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This, according to the company, would bring its leverage closer to 30%.
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Recall that so far this decade, the strongest organic quarterly revenue growth rate achieved by 3M was 8.8% and the average over the past few years was roughly 5% which we now anticipate will be exceeded by 3Q07.
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E-business initiatives with traditional companies were a particularly important driver of sales.
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The Company addressed the concerns published in today's Wall Street Journal over possible "backdating" of stock options.
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Network Systems revenues essentially were flat +0.4% y/y to $11.3B (vs. our thinking at $11.6B,) reflecting GMD slowdown, performance issues on FIA and possibly other military satellite programs.
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Operators increasingly desire reservoir optimization solutions, which enable the recovery of more hydrocarbons from a given field, thereby lowering per barrel costs.
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Given Intuit's defensive nature, three growth drivers, and market position we reiterate our Outperform rating..
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Allergan restructured its business units in October 2006 following the integration of Inamed's R&D capabilities and moved the cosmetic unit of Botox under its newly formed Allergan Medical business unit, which includes its aesthetics products (breast implants, dermal fillers, and obesity).
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Valuation Our 12-18 month valuation range of $30-32 is based on P/E multiple, sum-of-the-parts and residual net income analyses.
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NVDA reported Q1:07 revenues of $681.8 million, gross margins of 42.5% and pro forma EPS of $0.29, beating consensus revenue and EPS estimates of $660.8 and $0.28, respectively.
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Secondarily, we believe UPS has been able to stabilize its market share situation in the tough environment in which it competes.
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We also believe Nextel will secure a $750 million line of credit for the balance of the payment which we believe will be used over a two to three year timeframe.
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� The bank reported $220 million in venture capital gains.
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Media Networks Segment � ESPN Dominates Cable Landscape.
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List Price increases are positive for UPS and FedEx.
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The DoA's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has extended and expanded last year's trial program supporting the use of higher-yielding and more predictable crops.
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We note that the financial projections in the press release and the presentation were footnoted to indicate that they did not include reserves for potential Vioxx product liability raising the question of whether such reserves will be created in the near future.
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Risks to Our Rating for UNH There are several risks to our rating.
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Risks that could impede the stock from reaching our price target include general consumer spending trends, successful execution of the integration of the former May stores and changes in modeling assumptions.
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addition to the impact of the pharmacist shortage (which has led to a decrease in traffic in certain markets, hence impacting pharmacy and front-end comps), CVS' sales are being impacted by saturation as they operate largely in established markets, and potentially, some pressure from Rite-Aid and Eckerd, which have promoted aggressively to spur sales.
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For example, of the 178 stores added in F2002, 130 were franchises.
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The 23x P/E multiple represents a 1.5x PEG ratio to the 15%/year EPS growth that we project ADI should be able to achieve over the next few years.
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On a percentage of sales basis, R&D came in at 11.5%, which was up 170 bps from the prior year quarter.
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Con Ed's gross margin in the quarter decreased by 2.2% to $1.053 billion mainly due to a 32.3% decline in steam sales.
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Capital expenditures for the quarter equaled $30.3 million (versus $28.2 million in the previous quarter).
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� The positive surprise was generated in International Refining and Marketing (+5 �) and in Worldwide Chemicals (+7 �).
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Our Market Perform rating is unchanged and principally reflects concerns about ongoing investment spending, more difficult comparisons, and decelerating earnings growth between 2004 and 2006..
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Failure to get Davis Besse restarted in a timely manner could impact FE's ability to reach our $39 target price..
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Nonperforming assets declined by 3 basis points to 0.74%, and loans 90 days past due dropped 21.9% on a linked quarter basis.
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Loss Reserve Activity -- Total loss and LAE were lower than expected at just $9.6 million.
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The TriVascular device is much smaller than current generation devices, and comparable only to the Endologix PowerLink which last month was submitted to the FDA for review.
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We believe that this is the correct universe against which to compare DIS.
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That said, we view any pullbacks as opportunities to add to positions.
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Excluding the benefit of a change of accounting for amortization of goodwill, earnings increased 9.5% in the period.
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While 2004 sales cloud the net impact, we've incorporated ~8% inflation into our 2005 cost structure forecast.
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Also during the quarter, the company sold $1.3 billion in high loan-to-value home equity loans and indirect auto loans, as well as transferred $2.2 billion in short-term, high quality, low-yielding commercial loans to its off-balance sheet loan conduit, Stellar Funding Group, Inc. Loan growth was evident in commercial lending and leasing, with.
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With FDX's recent pullback to the low $50's, we believe its stock is fairly valued and can no longer justify an Underweight rating; therefore we are raising our rating back to Equal-weight.
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A slowing economy will only intensify this pressure.
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Net Cash Net Cash/Share (basic) Tangible Book Value: Intangibles; Net Tangible Shareholder Equity: Tangible Book Value EMC Market Value Enterprise Value: Current Shares Out.
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ALZA is also benefiting from the recent launch of a line extension for SmithKline's Nicoderm CQ smoking cessation product.
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Revenue grew 11% year-over-year and pro forma operating margin was 1.5%..
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R&D fell to 21.7% of revenues (compared to our estimate of 25.2%).
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The Q3 results below exclude $2.9M of amortization of intangibles and $1.0M of restructuring charges..
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On January 16, the company had announced that it was under investigation by the OCC in conjunction with the FBR, which includes the review of related party transactions, corporate governance and policies and procedures regarding real estate..
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Bookings in the automotive end-market have displayed solid growth over the last two years, and we expect this segment to move to 10% of bookings during fiscal 2008.
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The latter point of view would imply that future refinancing activities may spur growth, but at a slower rate if mortgage refinancing does not revisit peak levels seen just a couple of years ago.
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Applying an EBITDA multiple of 12x to 15x to our Int'l estimates, where we forecast revenue growth of 34% and EBITDA growth of 75% implies that the N.A.
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Lilly expects to file an NDA for Exanatide in mid-2004, positioning this Type 2 diabetes agent for launch sometime in late 2005..
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We would view a restatement as resolving the accounting issues, and the company is working to improve the control issues.
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Previously, we reduced our EPS estimates by $0.05 in each year during 2002-04 to reflect dilution and remain consistent with management's EPS growth targets.
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Listings up 38% in week 6. Listings up 38% w/tough comps ahead - HOLD.
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The company stated that 4Q advertising growth is currently in-line with 3Q.
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Assessing Strategic Alternatives for Commercial Mortgage.
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In addition, Baker Hughes realized lower oil prices during the quarter from the Company's Nigerian oil producing property.
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Retail sales grew 14%, to $1.4 billion, reflecting robust same-store sales growth of 8% against an 8% year-ago comparison and strong unit expansion, while specialty sales grew 13%, to $267 million, with licensing revenue up 12%, to $184 million, and foodservice sales up 17%, to $82 million.
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In our view, there are a lot of key take-aways from this earnings announcement.
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Sector View: Within the Multi-Industry sector, we favor low-beta, late cycle stocks..
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Financial Services results were flat despite lower interest rates.
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In either case, our pro forma 2008 forecast would remain well above the current $1.28 consensus estimate as measured by First Call.
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This $3.8 billion of credit card net assets, is expected to grow more rapidly in the years ahead, to $6.1 billion in FY:02 and between $7.0 to $7.5 billion in FY:03.
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From our perspective, high quality credit has led to most banks' reserves falling to unsustainably low levels, JPM being one of them.
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It has been widely rumored of late that there is a defect in Intel's Lindenhurst chipset.
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We continue to rate HPQ Hold because of the unattractive revenue mix of the combined operations and the large exposure to commodity PCs.
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� PAYX reaffirmed its FY07 guidance, which is essentially unchanged on an operating basis from its initial outlook: 12-14% total revenue growth and 13-15% net income growth.
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Total segment margins of 15.5% beat our estimate by 40 bps and rose 30 bps from last year, driving solid operating leverage.
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CAH suggested that in the recent past those negatives were offset by new found generic price inflation which enabled good old fashioned forward buying in this market.
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While VaR increased 8.6% sequentially and 50% YOY, this is largely due to the higher volatility inputs into the VaR model (particularly in mortgages and equities), rather than any significant uptick in risk taking in our view.
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Time Warner's third quarter results should mirror the low teens operating.
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Last year in Q4 Air Transport sales were down 25%.
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Payments to Pfizer are playing an increasingly important role in Warner's expense line--we estimate that these Lipitor payments accounted for 28% of Warner's SG&A spending in the first quarter.
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The company has repurchased 2.8 million shares of stock for $240 million in 1Q05 and an additional $73 million during April.
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If oil prices slip too far below consensus, we expect that it will have a substantial downdraft effect on most oil and gas shares.
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Management indicated in the call that some modest improvement in commercial loan demand is baked into its guidance of $2.25 to $2.35 for 2004.
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Company Rowan Companies, Inc. Ticker RDC Recent Price $23.95 Disclosure 6. .
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Maybe the most important item though, and the primary driver behind all "Super-Major" and "Major" mergers, regards the return enhancement opportunities that are likely to emanate from a higher-quality investment opportunity set.
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The recent CSFB Pan European Pharmaceuticals conference provided a forum for evaluating competitive dynamics for a cross section of Pfizer product lines.
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Restructuring and Other, Net Reported net income Dividend Payout Ratio Avg.
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New CFO New CFO Adrian Dillon participated in the quarterly conference call for the first time.
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We have completed a review of the company's preliminary injunction hearing with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-NYSE $73 5/8, not rated) over whether or not the ACS/Guidant Multi-link stent infringes certain claims of Johnson & Johnson's Palmaz/Schatz stent patent '417.
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The company also indicated that UltraSPARC IV products would begin testing within a year..
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Specifically, net adds totaled 554 K versus our 500 K estimate and EBITDA was $1.11 B (28.2% mgn.) versus our $977 MM estimate (24.2% mgn.) estimate.
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Still, even the borderline results are better than our previous expectations.
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Those franchisees are typically located in larger markets where copy depth requirements make revenue sharing agreements more economically feasible.
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While there are a number of likely buyers, both trade and financial, we would not expect valuations to match that which Unilever has just placed on Bestfoods turnover; a sales multiple of 2.6 times.
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Other guidance changes included: a) lowered stock option expense to $40-$45M from $50-$55M; and b) lowered share count to 444-447mn from 453-455mn.
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The problem in Texas is, in part, a function of the fact that language in other states requires a mold-related loss to be sudden and accidental is absent from the policy form there.
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Our model envisions the share count creeping up and per share profits rising 16.7 percent to $1.75.
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Our $44 price objective is derived as 25 times our estimate of 2005 product bookings EPS of $1.80 and as 33 times our 2005 reported EPS projection of $1.33, as explained below..
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This capability allows employees to use access customer contacts, accounts, and history to improve service and customer relations..
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Apple typically has problems ramping new products, a fact which is behind our Street low $0.06 Q2 estimate versus the Street's $0.11.
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Expenses were up 5% on a linked quarter basis, driven by higher compensation costs.
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Eisner and the balance of the Disney Board are simply invoking an already established clause, which states that any Board member who is over the age of 72 and who is not an ex-Chief Executive would not be re-nominated for Board membership.
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The focus of the presentation was more strategic in nature rather than a focus on the current business environment.
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About $35 million of that charge is associated with the restructuring that management.
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Due to a dearth of new SF issuance, along with the fact that MBIA's services are likely not in high demand given the uncertainty of its IFS rating strength, we believe this was more of a symbolic move than an actual operating decision.
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Hasbro also guided to higher sales and EPS in 2009.
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Organic revenue growth of 5% was at the midpoint of the company's 4-6% guidance.
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In addition, the company expects to begin realizing benefits from a lower cost structure in 3Q99.
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to SunAmerica' Broker-Dealers: Contributing to Top-Line Growth.
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Regis, The Luxury Collection, Fairmont, Hilton and Swissotel. HST's primary operating strategy is to provide superior total returns to stockholders through a combination of appreciation in asset values and growth in earnings and dividends.
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