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High Hopes For Lululemon Earnings, Not So Much For Abercrombie
Sunday, August 28, 2016 - 11:40am | 652Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two apparel retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from only one of them. Both have mixed track records recently with beating earnings estimates. The parade of quarterly results from big retailers is winding...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Monro Muffler Brake, Fidelity National Information Services And More
Sunday, August 7, 2016 - 9:40am | 639Read More...This weekend's Barron's ponders the prospects for a leading auto services provider and a financial services technology star. Prospects for two small-cap banks with strong fundamentals are also examined. Other featured articles take a look at what bears such as Bill Gross and...
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Short Sellers Favor Marvell Technology, Qualcomm Among Semiconductor Stocks
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 2:44pm | 579Read More...Short interest moves in the leading semiconductor stocks were mixed in the most recent period. Two stocks in particular stood out among those that saw rising short interest. Shares of both of these stocks rose at least 7 percent during the two-week period. Short interest moves in the leading...
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Why Short Sellers Like Maxim Integrated Over Analog Devices
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 9:53am | 1003Read More...Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early December. Short sellers piled on Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) in particular during that time. Yet, the number of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) and NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) shares short...
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Short Sellers Like These Three Top Semiconductor Stocks
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 3:26pm | 960Read More...Short interest in the leading semiconductor stocks was mixed again in early October. Short sellers piled on Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) in particular during that time. Several other chip stocks also saw double-digit...
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Avago Trumps Analysts' Fears: What They're Saying Now
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 1:50pm | 836Read More...Shares of Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) were trading higher by nearly 7 percent an hour after Thursday's opening bell, following the company's second-quarter results on Wednesday. Avago said that it earned $2.24 per share in the second quarter, ahead of the $2.14 per share analysts were...
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(Most Of) The Pros Love Avago
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 11:59am | 757Read More...Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced on Thursday its intention to acquire Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $37 billion. Analyst reaction following the announcement was for the most part positive. Jefferies: Acquisition Creates $14 Of EPS Power Mark Lipacis of Jefferies...
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Avago-Broadcom, Google Barrage And Thursday's Biggest Tech Stories...In JP Morgan's Eyes
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 11:40am | 419Read More...In a report published Friday, JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall summarized Thursday's top Wall Street stories. Avago Acquires Broadcom, Says HDD Demand Stabilizing Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced its intentions to acquire Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $37 billion....
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Avago-Broadcom Merger: What's Social Media Saying?
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 9:43am | 618Read More...Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) will combine in a $37 billion deal, the companies announced on Thursday morning. It's a deal UBS says could boost EPS 5 to 11 percent. Other analysts like the move, too. But what's Twitter saying? A lot....
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Short Interest In Semiconductor Stocks Soars
Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:17am | 1122Read More...Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) were among the leading semiconductor stocks that had surges in their short interest between the settlement dates of February 27 and March 13. Here, Benzinga take a closer look at how these three...
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Short Interest Is Plunging In These 3 Chip Stocks
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 9:21am | 976Read More...The short interest in many of the leading semiconductor stocks shrank between the January 15 and January 30 settlement dates. Short sellers retreated especially from Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC). Let's take a closer...
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Broadcom CEO: 4K Is Coming And Is Now Mainstream
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 12:51pm | 298Read More...With the TV industry witnessing a dramatic shift towards higher resolution, Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) is preparing itself for the future. Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor was interviewed by Bloomberg at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on the latest innovations by the company....
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Markets Mostly Higher As Earnings Season Continues To Impress
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 4:55pm | 2953Read More...U.S. stocks were mostly higher as investors and traders continue to weigh in on earnings from large-cap companies like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and momentum high-flyers like Chipotle Mexican Grill and Intuitive Surgical. Despite geopolitical concerns, the S&P 500 managed to close at a...
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Big Short Interest Swings In 3 Semiconductor Stocks
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 7:36am | 914Read More...Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) saw the most significant swings in short interest between the June 13 and June 30 settlement dates. Like Broadcom, Avago Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Maxim Integrated...
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Stocks Rebound From 2 Day Drop As The Fed Confirms The End Of QE Is Near
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 4:40pm | 2399Read More...U.S. stocks rose following the FOMC minutes which stated that the Fed is on track for a final month of tapering in October. The Fed plans to slash $15 billion from its monthly asset purchasing program at that time. “Some committee members had been asked by members of the public whether...
