Brean Murray initiates the China Internet advertising sector. They expect stellar growth in online advertising this year on the back of a 30%+ expansion in client budgets. They expect market leaders to further separate themselves from the pack and continue to capture a disproportionate amount of spending. The firm initiates Baidu (BIDU) with a Buy and an $800 tgt, Sina (SINA) with a Buy and a $50 tgt and Sohu (SOHU) with a Hold.
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Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.62 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.07 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.55; revenues rose 51.4% year/year to $126.7 mln vs the $123.4 mln consensus. Co issues upside guidance for Q2, sees Q2 revs of $131-135 mln vs. $128.23 mln Thomson Reuters consensus. Strong performance for the quarter was led by the company's broad-based products, which were up 11 percent sequentially. Strength in… Continue
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Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings: RFMD +3.8%, BRCM +2.2%, LIFE +1.2%... Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings: BWLD -20.5%, AMAG -13.5%, RHI -10.0%, MTW -7.5%, CNXT -7.2%, PMTC -5.3%, FLEX -3.7%, PNRA -3.5%, AMKR -3.0%, PNC -2.2%.
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Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings: RFMD +3.8%, BRCM +2.2%, LIFE +1.2%... Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings: BWLD -20.5%, AMAG -13.5%, RHI -10.0%, MTW -7.5%, CNXT -7.2%, PMTC -5.3%, FLEX -3.7%, PNRA -3.5%, AMKR -3.0%, PNC -2.2%.
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Treasuries were able to maintain most of their gains in the face of at-record sized supply, a somewhat sloppy auction and improved data, as the ongoing drama in Europe was escalated some, specifically regarding Greece and Portugal ...in case someone missed that. The 10-yr was run up to trade off to a 3.674% yield, the mid-curve leading the charge with the 5-yrs and out the curve getting to the best levels in a month. The drop-off in stocks added to the… Continue
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Although currently trading lower with the overall market, casual bakery/cafe Panera Bread (PNRA) is only 2 points off all-time highs headed into tonight's earnings release. The co is scheduled to report Q1 results today after the close followed by conference call tomorrow morning at 8:30am ET. Current consensus is Q1 EPS up 43% y/y to $0.82 on revs up 14% y/y to $364.76 mln; Q2 EPS of $0.84 on revs of $375.15 mln; and FY10 EPS up 27% to $3.52 on revs… Continue
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