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Short Sellers Retreat from Micron Technology, Other Semiconductor Stocks
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 1:42pm | 825The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates happened to Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) and KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC), which saw drops of around six percent, and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), which plunged more than...
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AMD, Texas Instruments See Short Interest Surge
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:17pm | 795The largest percentage upswings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the March 28 and April 15 settlement dates happened to Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN). All three jumped by double-digit percentages from the...
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Short Sellers Pile on ARM Holdings and Nvidia
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 1:26pm | 856The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the March 15 and March 28 settlement dates happened to KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC), which retreated more than 19 percent, as well as to ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which jumped more than 15...
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Big Short Interest Swings in Chip Makers (ARMH, MU, NVDA)
Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 10:39am | 828The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the February 28 and March 15 settlement dates happened to ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), which tumbled more than 42 percent, as well as to Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which jumped about 14...
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Big Short Interest Swings in Chip Makers (AMAT, ARM, BRCM)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 1:41pm | 813The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates happened to Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) and ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), which tumbled about 19 percent, as well as to Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), which jumped more...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, QCOM)
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 10:55am | 775Semiconductor stocks continued to attract short sellers during the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Qualcomm (...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMAT, ARM, NVDA)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 8:27am | 772The short interest in semiconductor makers was mixed during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) increased between the January 15 and...
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Will Qualcomm and Intel Suffer as Semiconductor Revenue Declines?
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 4:49pm | 472In a new report, Gartner (NYSE: IT) reveals that semiconductor revenue declined by three percent in 2012. What does this mean for the top 10 semiconductor manufacturers? According to Gartner, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) -- the world's largest chipmaker -- experienced a revenue decline of 2.7 percent....
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise (AMD, BRCM, NVDA)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 4:28pm | 561The short interest data is out from the September 14 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall trended higher. Shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) rose more than nine percent...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of September 24
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 7:08am | 870As the month and the calendar quarter winds down this week, highlights on the earnings front include reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Carnival (NYSE: CCL). Analysts by and large anticipate per-share...
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Short Interest in Chip Makers on the Rise
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 2:56pm | 596The short interest data is out from the August 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall have trended higher. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) rose more than nine...
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Short Sellers Shy Away from Qualcomm and Texas Instruments
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:15am | 521The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed, although the swings were quite large in some cases. For instance, the number of shares sold short in Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) rose more...
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Should Apple Release a Cheaper iPhone to Boost Sales?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:25am | 764Some say yes. But is it worth the risk? In an iPhone report released this morning, Rodman & Renshaw discussed a lot of key points, including the likelihood that supply constraints could limit the upside of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most successful device. “Layering on the estimated 4 million...
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Lazard Capital Markets Comments on Micron Technology
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:29am | 218Lazard Capital Markets has published a report on Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU). In the report, Lazard wrote, "Debt offering paves the way for a stronger MU; positive for shareholders. The offering. MU offered two tranches of $300M convertible senior notes due August 1, 2031, one at 1.5% interest...
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Morgan Stanley Reiterates Overweight on Micron Technology, Reduces PT to $12
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 9:25am | 54Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU). At the same time, however, Morgan Stanley reduced its price target on the company's stock from $13 to $12. On Thursday, Micron finished the day at $8.43. Its shares tumbled 8.42% in today's pre-market trading,...