Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 28, 2007)

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
By Douglas A. McIntyre Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

(ADSK) Autodesk restating earnings from 2003 to 2006 for options; stock down 4% pre-market.
(AVNC) Advancis Pharmaceutical reaches agreement with FDA for resubmission of amoxicillin Pulsys application for strep throat.
(AVNR) Avanir Pharma said the FDA requested more data to supplement the application Zenvia for involuntary emotional expression disorder.
(BITS) Bitstream -$0.06 EPS.
(DECK) Deckers Outdoor $1.82 EPS vs $1.31e.
(EAGL) EGL going private by CEO-led private equity group for $36 per share.
(EPIX) EPIX Pharma files formal appeal for Vasovist with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
(EVER) Evercore $0.45 EPS vs $0.35e.
(HD) Home Depot down almost 2% pre-market on muted 2007 guidance.
(HGSI) Human Genome Sciences -$0.36 EPS vs -$0.44e; in pact with Novartis.
(IRM) Iron Mountain $0.18 EPS vs $0.17e.
(JOYG) Joy Global $0.51 EPS vs $0.60e.
(JTX) Jackson Hewitt $0.86 EPS vs $0.92e.
(KOMG) Komag trading up after extending its supply pact with Seagate (STX).
(LCC) US Air may refinance some of its debt.
(LEAP) Leap Wireless up 1.5% after earnings.
(LIZ) Liz Claiborne $0.94 EPS vs $0.97e.
(MRK) Merck raised guidance, but gets more in-line with where estimates are.
(MSO) Martha Stewart $0.25 EPS vs $0.20e.
(NICE) Nice Systems received VoIP order.
(ORA) Ormat $0.12 EPS vs $0.24e.
(PRW) Pro-Pharma submitted orphan drug application in Europe for cancer treatment.
(Q) Qwest said its CFO Oren Shaffer is retiring.
(S) Sprint Nextel $0.29 EPS vs $0.29e.
(SCOP) Scopus appointed a new president.
(SLXP) Salix Pharma $0.29 EPS vs $0.26e.
(SNH) Senior Housing names new CFO; $0.37 EPS & $0.47 FFO vs $0.44 FFO estimate.
(STN) Station Casinos $0.53 EPS vs $0.45e.
(TGEN) Targeted Genetics showed positive Phase I data on HIV vaccine safety.
(ULBI) Ultralife Batteries receives $6+ million contract.
(VSE) VeraSun $0.27 EPS vs $0.20e.
(VSNT) Versant traded up 11% after beating estimates.
Shanghai stocks closed up almost 4% but the rest of Asia fell to partially catch up; European markets are down only about 1% on average.
(WTR) Aqua America $0.19 EPS vs $0.19e.

Jon C. Ogg
February 27, 2007

Jon Ogg is a partner in 24/7 Wall St., LLC and he can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

Featured Reads

Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

CBOE Vol: 1,568,143
PSKY Vol: 12,285,993
STX Vol: 7,378,346
ORCL Vol: 26,317,675
DDOG Vol: 6,247,779

Top Losing Stocks

LKQ
LKQ Vol: 4,367,433
CLX Vol: 13,260,523
SYK Vol: 4,519,455
MHK Vol: 1,859,865
AMGN Vol: 3,818,618