physical campuses in the fourth quarter, bringing the total number of new campus openings in fiscal 2004 to nine, at the high end of management's initial expectation for 7-9 campus openings during the year. | 0 | neutral |
Real time feedback loops enable Dell to track daily company performance down to product and customer level. | 0 | neutral |
Though aggressive licensing deals are helping ease the sting from the bruises to the pipeline over the past years, investor confidence in the company's ability to handle Zocor's U.S. patent expiration next year is low due to the withdrawal of Vioxx and loss of Fosamax's exclusivity further out. | 2 | negative |
The international division has been a major driver of PepsiCo's growth over the past few years, and the company has set a high operating profit growth target of 15% for the next several years (Exhibit 22). | 1 | positive |
The average U.S. crude wellhead price was $23.33 per Bbl in Q3/2002, a 7% increase from Q3/2001. | 0 | neutral |
2) Adjusted for last year's $8 million September benefit tied to hurricane Katrina, this growth rate would be 7.5%. | 0 | neutral |
Credit services posted a pretax margin of 26%, as provisions continue to fall. | 1 | positive |
We are maintaining our Buy rating, and raising our price target to $95 from $93 due to our higher 2001 estimate. | 1 | positive |
Our new Q2 and 1/01 estimates are $0.20 and $1.48 per share, respectively. | 0 | neutral |
The company held production targets at 159 164 MMBOE for 2005. | 0 | neutral |
The downside of driving up average price is relatively poor unit shipments in desktops (-2% sequential decline) which contributed to Dell's top line weakness. | 2 | negative |
Note: Both core and Eckerd F/E comps benefited by 680 bps in April. | 1 | positive |
Old Navy's maternity also continues to be a success. | 1 | positive |
Management reported that net new business wins were roughly $1.7 billion in 2Q, up from $1.3 billion in 1Q. | 1 | positive |
DISCUSSION We rate Nucor Underweight as we expect a "train wreck" when spot hot-rolled prices peak in the $600-$625 per ton range. | 2 | negative |
This year we found 47 items common to the store in New Jersey and the combined online store of Amazon/Toysrus.com. | 0 | neutral |
Solid bookings performance and a focus on continued cost reductions should help boost top line and overall bottom line growth. | 1 | positive |
We believe Sprint's long-term goal is to eventually move most of its 20mm iDEN subscribers to EV-DO Rev A, using QUALCOMM's QChat push-to-talk technology, beginning in FY08. | 0 | neutral |
The Company Has Not Seen Benefits From Its Efforts At Greater Efficiency. | 0 | neutral |
Front-end comps (negatively impacted by the loss of the Halloween business and reduced store hours on Thanksgiving day) were up only 1.2%. | 2 | negative |
Goldman Sachs has a strong global footprint with 37% of its consolidated revenues coming from outside the U.S., which can be further broken down into Europe (25%; mostly the U.K.) and Asia (12%). | 1 | positive |
Q ' revenues s from IBM will come more gradually,with no revenues in 2000, an estimated $200 million in 2001, and the rest spread over the seven-year term. | 0 | neutral |
Details: Lower Consumer (iPod) Shipments and Ho-Hum Storage Drive Neutral Risk/Reward. | 0 | neutral |
� We maintain our 2003 and 2004 EPS estimates ($3.40 and $3.75, respectiv'ly), Outpfm rating and $61 px tgt. | 1 | positive |
We suspect that the old Bank One did underinvest in the businesses in the years prior to the current management team arriving.. | 2 | negative |
During 2Q the weakening dollar against both the Yen and the Euro helped the top line grow by an extra 0.8%. | 1 | positive |
Currently totaling $13 billion, the balances outstanding in this portfolio stood at $6 billion just two years ago. | 0 | neutral |
However, Microsoft does not provide guidance for unearned revenue, and we think this increase in unearned revenue--and visibility--associated with the new licensing programs should be better than investors are expecting. | 1 | positive |
Given division reviews occur in late-June, GD won't update guidance ($4.60 vs. consensus of $4.77) until its Q2 call. | 0 | neutral |
ROE and margins likely will decline again in 2000. | 2 | negative |
As an original player, and as a company that in many ways invests in its suppliers, Whole Foods should theoretically be the last grocer hurt by a limited supply base. | 2 | negative |
3) Can MarineMax still fare well despite the slowdown at Brunswick? MarineMax's performance remains solid due to its superior selling practices, in our assessment, and exposure to the fastest growing product categories and geographic markets. | 1 | positive |
In 2005, our Lilly/ICOS joint venture model assumes the Cialis joint venture will approach $600 million (up 28%, with $260 million in the U.S. and $310 million internationally). | 0 | neutral |
Over the last year, UNM has taken several reserve increases lowers UNM's balance sheet risk, carried out many security offerings strengthening its capital position, and exited a number of noncore businesses to maintain focus on essential product lines that provide it with high ROEs. | 1 | positive |
Avonex patients completed 12 months of the trial. | 0 | neutral |
Lowe's pricing strategy ("Up the Continuum") is to offer quality merchandise across the price gamut, from low opening price points on basic products up to premium products from top name brand vendors with the latest "bells and whistles." Lowe's offers Everyday Low Prices (EDLP) on a broad assortment of its goods and ha... | 0 | neutral |
Given the strong performance in Q4:98 and the terrific momentum in Baxter's Blood Therapies and Renal businesses in particular, we have increased our top-line growth assumption by 1% point to 10%. | 1 | positive |
We maintain our BUY rating and our price target of $21, which is based on 27x our new CY05 EPS estimate of $0.77. | 1 | positive |
This compares with the integrated group average of 13.9 times and 4.6%, respectively. | 0 | neutral |
The company also has several high-frequency offerings, including transimpedance amplifiers, laser drivers, and limiting amplifiers used for optical modules. | 0 | neutral |
With respect to the new plant, initial production is expected to become available in 2004. | 0 | neutral |
Consensus estimates show that Symbol is expected to grow in the 7% to 8% range for the next two years, which is lower than Motorola's expected growth rate. | 2 | negative |
The company is an established leader in distributed power architecture, which involves the board mounting of low profile, high-density DC-DC modules. | 0 | neutral |
We lowered our forecasts on primary metal from $0.73 per pound in 2H02 to $0.67, and for 2003E from $0.85 per pound to $0.75 per pound. | 2 | negative |
By Fall this year, 300 Kohl's stores will carry a new, higher price point jewelry assortment. | 0 | neutral |
Expanding Branch-Based Origination: GE Money now has 4,300 branches (up 39% y-o-y), and 1,300 agents (up 15% y-o-y). | 0 | neutral |
Operating margin was down to 12.3% from 12.7% a year ago due to higher SG&A expenses. | 2 | negative |
We believe a sub 1% comp is simply not enough for Zone to realize significant leverage from its model. | 0 | neutral |
For the third quarter we are currently forecasting: shipments of 3.200 million tons, slightly higher than the second quarter. | 1 | positive |
While we have confidence in Monster's management team, there is risk to our estimates and the growth profile of Monster in the near-term if management is unable to execute on its restructuring plans and/or if the international expansion is hampered by the impact of related staff reductions and cost cutting.. | 2 | negative |
The USPS has estimated that the requirement to put F06 savings into an escrow account will drive a need for a 5% increase in Postal rates versus where they otherwise would need to be. | 0 | neutral |
SRE's NTM P/E has averaged just 42% of the S&P since 1998 (partly as a result of the stock market bubble) and 60% of the S&P 500 since 1993. | 0 | neutral |
MER/NYSE Rating: Sector Perform Sector Weighting: Market Weight. | 0 | neutral |
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