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We simply could not see how taking Diet Coke and reformulating with new sweeteners (Ace-K, aspartame blend vs. Diet Coke's Aspartame) would do very much of anything besides cannibalize existing share.
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Clinically-diagnosed presented on a 100% pro rata share of multiple claims..
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In 2005, we estimate sales of approximately $ 5.48 billion.
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Medicaid: The Medicaid MLR of 84.2% was 130 basis points better than our 85.5% estimate.
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While this represents an 8% premium to both our previous target multiple assumption and the stock's long-term median multiple of 4x, we think the combination of above factors, combined with our estimate for an expansion in ROE makes such a premium warranted.
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At the analyst meeting, management stated that it is moving an $89 million vascular surgery business from the Endovascular to the Cardiovascular group.
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Outside the U.S., development spending is expected to continue in Angola (Block 0, Sanha condensate, and Benguela/Belize); Nigeria (Agbami); and Kazakhstan (Tengiz)..
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While the transaction is cheaper on a price-to-sales metric vs DHR's acquisition of Sybron Dental Specialties (2.5x vs 3.1x priceto-sales), the TEK acquisition is more expensive when considering price-to-EBIT, 27.5x vs. 15.4x price-to-EBIT.
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Risks: The following risks could impede the achievement of our 12-month $15 price target for CNP: 1) Regulatory risk - rulings counter to assumptions and guidance could negatively impact our valuations going forward; 2) Natural Gas Prices - an increase in natural gas prices over the winter could adversely effect CNP's bad debt expense which would hinder the company's ability to collect bill payments in a timely fashion; 3) Litigation on legacy stranded cost recovery - the company has been awarded an additional $650 million on its stranded cost recovery related to electric deregulation in Texas.
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n Despite our outlook for another poor Wave Season, we think a shortterm trading opportunity (on the upside) may exist for the group in th anticipation of Carnival's September 19 earnings call, based on our expectation that Carnival will be relatively optimistic in its outlook..
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The one perceived blemish on Akamai's quarter was it only added 29 net new customers, down almost 50% Q/Q.
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While challenges to interchange have generally taken the form of litigation in the US, internationally they have generally come from regulatory bodies.
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Dover Resources Dover Resources reported sales of $304 million and profits of $49 million versus our estimates of $241 million and $35 million.
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Discounting the considerable value of ADC's venture portfolio, the shares are trading at around 40 times our fiscal 2001 EPS estimates..
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Current an d future valuations are based on a share price o f US$1 6.35 on 09/23 /2003.
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Our $4.94 EPS number is slightly below recent consensus of $4.95, but justified by continued raw material cost pressure and recent soft end market demand slowing base revenue growth.
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Wyeth expects for Libel to submit for regulatory approval in early 2005.
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Lincoln's new multi-manager product ChoicePlus racked up $100 million in sales.
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Unlike the prior year, we did not see a normal slowdown in turns activities at the end of the December quarter - turns were strong at the end of CY4Q07.
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In 2005, KMG received approval to move to 20-acre spacing in the Wattenberg and the company plans to begin a 20-acre pilot in the Greater Natural Buttes field this year.
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Seasonality mostly worked in HPQ's favor, including good Intel server growth, topped off by another boost from currency and share buy-backs.
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S&P placed JNY's BB+ rating under review for downgrade following its 1Q08 results based on weak operating results, deterioration in credit metrics and concerns about its financial covenant cushion under its credit facilities.
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Currently, client retention is running at 88-89%.
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Earnings dropped 30% yr/yr due to the production and sales disruptions in the TiO2 business (DeLisle, MS, TiO2 plant outage) as well as higher raw material costs across all businesses.
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Dewhurst co-founded Dean & Company, a management consulting and investments firm.
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The company's results were generally in line with our expectations and management is comfortable with the current 2004 consensus EPS estimate of $8.01.
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Gillette will unveil its latest innovation on January 15th.
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We would agree with management's view that this guidance is "appropriately conservative," reflecting continued commodity cost pressures and intense levels of competitive spending.
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Aetna delivered a solid performance across the board.
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Our $41 price target offers appreciation potential of 19% from current levels..
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Membership came in lower than expected due to continued weakness in the economy, a withdrawal from the MediCal program in Orange County, California and the attrition of two large accounts in the HealthLink business.
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$70 PT discounts 10-yr EBIT growth of 2-3%, 8% WACC (7% cost of debt, 5% equity risk premium), 1.5% terminal growth.
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BONY will keep its four existing private-bank offices and will be converting four retail branches into private-bank offices.
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Because of this, we believe it is extremely difficult to accurately compare actual versus estimated performance.
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It delivers to retailers more efficiently than others and markets at lower cost than others.
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Looking at the TV category in aggregate, one of the most striking aspects of the 2Q report is the gains that LCD is making, largely at the expense of CRT.
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Springs is currently trading at a 25% discount to its peers on a cash flow basis, at 4.7x trailing EBITDA.
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Before discussing the implications of the merger for valuation, we would first reiterate our long held position that CNG has very strong standalone fundamentals.
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Revenue grew 4%, to $2.40 billion (versus $2.30 billion), and exceeded our $2.25 billion expectation due to better sales across all four segments.
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Our forecast (see Table 4) assumes that cable MSOs take share at a rate of 40 net adds per thousand enabled homes.
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We expect A-B to provide a volume update for Q4 and full year 2006 on Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
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In particular, we believe the 300mm wet clean market opportunity will be a significant one for AMAT as it leverages market share gains through the cyclical recovery in this segment from approximately $1.1 billion in CY01 sales, and $400mm in CY02 sales to more than $1 billion in sales by 2004.We expect AMAT to benefit from the combination of new platform evaluation windows (at new 300mm fabs and for the 100nm processes); platform and technology differentiation (single wafer processing versus batch wet benches); strong brand equity; global support infrastructure; and a fragmented competitor base to accelerate market share gains through 2003.
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upside to 1Q revenues and EPS exists, as listings in 1Q to date are up 58% year over year versus our estimate of 53% year over year..
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advisory and administrative fee revenue, based on our healthy projections for AuM growth and expense control.
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GameStop is scheduled to report 4Q results on Tuesday, March 18.
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Temple has renovated three sawmills in the past few years and should complete the fourth later in 1999..
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Significant cost synergies available at Schneider.
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The combined operations, with $36 billion in individual variable annuity assets, would make Prudential the #4 player in the market, significantly propelling the company's market position and adding an important distribution channel (third party independent and regional broker/dealers and wirehouses).
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Current Price (9/7/04) $19.03 Projected 12-Month Target Price: $25.00 52-Week Range Dividend/Yield Book Value (03/04) Suitability Shares Out.
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Mercer's earnings declined 3% (adjusted for goodwill amortization) from a year ago to $74 million.
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Initial success in new categories such as Apparel bode well for continued diversification.
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Including the gains from China Construction Bank and Banco Itau would result in price to book value multiple of 1.0, but part of the gains may not be realized and there may be a liquidity discount.
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One driver of the strong DSL sub growth was a ramp up in the self install rate to more than 90% of installs vs more than 75% in 2Q00.
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Exhibit 4 is our new DENA model that is entirely driven by hedged and spot spark spreads.
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Wachovia reported Q1 05 EPS of $1.01 on Friday morning, in line with our estimate and consensus.
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This should be further helped by yesterday's product launch and the likelihood of a strong Christmas selling season.
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Unfortunately, Intel failed to adequately forecast the same paradigm shift in the server and desktop PC markets until it was too late.
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Expectations for GLW are low, but with no catalyst on the horizon we expect these shrs to perform In-Line to our Marketweighted Emerging Tech.
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Other issues that could prevent the homebuilders from reaching expectations include a change in the immigration rate, slackening employment landscape, difficulties acquiring and developing land at attractive costs, entitlement difficulties and competition..
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We continue to rate Wal-Mart Accumulate and our twelve-month price target remains $59..
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Management gave an insightful view into its forward plans.
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Sysco brand products represented 55.9% of the MA served account sales for the current quarter, up from 53.5% during the same period of the last fiscal year.
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We expect MCAD revenues to total $875 million in F2000, and $213.3 million for the current quarter.
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We believe LOW's valuation is becoming increasingly attractive as the stock sells off on reports of weak sales trends..
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Old 2004 EPS Estimate 3Q04 results Slower growth, adj.
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Of the 11 wells listed as "significant completions" during 1Q99, all but 2 have a 100% Anadarko working interest.
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Unlike most of its large cap pharmaceutical peers, SGP does not have a significant portion of its sales and earnings disappearing to generic competition over the next several years.
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The company offered extended credit terms to offer its customers "protection" against any potential service disruption related to Hershey's pending installation of a new information system.
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If renewed strength in highermargin video categories propels the core operating margin back to previous peak levels, the earnings implication would be significant.
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We expect this dilution to be mitigated by multiple expansion given a much lower risk profile and greater investor comfort with the simpler consolidated entity.
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The company's track record with acquired portfolios is impressive.
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For 1999, we estimate industry volume will increase about 1.0% on top of last year's growth of 1.8%, with BUD projected to be up 2%.
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These assets remain effectively off balance sheet, given the company maintains an offsetting valuation allowance against these assets.
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Conclusion Our valuation methods yielded the following results.
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GMG results bucked the trend of AT&T's results, in our view.
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More Thoughts on Implications to CMVT from VRNT Downgrade - ALERT.
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We believe Bear Stearns should continue to prosper on a relative basis because its business is the right size for the current environment and it maintains healthy revenue diversity away from pure investment banking..
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We estimate Russian-based revenues are roughly equal to 1c � 2c in annual EPS.
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GICS sector telecommunication services Market cap US$m 94,730 30-day avg turnover US$m 677.9 Number shares on issue m 2,840.
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Great Quarter Worldwide -- Increasing Estimates On TOY.
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Two recent small studies (CACAF and Wazni O., et al) have shown that catheter-based ablation of AF is superior to standard anti-arrhythmic drug therapy alone as a first-line therapy and secondline therapy in reducing AF recurrence.
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In refining, the company expanded Clarendon, and Pinjarra is in advanced stages of project development on a number of other options..
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Through the first nine months of 2005, GBG contributed $9.5 billion, or about 50% of total business line revenue and $2.9 billion, or about 60% of total business line earnings.
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G Demand Broadly Weak; Consumer Businesses Especially Hard Hit.
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And COL is, to us, the highest-quality play within the commercial aero supply chain with ROICs in the mid-30% range..
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IntelliLink positions Pitney Bowes well, especially should IBIP be mandated by the USPS in the near future, as appears likely (it is currently only recommended, with a small percentage of mail using this type of postage).
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The new uniforms refer to the stock of direct sale as well as new rental uniforms maintained at some of the distribution centers.
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UK Trust: Total principal receivables were �3.5 billion, 3% lower than April.
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Also driving EPS improvement will be a steep decline in interest expense--from $45 million in 1Q99 to $15 million in 1Q00--as Sprint continues to gain increasing interest income from the spread it makes on debt at the Sprint PCS level.
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� Management finally provides a "road map" for 2002.
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Additionally, we believe international query volumes were up 13% Q/Q in 1Q.
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Rating and Price Target History for: Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX) as of 02-15-2006.
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NTT DoCoMo is J-Phone's chief competitor, and J-Phone is majority owned by Japan Telecom.
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Overall, we project an operating margin of 17.1% for the company in 2006, which we expect to rise to 22.5% in 2007.
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In addition to providing rich product reviews, the site also provides timely news about new technologies, similar to offline publications such as Stereophile, Audio.
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Part 2: Lowering Price Target Based on Weak FluMist Launch - November 03, 2003.
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In his practice, which is based in a major MS center, infusional capacity will not be a significant gating factor to Tysabri's adoption.
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Bob Johnson, Vice President, Director of Investor Relations, reiterated JCPenney's focus on executing its Long Range Plan, which we view as solid.
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The new economy is about becoming comfortable with change.
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Fed rate cuts led to lower deposit costs, but this was offset by greater decline in loan yields.
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