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The tax rate for the quarter was 33.1%, below last year's 36.9% and below our 37.0% estimate.
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One year from now (1Q08), we estimate Travelers' book value will be approximately $41.87 (up from $39.93) per share.
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For example, Leader Drug Stores is a voluntary program for more than 2,000 independent retail pharmacies.
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These licenses state that any program can be liberally copied, modified and distributed.
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Brazil is something of an outlier market among the four targets.
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Biomet plans to launch an internally developed and manufactured cement called Cobalt later in 2005 to replace Palacos.
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As a share of wallet, JPM has made gains in equity underwriting with 6.1% YTD share (up from 5.3% in FY05), in debt underwriting with 6.8% share (up from 6.2%), in M&A with 8.5% share (up from 7.3%), and in loans with 9.2% share (up from 9.1%).
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Incidentally, we used a risk premium of 12.5% on October 17.
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Ericsson and Motorola also announced CDMA wireless infrastructure contracts with China Unicom totaling $93 million and $556 million, respectively.
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Incorporating the PRIDES as equity would yield a debtto-capital figure of 49% for 11/31/99 rather than the 59% shown.).
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� PH's 10% sell off after today's pre-announcement overdone in our opinion.
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Also, new business programs, are committed purchase orders to SLR, thereby making the customer liable for the components.
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In 2002, pacemaker sales are expected to grow 5-7% with 1Q02 expected to record $180-185MM (up 9-12%)..
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Though management has not given specific earnings guidance, they have (since April) warned that total revenues would pick up only if capital markets improved.
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A six member jury trial will address three issues including (1) whether lead constitutes a public nuisance, (2) the assessment of responsibility, and (3) possible damages.
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Ashland plans to take a 4Q:06 restructuring charge.
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Of note, FDC is the biggest processor of debit card accounts.
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We believe the company would have little incentive to issue a new secured deal out of a different entity given that the CDS short-base represents a potential buyer's universe for a new deal.
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We believe that our "low case" assumptions reflect a bearish but realistic view on the competitive dynamics in emerging.
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Moreover, management indicated that up-front deferred revenue stemming from certain milestone payment contracts was not as prevalent this quarter.
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We anticipate continued appreciation in HLT's stock over the next 12 months.
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Anticipate January Comp of 7%-9% Driven by Gift Card Redemptions: We expect the January comp to gain 7%-9%, in line with management guidance.
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The long-term debt for NOC is $3,348.0 million, while the net current assets are $13.0 million.
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PCAR voluntarily contributed $58.4 million to its pension plan in 2004, down from $75.8 million in 2003.
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During the quarter, EA announced that it reached agreements with the NFL and the NFL Players Association for the exclusive rights to develop, publish, and distribute interactive football games.
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26 November 2007 Americas/United States Equity Research Specialty Softlines / MARKET WEIGHT.
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Auto loan balances seem likely to continue declining as new originations under tighter underwriting guidelines are insufficient to offset runoff (auto balances declined by $1.2 billion or 5% in Q2).
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The company did, however, receive a $7 million benefit on the COGS line this quarter from inventory recoveries and a duty refund.
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income), and achievable margin expectations should bring further EPS upside to our estimates and multiple expansion closer to a market multiple from the current 14.2x F05 as investors take comfort in 6-7% long-term operating income growth and a stable 1.5% dividend yield.
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We maintain our Buy (1) rating on the stock reflecting the company's solid volume growth, its aggressive new product introductions worldwide and our confidence in earnings.
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We had been forecasting a degree of gross margin expansion due to the new accounting for sales to ABT but were well below the level actually achieved in the quarter.
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and to a lesser extent, Tesco Plc., that were below expectations or saw significant decline in profits.
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We continue to view the employee care business favorably over the long term for Convergys, although sales cycle and ramp-up times remain long..
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Last, we project the estimated net asset value that will be added through the drillbit in 2006 based on net incremental reserves (driven by the company's F&D costs, capital spending, and production) multiplied by the unhedged dollar per Mcfe value derived by our NAV (net asset value) analysis.
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Lastly, ESPN continues to invest in and extend its brand, including launching new cable networks that help cable operators sell their own products, like basic tiers, digital cable and eventually VOD and iTV.
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Sales are expected to be down about 4% from the prior year.
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linked-quarter, but had several moving parts, including (a) net valuation adjustments downward on the mortgage servicing portfolio ($29.3 mil.), mitigated by (b) derivative gains ($16 mil.).
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The net proceeds of this offering, together with cash on hand, is expected to be used to redeem or repurchase in full the $380 million of 10.5% notes due 2007.
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American Tower is the second largest communications tower company and has ample exposure to the Top 100 basic trading areas in the United States.
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Maintenance capital expenditures run $40-50 million.
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All other support (including phone support, updates and hotfixes, which are non-security related bug fixes) are charged on an hourly or per incident basis.
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We continue to rate shares of Freddie Mac Market Perform, given what we believe will be heavy regulatory scrutiny over the next couple quarters..
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This is above both our and consensus expectations for 1% Yr/Yr earnings growth.
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This project leverages the company's expertise in processing lower cost heavy crudes as well as its proprietary coking technology with the completion of a coker at Lake Charles and allows Conoco to benefit from a lower tax rate of 35% versus Venezuelan averages of approximately 60% due to the company's considerable infrastructure development in Venezuela.
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STOCK RATING EQUAL-WEIGHT Price (October 7, 2002) $8.50 Price Target NA 52-Week Range $19.08 - 8.43 Stock ratings are relative to the analyst's industry (or industry team's) coverage universe.
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Due to the accounting for membership fees, Costco will continue to benefit from the increase in membership fees made at this time last year (an increase of $5).
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25 April 2007 Americas/United States Equity Research Information Services / MARKET WEIGHT.
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As with Ambac, the risk is that with spreads widening further in July, we could see another (albeit small) mark-to-market loss in its 3Q07 results.
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Management did not provide any timeline for these technology initiatives, so we would view them as longer-range opportunities, rather than any significant payback on investment through 2009..
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Applying the current P/E-to-growth average afforded to comparable companies and using a conservative secular EPS growth rate of 20%, we arrive at our $75 price target based on our 2001 EPS estimate of $0.84.
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April and May were also cash-positive, so we've paid off all of our remaining shortterm debt without having to use any of our available long-term bank lines.
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We project managed and franchise revenues of $814 million (+20% year over year) and overall revenues of $8,732 million (+7.3% year over year)..
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We believe that IC351 will be the second PDE-5 inhibitor product on the market for MED, post a forecast 2000 filing.
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Valuation Analysis: Sum of PV of Unlevered Cash Flow PV of Terminal Value Discounted to 1999 @ WACC Less: Adjusted Long-term Debt, 1999E Plus: Non-Consolidated Assets at Private Market Value Plus: Cash & Short-term Investments at 1999E Plus: Option Proceeds Discounted Cash Flow Value ("DCF") Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding Discounted Cash Flow Value/Share Current Share Price Discount to DCF Value (DCF-Current Price/DCF) Price Appreciation to DCF (DCF-Current price/Current price).
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disappointing, as the inventory investment in the core summer merchandise was down significantly, and sales were replaced instead by low margin promotional volume.
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With Sonoma, Intel also demonstrated technology that allows users to move from hot spot to hot spot without interrupting file transfers, which we believe will be a factor in aiding the adoption of Centrino technology.
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The introduction of this phone should help Nextel continue with its plans to further penetrate the white-collar business market.
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Time Warner is rated outperform with a price target of $23.50, 11% above the current price.
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Internal growth is high, in part due to the robust U.S. economy and strong spending by technology, health care and new Internet clients.
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In 1Q08, AARP premiums increased 1.8%, while small commercial premiums rose 0.4%..
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...But Keeping The Library Valuable Requires New Product.
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The lodging industry generally lags the broader economy by two to three quarters, and with most economists now calling for a slowdown, there is concern that it is only a matter of time before lodging numbers come under pressure.
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The natural gas is sold under long-term agreements into markets in Argentina and Central and Northern Chile.
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Annuities accounted for 44% of Hartford's operating earnings at about $500 million in 2004.
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In particular, valuation expansion is likely to be limited as the shares trade at both a book and earnings multiple reflective of a high-teens ROE business.
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In 1Q/00, pretax yield increased 38 basis points from year-ago, adding $0.003 per share, net to earnings.
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e. Given these impressive results, operating margin (including the cost of new store openings and general and administrative expense) advanced to 10.98%, up 65 basis points year-over-year and the highest Q3 operating profit margin in our memory..
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Allegheny's energy marketing subsidiary was brought to its knees by collateral calls and cancelled trading hedges.
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If one includes the significant residual equity Merrill retained in Hertz even after the IPO, its $748.2 million investment was worth about $1.1 billion in cash and stock following the IPO.
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The remaining portion of the increase in inventories is due to inventory held for new programs with new customers.
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Our view is that MMC is well positioned to benefit from positive momentum in its insurance brokerage and consulting businesses, which make up a combined 80% of MMC's earnings.
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Weather was favorable in the month, with very hot conditions.
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Risks include disappointing Truvada, Emtriva, Viread, Tamiflu and other product sales, unfavorable Roche arbitration ruling, Truvada/Sustiva and other manufacturing setbacks, disappointing clinical pipeline results, lack of meaningful clinical catalysts and litigation.
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Solid 2Q06 results Citizens reported strong 2Q06 results with earnings per share from continuing operations coming in at $0.16 versus a consensus estimate of $0.15.
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closed on March 15, could be accretive by $2.00 per share on a peak basis, and could potentially add $1.15 per share to midcycle operating EPS..
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How important are ADSK promotional activities in determining your own sales and marketing initiatives?.
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The arrival of the new back-to-school-related merchandise in the stores in early July should give us the preview of the assortment for the upcoming Fall.
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The GM business will be down in the high-teens percentage and the core business will be flat to down 2%..
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As an example, 3-packs of 200 speed 25 exposure Kodak APS film dropped from $10.87 at Wal-Mart in February to only $9.74 more recently.
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Naturally, any combination of events is feasible.
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Fitch calculates Simon's fixed charge coverage as 2.2 times (x) for the trailing twelve month period ended June 30, 2005 as well as for fiscal 2004 and 2003.
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Our 1Q05 (June) estimates are at $0.35 in EPS (vs. $0.35) on revenues of $130.9 million, in the range of QLGC's guidance for $0.34-$0.37 in EPS and revenues of $128 to $131 million (flat to up 3% sequentially).
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Specifically, we estimate that 70% of the company's stores generate 90% of its operating profit.
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BXP management estimated that it will start $600 million of new development in 2007.
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We project 7.4% growth in Payroll Services and continued strong growth in Human Resource Services of 16.7%.
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Enterprise Edition - starts at $40K/CPU or $800/named user and has optional add-ons, including additional security and high availability features: RAC Option* - allows clustered hardware configurations to operate as a single database instance.
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Most importantly, with successful execution, WEN would gain tremendous competitive advantage (low-cost, higher quality) over existing artisan bread providers.
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Cash flow improvements will begin once divestitures are fully transferred to acquiror.
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Meaningful sequential improvement in PowerBook was is a positive sign for creative/professional demand.
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Product support is provided by local offices, as well as by four global support centers located around the world.
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To put this into perspective, we estimate that US pumps and IV's will grow 6-7% on a compounded rate over the next five years, and will grow 11% in 2007.
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The operating margin for this division was 18%, roughly flat with its oilfield operating margin of 18% last quarter, but up from 15.7% last year.
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It appears to be putting its troubled past far behind.
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We recently met with Art Katsaros, who manages Equipment, R&D and Strategy.
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We expect there will be a number of moving parts over the next several months and therefore believe these shares represent a more suitable investment for those with a long-term horizon.
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In describing Transocean's fleet, we include the Discoverer 511, although the drillship is most likely to be returned to its owner sometime during Q1:99.
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Figure 30: Free cash flow and return on total capital trends (2002-2006E).
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As worries over a decelerating economy mount, it has become quite clear that investors are awarding visibility and less variable earnings performance with premium multiples, and we think ITT deserves to sit among the top tier.
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SWY maintained 53-week FY'08 EPS and free cash flow guidance, lowered ID sales outlook.
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For Dell, total enterprise unit and revenue growth were up 26% and 19% on an annual basis, respectively.
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