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15min left trading breaking 0.05s$???
nearly 50 Mil tradet this week.
if someone has the buying power of
+- 50 million more shares, we can squeeze them out to gap left open @ 0.10$. :o)
the pricetarget they have on it is high. who knows if the company will ever get there? i dont... they came up today with the rating update when the stock was at its lows. my decision was to buy and share the information. bounce time.
Wedbush pricetargets are based on approval, they never said hold thru it.
PATH 2.10$ Wedbush Lowers PT on NuPathe from 20$ to 17$ and maintains its Outperform rating.
man, somebody bring back the volume in here. MMs opening spreads and depressing. yawn*
Do you know what that huge volume bar was just a few minutes ago? I am not at my computer.
could you draw the blue and red lines out on this chart? that would be amazing.
thanks again anyway. there was just a 100k buy @ 1.00$.
were going a little bit here 1.12$ LGFTY.
would you say a flag is building since last friday?
thank you for the chart.
stockfreak0011
Shure you dont wanna miss this!!! Long and strong! not selling under 3.00$. what what tgus is just the beginning!
LGFTY awsome runner!!!!
does anyone knows if this stock will keep listed in the pinksheets or do will they delist its shares totaly from the stockmarket? im not shure if i do understand this news right. Since Form 25 was filled on 08.17.2011 does this mean, that they will delist LGFTY totally from stock exchance on 08.27.2011? even from pinksheets?
thanks for some help...
Aug 17 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange said the American depository shares of Chinese software company Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd , which had been halted since May 17, will now be suspended prior to the opening of trade on Wednesday.
The exchange said in statement late on Tuesday it will delist the ADRs and file a Form 25 delisting application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The delisting will be effective 10 days after the Form 25 is filed, it said.
Last month, the exchange said it would start delisting proceedings against Longtop, which did not meet listing standards.
The NYSE decision comes after the company failed to appeal against the delisting.
On May 23, Longtop's auditor quit and a U.S. regulator opened a related probe, deepening concern about possible accounting irregularities at the Chinese company. [ID: nL3E7GN1X1] (Reporting by Divya Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das) (divya.sharma@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800; Reuters Messaging: divya.sharma.reuters.com@reu
Management has been making wrong statements for earnings and margins. they have been lying to investors and shareholders. they are now in lawsuit trouble.
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=47603937
target prices as of 08.11.2011
Mean estimate : 10.34
Median estimate : 11.00
High estimate : 13.00
Low estimate : 7.00
4 weeks analysts down : 7
Estimated P/E : 8.07
indeed, showed real strengh last friday.
are we relly trying to break above the longer term resistance line here?
we will see!
have a good day
Post-Earnings Analysis and Short-Term Outlook
Power One, Inc (PWER) reported Q2 FY2011 results on Thursday the 28th:
* Quarterly revenue grew 21% YOY for a total $260M, squarely in the middle of the $250-270M range guided in May's Q1 conference call.
* Diluted EPS missed consensus estimates of $0.22 by 1 cent on operating income of $53M, a 23% YOY increase over last year's Q2 results of $0.17 EPS and $31M income.
* The Renewable Energy Solutions segment generated sales of $180M, which represents 27% YOY top-line growth. Power One reported significant gains in domestic markets, China and India, the cumulative total from these regions increasing from only 4% to 18% of total revenue.
* The Power Solutions segment generated sales of $80M, an 11% YOY increase in top-line growth. The company is focusing on reducing expenses and improving operating efficiencies in this segment, but the larger opportunity clearly lies with the other business group.
* The company guided Q3 revenue in the $265-280M, marginally below previous estimates. Yearly guidance was revised upward with expectations of improvement in the solar sector as a whole, stabilized demand in Europe and increasing market-share in North America and Asia.
As discussed in my previous article, PWER looked severely undervalued heading into the earnings announcement, trading at the very bottom of its historical P/E channel for a 6.3x TTM multiple. Traders appeared to have been expecting a large miss and new 52-week lows, but the company delivered well within previously provided guidance, confirmed an optimistic forecast for the rest of the year and saw an immediate uptick in interest on Friday, with the stock trading as high as $7.75, 15% above the previous close of $6.80, before settling at $7.21 by the end of the day.
Volume confirmed price action, tripling the daily average of about 2.7 million for a total of 8 million shares traded on Friday. The day also saw a huge spike in call activity, with more than 2,500 contracts for the August 20 $9 call being opened, a number well above the total amount of existing interest for the day and strike price. The September 17 $9 call saw a little over 500 contracts traded, a ten-fold increase over existing open interest.
While PWER stands to suffer disproportionately from immediate market jitters, I believe we've witnessed the bottom of a downward drift which began in mid-February, with the company's CEO, Richard Thompson, sounding a cautionary note about oversupply in the channel and weakness in Italian and German markets which used to make up an overwhelming about of Power One's sales. A number of recent developments seem to point to a turn-around in sentiment:
* Short interest has been steadily declining for the last seven months.
* The company has proven for two quarters straight that it can deliver on guidance during adverse macro conditions such as channel oversupply and sector-wide pricing weakness.
* High-profile analysts appear more willing to recognize Power One's performance during difficult conditions, with Needham's Edwin Mok commenting on Friday that "PWER lowered full year revenue guidance, but the small reduction was likely better than feared. In the near-term, business conditions remain challenging with excess channel inventory in Europe, but PWER's expansion into new markets in N.A. and Asia are driving growth." Mean analyst 12-month price target on the equity is $10.90.
* Market share gains in Asia and North America show Power One isn't just diversifying its customer base to minimize disruption from volatility in European subsidies but also looking at long-term prospects in markets with the most potential for sustained future growth.
One-year P/Sales ratio shown declining to current 0.67x multiple.
One-year P/E ratio shown declining to current 6.5x multiple.
With valuation metrics dropping in half over the span of a year as revenue and income both improved, I disagree with the brief analysis provided by Tate Dwinell published on SA, which concludes:
Technically, shares of PWER are still seeking a bottom and it’s a bit too soon to call today’s move the beginning of a new sustained move up. I’d like to see shares surge above the 50dma around the $8 level and hold there for a couple weeks, which would be a stronger signal that a bottom may be in.
This seems timid for a company showing serious growth in a worry-ridden sector. I see price action below the 50-day SMA of $7.90 as a tremendous opportunity for those looking to establish or broaden existing positions or profit from intra-day option plays.
The August 20 $7 call (PWER110820C7) for example, traded as low of $0.40 late Thursday, before the earnings announcement, and as high as $0.85 during Friday's spike. With the help of good 'til killed limit orders, one can acquire these short-term contracts at rock bottom prices and set up automatic sales when the they, along with the underlying equity, see abrupt price appreciation due to PWER's high beta.
As always, option trades with volatile equities warrant extreme caution and carry significant risk. Investors are advised to do due diligence and carry out trading strategies only after performing their own research.
Disclosure: I am long PWER.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/283569-power-one-inc-post-earnings-analysis-and-short-term-outlook
yeah we got our eanings ride up. congrats to all and have a good weekend.
12%+ 7.70$
Power One Severely Undervalued Heading Into Thursday's Earnings
In a previous article, I provided a company profile for Power One, Inc (PWER) and presented an investment thesis which outlined the possibility for significant near-term price-appreciation, with its July 28th Q2 results as potential rebound catalyst. In anticipation of the earnings announcement later this week, here's an update to PWER's outlook:
SatCon's (SATC) disappointing earnings announcement and lackluster guidance for Q2 pummeled the entire sector, dragging PWER down about 6% on July 5th. SatCon reported weaker demand in European markets, especially Germany and Italy, after governments changed policies that offered incentives for solar technology. The day served as reminder that players in the solar arena and derivatives remain highly volatile. Power One is no exception with a beta of 2.17, and is currently trading at the bottom of its historical P/E channel, around 6.6x TTM on a range of 6.4 to 11.6.
Information sourced from the most recent S&P Compustat Company Report.
On a constructive note, however, the Federal Energy Regulatory Comission recently released a final version of guidance originally inked about to a year ago on how public utilities must approach and pay for grid upgrades. These rules and regulations eliminate uncertainty around grid improvements and may represent the beginning of a secular growth cycle in the industry. As a whole the domestic industry is shifting towards a smarter grid which better incorporates renewable energy. Transmission, construction and component suppliers all stand to benefit.
Power One provided $250 to $270M revenue guidance for Q2, with CEO Richard Thompson noting the company is specifically looking at geographic diversification, especially expansion in North America. He sounded cautiously optimistic on the previous earnings call:
Further, we expect our focus on new geographies, particularly North America and Asia, will add revenue in renewables and lead to improving profitability in both our Power Solutions and Renewable Energy Solutions SBUs.
Technicals remain very weak, with PWER trading significantly below 200 and 50-day SMAs of $9.10 and $8.04 respectively. Sentiment indicators point to the equity being oversold while the MACD has been wavering inconclusively for the last two months.
Nonetheless, PWER has shown declining short interest over the last few months, a very positive sign indicating that traders recognize the stock is undervalued and there's more risk to short rather than long positions:
Settlement Date Short Interest % Change Average Daily Volume Days to Cover
06.30.2011 24,226,979 -17.07% 2,034,399 11.91
06.15.2011 29,213,425 -2.88% 2,120,495 13.78
05.31.2011 30,080,046 0.68 2,948,611 10.20
05.13.2011 29.878,193 -10.75% 4,650,2050 6.43
04.29.2011 33,475,105 -4.73% 3,353,438 9.98
04.15.2001 35,005,426 1.43 4,065,428 8.61
03.31.2001 34,513,596 -9.29% 4,123,537 8.37
Data courtesy of nasdaq.com
In anticipation of Thursday's earnings release, Power One looks severely undervalued, and its high beta makes it a great candidate for income-seeking investors looking to either establish long positions at a discount or profit from the volatility.
Those who want to position themselves for an immediate rebound should look at purchasing August 20th $7 calls currently trading around $0.50. This implies a break-even price of $7.50, a rather conservative target below 50 and 200-day SMAs. Barring a large quarterly miss or sustained macro uncertainty on debt worries, this appears to be an appealing opportunity to establish long positions.
October 22nd $8 puts sell for $1.35 per contract, returning an annualized 72% (for comparison purposes only). This implies a break-even price of $6.65, below the stock's 52-week low.
As always, high volatility stocks involve risk as well as the potential for significant reward.
Disclosure: I am long PWER.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/281684-power-one-severely-undervalued-heading-into-thursday-s-earnings
fallow back !!!
Ameritrade shows 4.85$ i am asking again WHERE is THE PARTY???!!! :D
make money where you can sir!!! w/ you @ VPRO breakout. 2500% up! we here , its now. cooomooon!!
holla pow, 4.97$ target here! what up? :D
we`ll see 4.50$ this week bro! sell off is welcome will add!
4.50$ what up?
BOOOYAHHHH 4.20$ AWSOME!!! going faster i can write here! lol
what up? HOD 4.08$. pow! where`s the party? :)
this thing is so going nuts. 3.55$ SAPX
this is huge!!! version4.00$ comin soon.
WAKE ME UP!!! 3.50$ SAPX
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PWER Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Release, Thursday July 28 after market close.
http://bit.ly/r2LFBS
to join the conference call go here:
http://investor.power-one.com/events.cfm
PWER: Open Gap
Direction Date range
down Feb-04-2011 11.46 to 9.35
15 Profitable Stocks With Significant Decreases in Short Selling
1. Power-One Inc. (PWER): Diversified Electronics Industry. Market cap of $881.89M. Free OCF/Revenue-TTM at 14.62% up from its Free OCF/Revenue-3 Year Average of 8.54%. Shares shorted dropped from 33.48M last month to 29.88M this month. This represents a 3.68% change in the company's 97.70M share float. The stock is a short squeeze candidate, with a short float at 30.41% (equivalent to 7.56 days of average volume). The stock has gained 26.83% over the last year.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/274154-15-profitable-stocks-with-significant-decreases-in-short-selling?source=yahoo
ive saw the same tv show. they showed a drug made by Alexion. lol.
lets see what tomorrow brings.
SMA Solar, the world's largest maker of solar inverters, is gearing up for a tough defense of its 20 percent-plus profit margins and leading market share as competition intensifies in the lucrative sector.
"We are looking very, very closely at our competition and don't get me wrong -- we're fighting for our customers every day," incoming Chief Executive Pierre-Pascal Urbon told the company's annual shareholders' meeting on Thursday.
The company is coming under attack from new players such as Power One Inc, whose market share soared last year to make it the global No.2 and which reported sharply higher quarterly earnings earlier in May.
Urbon, who also retains his chief financial officer post, said the company's margin would retreat in the mid-term from last year's near-30 percent on the basis of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) as competitive threats increase.
Unlike module and cell makers such as Q-Cells and Solon which suffered from weak demand ahead of solar power subsidy cuts, SMA Solar remained profitable in the first quarter.
But its EBIT margin fell to 5.4 percent in the period from the 27.4 percent reached last year, after clients' high inventories eroded profitability.
The company, however, kept its outlook for an EBIT margin of 21-25 percent in 2011, compared with a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S estimate of 22 percent.
SMA said demand for its products would pick up from the second quarter onwards, counting on markets outside Germany, the world's biggest solar market and where state support is set to be cut.
"We see enormous potential in foreign markets, particularly Asia and North America," outgoing Chief Executive Guenther Cramer said. SMA made 45 percent of 2010 sales outside Germany.
Solar inverters convert electricity generated from solar modules into a form which can be fed into an electricity grid.
SMA Solar also plans to invest between 100 million euros ($139.7 million) and 130 million a year in 2011 and 2012, according to a presentation at its shareholder meeting.
The company -- whose shares were down 0.2 percent at 7:07 a.m. EDT -- competes with smaller German players Fronius and Kaco, but also with conglomerates such as Siemens and Schneider Electric in the field of solar inverters.
(Editing by Hans Peters and David Holmes)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-smasolar-idUSTRE74P38020110526?feedType=RSS&feedName=GCA-GreenBusiness&rpc=43
3 Great Stocks That Are Still Cheap
Value investing, the art and science of buying stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value, is a great way to approach the market at times when it's looking a bit overheated (like right now). As legions of great value investors from Warren Buffett on down have proven over the years, there's nearly always value to be found in the market, even when all of the big names look overpriced.
An effective quick screen for value
But how do we find it? One of my favorite ways to find value stocks involves the screen advocated by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt in his (excellent) The Little Book That Beats the Market. Greenblatt's idea was to boil the stock selection process down to simple metrics that answer two big questions:
Is the stock cheap? Greenblatt screens for earnings yield, which is essentially a more sophisticated version of the price-to-earnings ratio favored by old-school value investors. Greenblatt's favored calculation of earnings yield is a little complicated, but the simpler method that most stock screeners use -- earnings per share divided by stock price -- will get us in the ballpark. Greenblatt looks for stocks yielding more than 10%.
Is the business a good one? As we all know, sometimes cheap stocks are no value -- they're cheap for a reason! Greenblatt screens for healthy businesses by looking at return on assets (ROA), the company's after-tax profit divided by the value of its assets (factories, inventory, etc.). Generally speaking, a high ROA is a sign of a well-run business. Greenblatt looks for an ROA of 25% or more.
It's a simple screen, but like most screens, it's not foolproof. Greenblatt deals with that by recommending a systematic investment approach -- run the screen once a year, invest in several of the recommended stocks, sell the following year, and repeat. Personally, I don't do that. (You can if you like; it works pretty well if you follow it strictly and give it time. Read the book to learn more.)
Instead, I run the screen, then take a closer look at the most promising companies that show up. And that's exactly what I did when I was looking for stocks to buy recently.
Three intriguing stocks...
Here are a few of the names that turned up on my screen:
Cirrus Logic (Nasdaq: CRUS ) . This integrated-circuit developer sports an earnings yield of more than 17% and an ROA of almost 54% ... and fortunes that are tied closely to none other than mighty Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) , which includes a Cirrus audio chip in its iMac product line. Cirrus has been a highflier, but the company's stock price took a whack in April after a quality issue (since resolved) led to missed earnings. That has the makings of a perfect value situation, and I think this one's worth a much closer look.
Power-One (Nasdaq: PWER ) makes power inverters for wind and solar energy companies, and has been gaining market share in this intriguing corner of the alt-energy space. An earnings yield of almost 14% suggests that it's still reasonably priced, and an ROA around 26% suggests solid management. Fool Jim Mueller took a close look recently and ended up adding it to his Rising Star Portfolio. Take a few minutes to learn more about this one.
Momenta Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MNTA ) . Full disclosure up front: I ended up buying this one myself last week. At first glance, generic-drug maker Momenta looks like a wannabe in a space dominated by big names. But unlike most low-margin generic drugmakers, Momenta has the scientific capabilities to make generic versions of highly complicated drugs, like its copy of Sanofi's (NYSE: SNY ) blockbuster anticoagulant drug Lovenox. While there's a risk that other makers could step up and compete in its space, it's a formidable player, with a big cash hoard, no debt, a good pipeline, and savvy management. (Its ROA is almost 61%.) And it's fairly cheap, with an earnings yield around 11.6%. Take some time to learn about this one before buying, since it's something of a special situation -- but still, I like the odds.
...and a useful lesson
Of course, as we all know, sometimes "value" stocks are cheap for a reason. With an earnings yield greater than 14%, and an ROA of almost 30%, Blackberry maker Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM ) would seem to be a prime buy candidate ... until you look a little further. For me, this is a prime example of "cheap for a reason," a company with management issues and a stagnant product line that has been leapfrogged by competitors. It's one "value" that I plan on avoiding.
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2011/05/27/3-great-stocks-that-are-still-cheap.aspx
BUY here its bottom i think.
PUSH THAT BUTTON
lol