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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of September 2
Sunday, September 1, 2013 - 11:40am | 958Read More...This holiday shortened week will see a sprinkling of off-season quarterly reports from the likes of H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and retailer Dollar General (NASDAQ: DG) to truck maker Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC). Here is a quick look at analysts'...
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Four Communications Equipment Companies Oppenheimer Likes
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 2:17pm | 829Read More...Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were among the communications equipment makers recommended in a recent research report from the Institutional Portfolio analysts at Oppenheimer. The analysts see these companies as poised...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 3
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 8:01pm | 809Read More...Things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front this week, offering little to draw attention away from the wave of employment data due out, as well as such economic data as the ISM surveys and the latest PMI figures. But here is a quick look at the expectations for some of the week's most...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 4
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 6:34pm | 857Read More...Now that Congress and the White House have failed to reach a deal to avoid the federal budget sequester, and with the jobs report coming out on Friday, the attention this week is likely to be elsewhere, rather than on earnings, which have slowed to dribble. A few lingering retail earnings reports...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 27
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 6:18am | 591Read More...UPDATE: Tiffany's reported earnings just below expectations, but shares rallied. Things will be pretty quiet on the earnings front this week leading into the Labor Day holiday, and as the calendar month winds down. Among the highest profile quarterly reports on the schedule are those from Tiffany...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 5
Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 11:21am | 1105Read More...Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their fourth-quarter results. But a few of them are scheduled to report fiscal quarterly results this week. These include Altera, Brown-Forman, H&R Block and Pall Corp. Also, earnings reports from retailers continue to roll out this week, as they have...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 29
Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 12:47pm | 1016Read More...Things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front this this week, with only a few S&P 500 components scheduled to post quarterly results: Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-B), Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) and Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) are expected to report earnings growth, while SAIC's (NYSE: SAI) earnings...
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Deutsche Bank Maintains Buy on Ciena
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:10am | 106Read More...Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "The stock remains a 'show me' story, with current levels yet to fully price-in meaningful (albeit graduated) improvements in mix, margins, and revenue growth profile,...
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Jefferies Maintains Underperform on Ciena
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 7:30am | 101Read More...Jefferies is out with its report today on Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), maintaining Underperform. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "Ciena held its Analyst Day in New York. We remain concerned that Ciena will be unable to generate the attractive revenue growth and operating margins that many...
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Citi Maintains Buy on Ciena
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 7:17am | 102Read More...Citi is out with its report today on Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "Ciena remains our top pick in optical through the cycle. We continue to believe that carrier spending is improving, with optical set to benefit. At the stock level, Ciena's product...
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Cisco Systems and Jones Group Hit 52-Week Lows
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 12:30pm | 235Read More...In morning trading, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Jones Group (NYSE: JNY) fell to new 52-week lows of $15.26 and $9.97 per share, respectively. Cisco has slumped on disappointing quarterly results from Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN). Cisco has a market cap of $84.2 billion and is a leading producer and...
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J.P. Morgan Previews Ciena FQ2'11
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 9:21am | 107Read More...In its FQ2'11 preview of Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), J.P. Morgan said that it believes that US optical spending remains strong. “However, European telecoms trends began to show signs of weakness in Q1, and CIEN now has material exposure there through its Nortel assets,” J.P. Morgan writes. “We believe...
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Earnings Highlights for the Week of June 6
Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 1:02pm | 1032Read More...S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results this week include J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM), National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) and Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL). While analysts on average are expecting strong earnings growth from Pall, the consensus forecast for Smucker is earnings about the...
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Citi Maintains Buy on Ciena
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 7:46am | 94Read More...Citi is out with its report today on Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "CIEN remains our top pick through the cycle. We believe demand remains healthy globally and improving in key N. American market. We continue to have high conviction on share gains in...
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Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Ciena
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 7:57am | 113Read More...Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), maintaining Equal-weight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We view Ciena as a cyclical stock whose performance is highly correlated to switching revenue and gross/op margin. However, we believe gross margin could...
