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  • Today - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

  • HPQ, NTAP
    12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: HPQ, NTAP, P, PVH, SNPS, SPLK Comment!
  • AEO, AINV
    12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AEO, AINV, BIG, BMO, EV, HRL, TOL Comment!

  • Tuesday, May 22, 2012

  • CPWR
    7:37 PM More on Compuware (CPWR): FQ4 EPS beats on a per share basis. Net earnings sank 22% Y/Y on softer professional service fees and higher expenses. Going forward, the company forecast earnings of $0.45 - $0.49 cents per share on revenue of $1.07B - $1.08B. Street estimates are for an EPS of $0.51 on revenue of $1.07B, respectively. Shares +7.8% AH. Comment!
  • AVGO
    7:02 PM More on Avago Technologies (AVGO): FQ2 beats on a per share basis on continued Y/Y revenue growth. Net earnings eased 0.7% amid higher operating costs and weaker margins. Comp store sales decreased 5.5% in U.S. dollars and 5.1% in local currency. Shares +3.5% AH. Comment!
  • DELL, HPQ
    5:36 PM During its FQ1 earnings call (webcast), Dell admits its 10% Y/Y drop in notebook sales had much to do with tablet cannibalization (more with consumers, but also among businesses). Dell also claims price competition (especially in emerging markets) hurt PC sales, and an inefficient sales structure affected enterprise sales. Also, it adds April was particularly weak, and some enterprises are delaying IT purchases. DELL -12% AH. HPQ -2.5%. INTC -1.1%. (presentation - PDF). 2 Comments
  • QIHU
    5:35 PM Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU): Q1 EPS of $0.21 beats by $0.14. Revenue of $69.3M (+202% Y/Y) beats by $9M. Shares +0.5% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • HPQ, NTAP
    5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: HPQ, NTAP, P, PVH, SNPS, SPLK 1 Comment
  • HEI
    5:33 PM Heico (HEI): FQ2 EPS of $0.36 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $216.3M (+17% Y/Y) misses by $3M. Shares -1.2% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • STV
    5:31 PM China Digital TV Holding (STV): Q1 EPS of $0.12 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $22.1M (+12.6% Y/Y) misses by $5M. (PR) Comment!
  • AEO, AINV
    5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AEO, AINV, BIG, BMO, EV, HRL, TOL 2 Comments
  • PETM
    4:47 PM More on PetSmart (PETM): Q1 beats estimates on a 9.4% Y/Y jump in total revenue. Comp store sales grew 7.4%, benefiting from comparable transactions growth of 3.3%. Services sales grew 8.3% to $181 million. The company also raises its 2012 EPS outlook to a range of $3.19 to $3.31 versus $3.02 to $3.16. Shares of PetSmart jumped 7% to $59.49 in after hours. Shares +8% AH. Comment!
  • TTWO
    4:38 PM More on Take-Two Interactive's FQ4: The game developer, whose results are historically volatile and difficult to project, is guiding for FQ1 revenue of $225M-$275M and EPS of -$0.75 to -$0.60, well below a consensus of $302.1M and $0.14. For FY13, it expects revenue of $1.75B-$1.85B and EPS of $2-$2.25 vs. a consensus of $1.8B and $2.77. The in-line revenue guidance is apparently enough to satisfy lowered expectations. TTWO +5.7% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • PSS
    4:25 PM More on Collective Brands (PSS): Q1 beats on both EPS and revenue estimates. Net sales rose 5% to $912M, driven by an 8/1% jump in comp store sales, and sales growth of 8.3% in its Performance + Lifestyle Group wholesale segment. Bottom line margins also benefited from lower SG&A expenses. Shares +0.3% AH. Comment!
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    4:24 PM More on Guess? FQ1: Retail comparable-store sales declined 5.5%. Net revenue in Europe segment fell 9.7% to $189.8M, while Asia revenues up 8%. For Q2, see EPS of $0.48-$0.52 and revenue of $625M-$635M. Shares +5.4% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • DY
    4:20 PM Dycom Industries (DY): FQ3 EPS of $0.28 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $296M (+17.3% Y/Y) beats by $13M. (PR) Comment!
  • CPWR
    4:19 PM Compuware (CPWR): FQ4 EPS of $0.12 in-line. Revenue of $266M (+6.6% Y/Y) beats by $4M. Shares +1.8% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • TTWO
    4:17 PM Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO): FQ4 EPS of -$0.60 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $148.1M (-19% Y/Y) beats by $8M. Shares +2.2% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • DELL
    4:15 PM More on Dell's FQ1: No EPS guidance. Services only +4% Y/Y vs. FQ4's 12%. Public revenue -4%, large enterprises -3% (+5% in FQ4). Asia-Pac/Japan flat (+10% in FQ4), EMEA -1%, Americas -7%. Storage -8%, servers/networking +2%, desktops -1%, notebooks -10%, software/peripherals -7%. Gross margin was 21.3%, +20 bps Q/Q but -160 bps Y/Y. $324M spent to repurchase shares. Dell is the second enterprise IT giant to recently post weak results, after Cisco. DELL -9% AH. CC starts at 5PM ET (webcast).  (PR) Comment!
  • AVGO
    4:14 PM Avago Technologies (AVGO): FQ2 EPS of $0.66 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $577M (+3% Y/Y) in-line. Shares +2.3% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • PETM
    4:12 PM PetSmart (PETM): Q1 EPS of $0.85 beats by $0.12. Revenue of $1.63B (+9.4% Y/Y) beats by $30M. Shares +7.1% AH. (PR) Comment!
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