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Given our revised estimates for Funds Available for Distribution (FAD) of $2.87 per share, we believe the company is likely to cut its dividend by 15%-20% at some point during 2003.
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Freeport-McMoRan claims that its reduction of output was completely voluntary, and will last only as long as the investigation surrounding the Wanagon Lake landslide.
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Brands and key licenses include Furby, Playskool, Star Wars, Teletubbies, Transformers, Monopoly, Scrabble and Nerf.
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Motion Control, in particular, has received a good bit of publicity recently for its role in the design of the Segway Human Transporter, previously known as "Ginger." The company is currently funding 18 new breakthrough products across all of its business segments..
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Inventories ended the quarter up 27% to $1.034 billion, driven mainly by higher raw material and work-in-process inventories as a result of internal manufacturing and rough-diamond sourcing, and to a lesser extent, due to higher finished good levels for new stores, new products, and the translation effect from a weaker U.S. dollar.
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This makes us wonder a number of things: Why are Coke bottlers, beyond FEMSA, looking to possibly purchase brewing assets? Why is SABMiller insisting on the merits of integrating beer and soft drinks in Central America, and passing up Coke as a potential buyer of SABMiller's juice businesses in Colombia, in favor of a Pepsi bottler?.
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The Timing of FluMist Revenue Recognition As was the case in the third quarter, MedImmune may not be able to recognize the majority of FluMist related revenue in the current quarter.
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Corning's semiconductor optics products are manufactured in New York.
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We encourage accounts to supplement positions at or below $25.
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We want to see TEK use its cash in an accretive way to further penetrate Comms Test..
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These data points are running well ahead of management's guidance of modest improvement in credit quality in 2004, especially given the expectation that the bulk of receivables seasoning in the year is expected to be centered in superprime accounts, which should have a substantially lower impact on charge-offs..
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Gemzar was up a robust 49% in the quarter versus 2Q00, to $160.9 million in worldwide sales, and currently 25% of its use is as first line therapy (vs. 17% in 2Q00).
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The implicit values of just the blade and razor and batteries businesses, in our opinion, are alone worth $30-$35, roughly equal to the current stock price.
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The purchasing pattern in the digital world is much different.
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The results of Sprint's Global Markets Group bear the scars of this competitive onslaught.
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Adjusted to exclude both catastrophe losses and additions to reserves for earlier losses, the combined ratio declined from 87.8% to 86.7%..
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The company also operates the 10th largest insurance agency in the country.
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Franklin has a strong long-term performance track record, improving near term performance and significant expense and balance sheet flexibility.
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If on the block, it's possible that the brand and the brewery could be sold to separate buyers.
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Compelling Price -- 70% of ASLAC Book Value The transaction price appears attractive at roughly 70% of ASLAC's $1.76 billion pro forma book value and Prudential's fair value assumption of $1.73 billion, both as of December 31, 2002 (details are available upon request).
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By combining with Chase Manhattan, the new firm will be able to offer a full array of products throughout a company's entire life cycle.
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Confirmation hearings regarding the company's proposed plan of.
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A 100 basis point increase in that spread results in an investment value of $28.
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The cost of the plant was $13 million, with an additional $68 million for nuclear fuel.
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Growth in the anemia market (excluding ESRD patients) has been quite strong the past couple years.
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Comcast Corp. Comcast reported solid subscriber growth for 4Q.
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We think any decisions along these lines would be well received by investors.
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It may take time, however, to bring the poorly operated plant up to the company's standard.
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Moreover, MSDW continues to target charge-off control as a key business priority for credit services, while the profitability of the business remains robust and the incremental diversification to revenue and earnings is a clear credit positive.
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Consequently, our price objective incorporates multiples of 11.8x 2007E EPS (very close to the current multiple on 2006E EPS) and 6.0x 2007E EBITDA.
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Terex Corp. Estimates Raised on Strong 3Q Results.
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The company also indicated the $188MM foreign exchange benefit was slightly below management's expectation, due to dollar appreciation since the last round of company guidance in January.
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Commissioners can propose alternative plans within 30 days of the ALJ's decision.
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TI and leasing costs declined significantly in the quarter, to $17.14 per square from $21.83 in 4Q03, for office leases that commenced during the quarter.
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The Board has also authorized an 8.1% increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.20 per share.
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It locks out competitors while maintaining market-based day rates and cash margins for its rigs.
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These strong gains prompted management to raise its quarterly guidance to $1.2 $1.8 billion on the earnings call.
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The bank recently announced the sale of its $4 billion manufactured housing loan portfolio to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, auto leasing ($8.9 billion at September 30, 2004) is likely to continue to run-down and there will be some other small portfolios sold to clean up/get rid of "hobbies"..
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NOT ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE WOODS: Key risks remain execution of asset sales and refinancing bank debt.
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In addition to strong returns and impressive free cash flow generation, ADP has built an unprecedented track record of consistent EPS growth.
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We estimate the incremental value of this acreage to be roughly $2-$8 per share after-tax in present value terms.
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Nevertheless, higher taxes and heightened competition in the North Central region and competitive pressures in the South Central region continue to hamper performance.
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Seasonality negatively impacted performance at each division.
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The Company reported 4Q04 EPS of $0.68 vs. $0.41 a year ago, in line with our expectations, but above the street consensus of $0.66 per share, before adjustments.
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Off balance sheet debt increased in 1998 for a $490 million synthetic lease facility.
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The company lowered its expectations for total company expense growth in 04 to approximately $50 million from previous expectations of approximately $100 million (or less than $25 million on a GAAP basis).
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In addition, very little business is at risk of merger-related (i.e., client taken over by a company using a competing PBM) changes in 2007..
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We believe the recent announcement of a redesign of the eBay Germany site, accompanied by a listings discount, is a step toward a rebound in that country, where QTD listings were tracking down 23% Y/Y.
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Weakness in OSB, MBD, and E&D margins all suggest weak consumer spending.
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These include, John Deere lawn-mower tractors, Carpet Master carpeting, an expanded Anderson Windows offering, and remerchandising the light bulb category.
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As of June 30, 2005, the company had approximately 21 million shares of common stock available under its current share repurchase program.
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In the latest quarter it was 45% compared with 55% for BP.
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The transaction will be financed through the issuance of 7 million shares..
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Perhaps our concern that new U.S. competitor, Associated British Foods, would lead to more intense conditions in the core U.S. spice sector has not played out.
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Operating margins expanded 140 basis points on the heels of 7% productivity improvement (see table).
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The old dividend policy had a fixed dividend of $1.00 per share accompanied by a 30% payout of earnings above $3.00 per share.
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The standard was conceived by Microsoft and four key partners: Cisco, Intel, BMC Software, and Compaq.
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Results in April were slightly stronger in the US than our forecast.
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The activities being eliminated $0.8B of low gross margin sales of commodity hardware plus the marginal Federal Systems business contributed $1.27B to revenue last year (18% of the total).
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Importantly, we expect many of these initiatives will help contribute to the re-acceleration in earnings over the back half of this fiscal year.
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Kodak plans to extend its manufacturing capabilities in China to single-use devices by next month.
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The company expects to use stock as opposed to cash.
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Management characterized pricing for LCD glass as stable in the quarter.
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The gross margin improvement along with further opex tightening should reduce the operating loss to -12.5% from -16.6% Q/Q and contribute to a pro forma loss of ($0.01).
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We believe that the acquisition of SiByte extends.
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The company also completed its regionalization within the United States over the past year.
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Stock valuations above $16 require almost perfect execution over next few years.
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Similar to last year, we believe that once again mgmt is taking a very conservative stance, with a Viread guidance range of $700-$750MM, as well as a high expense rate.
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Investment significance is as follows: 1. PPI for prepared paint posted the highest increase since 1995 -- continues to suggest pricing on track.
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Assuming fuel costs remain where they are currently, the main impact from such costs will be in the first half of 2000, with easier comparisons in the second half of the year.
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Exhibit 2 details management's longer-term organic growth assessment for its securities processing business, as presented to the investment community at each of its last three investment community meetings.
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We have tempered our expectations over the near term with earnings reductions in 2Q04 to $1.02 from $1.22, 3Q04 to $1.10 from $1.29 and 4Q04 to $1.10 from $1.30.
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(TIF-$45.50-Peer Perform) 4Q POSTGAME: Sales Sparkle, but Margin Dynamic Still Needs More Clarity.
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Management has also previously cited that Abbott participates in a certain segment of the market involving larger vessels in which AngioSeal is not approved to compete.
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With lack of overall top line momentum (exposed to several matured categories ex yogurt; market share loss in cereal among other products) and our belief that profit margins will at best remain flat (inability to pass on higher costs due to unbalanced pricing), we expect GIS will report flat (or worse) EBIT growth in the year ahead.
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I have no trust in anything the corporation says.
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(-) Company lowered new store growth expectations for 2009 to 15 stores (7% square footage) from 25-30 stores (approximately 13-14%) due to the challenging economic environment and cash flow constraints.
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IBM's financing division lets IBM help its customers find cost-effective ways to implement their IT strategies.
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In C1Q98, the company also plans to ship a Fast Ethernet server NIC and Gigabit Ethernet NICs.
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an increase in royalty revenue and an increase in the company's addressable market for semiconductors.
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As a result of an aggressive "best-of-breed" acquisition strategy over the last several years, HBOC has established itself as a "one-stop shop" for healthcare providers and payors, offering the most comprehensive range of products and services in the HCIS industry.
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Germany achieved its first quarter ever of $1-plus bn in GMS (up 177% Y/Y).
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We note that we do not expect much in terms of distribution gains from the merger for sales of Kellogg's Convenience items in 2001.
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Our organic sales estimate is reduced to 4.9% from 5.7% vs guidance of 3-5%.
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We are maintaining our 2007 EPS estimate of $8.80 and initiating a 2008 EPS estimate of $9.30.
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Investment Thesis: News flow continues to chip away at the bull thesis that 1) the NCD will be amended and 2) the NCD will not be adopted by private payors, and we expect increasing downward pressure on the stock in the short term.
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We estimate that MBIA had about $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion of capital in excess of that required for its triple-A rating from Standard & Poor's as of December 31, 2003.
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Calculation of potential U.S. footprint: For each type of site in the U.S., we estimated what we call the potential ATM/CD "footprint," which is defined as the total potential number of machines that can be supported by that particular type of site.
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Total other product sales for F2Q02 were $120 million, increasing 7% from $112 million last year.
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Price Target: (12 months) for (MSFT) Method: Our target price of $27.50 for Microsoft is based on a next twelve months price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.6 times our next twelve months earnings estimate of $1.76 at a discount to the software industry average (excluding Microsoft) of 16.8 times, which we view as fair due to the company's dominant market positions with client operating systems and business productivity's suites.
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In recent years, GP has spent an awful lot of corporate energy pursuing "deals" as a value-creation tool.
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What Went Well Effexor revenues came in significantly above our estimates ($893 mm vs. $783) in part due to stocking, but also reflecting a steady market share position even as new competition from Cymbalta entered the market.
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Management reiterated 2007 guidance for capex and free cash flow.
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With a current relative multiple of only 1.0x, IBM is at the mid-point of its 14-year range.
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The final quarter of 2002 included a onetime $50MM software sale, which contributed $0.04 to EPS.
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Valuation: PG&E shares trade at a P/E premium, 15.6 times versus approximately 14.7 times, to their Traditional Power Company (integrated, regulated) peers using estimated 2007 EPS.
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Thus, we are initiating coverage with a Hold rating.
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Humana placed the blame for the slower growth on a suite of new plan designs being rolled out for 2009, in combination with aggressive positioning by competitors.
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The company reported that bookings were below the estimated $450 million consumption level for the quarter as customers worked through the estimated $250 million in excess bookings accumulated during the previous fiscal year.
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Assuming that 40% of Overture's business goes away, then we estimate the pro forma revs and EPS would be $2.0 BN and $0.42 in 2004 (vs. $1.59 Bn & $0.46 currently).
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