FeedPosted Aug 7th 2009 4:10PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hansen Natural (HANS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Crocs Inc (CROX)
Today was simple. It's all about employment. A better than expected labor report sent shares soaring. The notion that a late day report showing that
credit to Americans is still declining was largely ignored. The unemployment data was good enough that some might even question it. Either way, it looks like the only group losing droves of jobs now is the group of market bears. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
DJIA:9,730.07(+1.23%)
S&P500:1,010.47(+1.35%)
NASDAQ:2,000.25(+1.37%)
Top 10 Analyst CallsOpexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:
OPXA) sold some stem cell technology to
Novartis (NYSE:
NVS) for $3 million up front, but it is getting another $1 million over six months and the company
could get another $50 million from royalties and milestone hurdles. Shares were up a sharp and whopping 300% at $1.89 right before the close.
Continue reading Closing Bell: Bears become victim of jobs report (OPXA, AIG, NVDA, PAYX, CROX, HANS)
Posted Jun 5th 2009 4:10PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Hansen Natural (HANS), Palm Inc (PALM)
The
jobs data was so wide apart, that it just trough everyone for a big loop. With 9.4% unemployment rather than 9.2% and with non-farm payrolls contracting at -345,000 rather than by more than -500,00, traders had trouble on and off all day long. The BLS
even denied rumors that there were errors.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 8,763.29 +13.05 (0.15%)
S&P 500 940.10 -2.36 (-0.25%)
Nasdaq 1,849.42 -0.60 (-0.03%)
Top 10 Analyst CallsContinue reading Closing Bell: When cheerleaders lose the pom-poms (AAPL, WMT, HANS, PMTI, DNDN, PALM)
Posted May 9th 2009 12:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Hansen Natural (HANS), Walt Disney (DIS), American Express (AXP), News Corp'B' (NWS), Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU), Tyson Foods'A' (TSN), Symantec Corp (SYMC), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Vonage Holdings (VG), Blackstone Group L.P (BX), Garmin Ltd (GRMN), Marvel Entertainment (MVL)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Disney, Cisco, News Corp., Marvel, Sirius, Blackstone and more
Posted May 8th 2009 12:00PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major movement, Earnings reports, Good news, Hansen Natural (HANS), Options, Technical Analysis
Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS - option chain) shares are rising today after the company reported its first-quarter profit rose 44.3% to $41.6 million, or 44 cents per share, beating analysts' forecasts of 37 cents per share. Last year in the first quarter, HANS earned 29 cents per share. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on HANS.
HANS opened this morning at $41.38. So far today the stock has hit a low of $39.42 and a high of $41.88. As of 11:40, HANS is trading at $41.17, up $3.11 (8.17%). The chart for HANS looks bullish.
Continue reading Hansen Natural (HANS) Q1 earnings grow despite economy
Posted Feb 18th 2009 2:50PM by Timothy Sykes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), General Electric (GE), Amazon.com (AMZN), General Motors (GM), Hansen Natural (HANS), Short stories, Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Bank of America (BAC), Chevron Corp (CVX), Morgan Stanley (MS), Stocks to Sell
These are not the only signs, just a few examples of when to bet against a company, all of which would have worked out great over the past year:
1. Right when management admits a massive fraud over many years,
Satyam Computer Services (
SAY)
2. Companies lie about the health of management:
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:
AAPL)
3. Arrogance and greed blinds management to excessive risk-taking:
General Electric Co. (NYSE:
GE),
Citigroup (NYSE:
C),
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:
MS),
Bank of America (NYSE:
BAC),
General Motors Corp. (NYSE:
GM)-pick an over-leveraged financial, any financial...and yes, considering all the messy financial instruments these companies took on, they are all financial stocks.
Continue reading Seven signs you should short sell a stock
Posted Sep 12th 2008 1:00PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Hansen Natural (HANS), Stocks to Buy
Beverage stocks are often considered "defensive" in nature. After all, no matter what troubles beset the economy, people continue to eat and drink.
Granted, a recessionary environment might impact purveyors of expensive champagnes. But our focus here is on everyday canned sodas and moderately-priced beer and wine.
Of course, no report on beverages would be complete without the two giants of the field -- Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP).
Chuck Carlson, editor of The DRIP Investor looks at Pepsi and suggests, "Investors should take advantage of the current price lull to do buying in these shares."
... Read the full article on PepsiCo
Meanwhile, Stephen Leeb, editor of The Complete Investor, looks at Coke and is attracted by both its expanding market opportunities and expanding dividend.
... Read the full article on Coca-Cola
Bottling these drinks is also big business and PepsiAmericas (NYSE: PAS) -- the world's second-largest bottler of PepsiCo beverages -- is a recent feature from quantitative analyst Vahan Janjigan, editor of The Forbes Growth Investor.
... Read the full article on PepsiAmericas
Energy drink maker Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS) has caught the eye of Bill Martin. The editor of BullMarket.com finds the stock attractive because the company has recently attracted some hedge fund investors.
... Read the full article on Hansen Natural
In The Forbes International Investment Report, editor John Christy interviews Lou Gerken of Gerken Capital Associates who sees potential in FEMSA (NYSE: FMX), which produces distributes Coca-Cola, Dos Equis, Tecate Beer in Mexico.
... Read the full article on FEMSA
And Nilus Mattive in his Dividend Superstars newsletter, looks to Chilean wine maker, Vina Concha y Toro (NYSE: VCO) as a play for both growth and income investors.
... Read the full article on Vina Concha y Toro
This report is prepared by Steven Halpern's TheStockAdvisors.com which offers a daily overview of the favorite stock picks and investment ideas from the nation's leading financial newsletter advisors.
Posted Aug 14th 2008 4:15PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hansen Natural (HANS), Alcoa Inc (AA), Gannett Co (GCI), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO)
If you are involved in the market right now and watch the volatility with swings up and down, it might be easy to forget that trading volume is very thin and that moves can be exaggerated easily. Today's numbers, with a recession in Europe and stagflation rising in the U.S., were discounted by traders looking ahead and interpreting data out on the calendar. The good news in housing is that existing houses are finally moving, but the bad news is that they are selling under replacement cost.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
DJIA 11615.93 (+82.97)
S&P500 1292.93 (+7.10)
NASDAQ 2453.67 (+25.05)
10 YR T-Note 3.892% (-0.055%)
52-Week LowsAlcoa Inc. (NYSE:
AA) is a bit of a mystery. This had
very unusual call option buying seen in the stock, yet shares were down marginally on the day by less than 1% at $31.96 before the closing bell. This stock has been the subject of rumors before, so anything is possible.
Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE:
GCI) was a winner today. Shares were up 10% at $21.20 right before the close on reports that it was cutting 1,000 newspaper jobs or about 3% of its workforce.
Hansen Natural Corp. (NASDAQ:
HANS) was a huge winner after Nelson Peltz' Trian Funds
disclosed an ownership stake. Shares were up over 10% at $29.79 in the final minutes of the trading day, and this is up almost 40% even after poor earnings recently.
PMI Group Inc. (NYSE:
PMI) was a big winner today after the company sold off Australian operations
for $920 million in a capital raising effort. Shares were up almost 60% at $4.45 in the final minutes before the close.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE:
MSO) shares were up almost 8% at $8.80 right before the close after Jim Cramer
interviewed Martha Stewart herself and said the stock is cheap at $8.00.
Posted Aug 9th 2008 4:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Hansen Natural (HANS), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), General Mills (GIS), Polo Ralph Lauren'A' (RL)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Toyota, Cisco, ADM, MGM, General Mills, Warner Music and others
Posted Aug 8th 2008 1:37PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major movement, Earnings reports, Good news, Hansen Natural (HANS), Options, Technical Analysis
Hansen Natural (NASDAQ:
HANS -
option chain) shares are soaring higher today after
the company reported yesterday evening its second quarter profit jumped to 31 percent to $50.2 million on sales of its Monster energy drink. Despite missing estimates by a penny, the growth numbers and decreasing operational expenses are encouraging investors. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on HANS.
HANS opened this morning at $21.43. So far today the stock has hit a low of $20.67 and a high of $23.42. As of 12:55, HANS is trading at $23.42, up 1.77 (8.2%). The chart for HANS looks bearish and steady.
For a bullish hedged play on this stock, I would consider a September
bull-put credit spread below the $17.50 range. A bull-put credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of put options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns.
For this particular trade, we will make a 13.6% return in just six weeks as long as HANS is above $17.50 at September expiration. Hansen would have to fall by more than 25% before we would start to lose money. Learn more about this type of trade
here.
HANS hasn't been below $20 at all in the past year and has shown support around $21.50 recently.
Brent Archer is an options analyst and writer at Investors Observer.
DISCLOSURE: Mr. Archer owns and/or controls diversified portfolios of long and short stock and option positions that may include holdings in companies he writes about. At publication time, Brent neither owns nor controls positions in HANS. Posted Jul 3rd 2008 5:07PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Conventions and conferences, Annual meetings, General Electric (GE), Wal-Mart (WMT), Hansen Natural (HANS), Alcoa Inc (AA), Gap Inc (GPS), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Federal Reserve
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Monday, July 7
- San Francisco Fed Reserve Bank President Yellen to speak about the U.S. economic outlook at the University of California/San Diego with a Q&A session.
- Aracruz Cellulose (NYSE: ARA) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 11:00am.
Tuesday, July 8
- Richmond Fed Reserve Bank President Lacker to speak about U.S. economic outlook to the National Economists Club in Washington with a Q&A session expected.
- Gulfmark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) to discuss the acquisition of Ridgon Marine at 9:00am.
- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 5:00pm.
- Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) to give Business News update at 5:00pm.
Continue reading Market highlights for next week: Alcoa to report earnings
Posted May 10th 2008 11:40AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Hansen Natural (HANS), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Qwest Communications Intl (Q)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: AIG, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Warner Music, Qwest, MGM and others
Posted May 8th 2008 4:15PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hansen Natural (HANS), Crocs Inc (CROX)
If you haven't noticed the surging price of oil at the pump or the surging prices of your electric bills, maybe oil at $124.00 and higher per barrel will catch your eyes. Maybe proposing higher margin limits on oil futures trading isn't such a bad idea after all.
Despite this, retail sales managed to come in better than most were expecting... even if you can chalk that up to an extra day because of Easter in March. Jobless claims also fell by 18,000 from last week to about 365,000. Below are the unofficial closing levels for the major US index levels:
- DJIA 12,867.27 (+52.92; +0.41%)
- S&P500 1,397.60 (+5.03; +0.36%)
- NASDAQ 2,451.49 (+13.00; +0.53%)
- 10YR-TBond 3.805% (-0.062%)
- 52-WEEK LOWS
- Top Analyst Calls
Barr Phrarmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:
BRL) was the drug company blow-up today. The company missed earnings estimates and
lowered guidance. As the company is a generic drug giant, does this mean people are going off their meds? Shares tanked by 22% to $38.28 in the final minutes today.
Continue reading Closing Bell: Masked retail numbers trump $124 oil
Posted May 8th 2008 1:16PM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major movement, Earnings reports, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Hansen Natural (HANS), Jones Soda (JSDA)
Really, the way
Hansen Natural Corp. (NASDAQ:
HANS) shares are dropping -- down about 14% as I write this and setting a new 52-week low earlier in the session -- you'd think the company reported disastrous results. Not so!
True, Hansen Natural
reported Wednesday a lower-than-expected first-quarter profit due to lower profit margins, but the results weren't that bad. For the quarter, the company's net sales rose to $212.2 million and it earned $28.8 million, or 29 cents a share. Analysts, however, expected 35 cents on revenue of $221, according to Thomson Reuters. The thing is, that compared to last year, profit climbed 43% and revenue jumped 28%. It seems that the Monster Energy brand drinks had a lot do with Hansen's revenue growth, especially the new Java Monster dairy-based coffee drink.
The problem? Already in the fourth quarter investors were concerned about decreasing margins, and this quarter as well Hansen said its profit was hurt by higher costs, including a 34% boost in costs of sales and a 15% rise in operating expenses. Talk about margin squeeze.
Continue reading Hansen Natural (HANS) shares plunging -- now what?
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