Notable Analyst Rating Changes 1/15: AMD, NRG, K, OMX, PRIM Upgraded ...
StreetInsider.com
FBR Research upgrades AMD (NYSE: AMD ) to Outperform. Price target increased from $9 to $12.50. Click Here for more color. Goldman Sachs added NRG (NYSE: NRG ) to the Conviction Buy List, given strong and hedged free cash flow. BofA Merrill...
Earnings: Alcoa reports smaller net loss in Q4
Richmond Times-Dispatch
The company, based in Pittsburgh, reported yesterday a net loss of $277 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.19 billion, or $1.49 per share, a year ago. The most recent quarter included $275 million, or 28 cents a shar...
Alcoa Loss Narrows, Revenue Tops Street Views
CNN Money
Free cash flow was $761 million , the first positive figure since the second quarter of 2008. In March, the company said it aimed to reach neutral cash flow in 2009 and to be cash flow positive this year. Cash and cash equivalents were up n...
2010 Stock Selection: Is Free Cash Flow the Way to Go?
Seekingalpha.com
Never during my twenty years of experience as an investment advisor can I recall as wide a disparity as there is today concerning the outlook for the stock market in 2010. During the past weeks I have read many ¨The Year Ahead¨ articles by ...
MINING FINANCE / INVESTMENT
Mineweb
Investors who sent Alcoa's stock down over 10 percent on Tuesday may not be giving the aluminum company enough credit for its highest free cash flow in 7 years, Chief Financial Officer Chuck McLane said.
Nash Finch Company Announces Retail Segment Goodwill Impairment Charge and Soft Sales Trends in the 4th Quarter
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
MINNEAPOLIS----Nash Finch Company , a leading national food distributor and retailer, today announced that the Company will take a non-cash goodwill impairment charge in fiscal year 2009 relating to its retail segment.
How eBuddy’s Mobile Monetization Strategy Helped It Turn A Profit
TechCrunch
For the past four months, Amsterdam-based eBuddy has turned a profit, CEO Jan-Joost Rueb tells me, by offering advertising-supported services for free in combination with sales of a premium iPhone application. The company, backed by $11.5 m...
EARNINGS Alcoa narrows its 4Q loss, regains positive cash flow
Pioneer Press
... compared with a loss of $1.19 billion, or $1.49 per share, a year ago. The most recent quarter included $275 million, or 28 cents a share, in special charges. Revenue fell to $5.43 billion from $5.68 billion. Alcoa said free cash flow t...
At Least Alcoa's Cash Flow Was Stronger Than Expected:Analysts
NASDAQ
But they're also accentuating the positive: its stronger-than-expected cash flow. J.P. Morgan analyst Michael Gambardella noted that Alcoa just reported free cash flow for the first time since the second quarter of 2008, well exceeding its ...
Premarket roundup: China Web portals, Wyndham
INO News
_ News that Google Inc. may pack up its operations in China boosted shares of its Chinese rivals. _ Wyndham Worldwide's attractive stock price and free cash flow strategy led a Deutsche Bank North America analyst to boost his rating and pri...
Monsanto Remains Stable
Zacks.com
Monsanto reaffirmed its previously announced cash flow guidance. It expects free cash flow for fiscal year 2010 to be in the range of $900 million to $1 billion, including an after-tax restructuring charge of $250 million. Monsanto expects ...
Kraft Foods Inc. or Cadbury PLC: Which is the Better Business? And ...
GuruFocus
Kraft’s free cash flow margin - what’s left after building all the factories and buying all the equipment it needs - is 6.75%. · Cadbury’s free cash flow margin is only 4.42%. 2. Kraft dominates more of its markets than Cadbury does. ·
Wyndham is big gainer on S&P 500 after upgrade
AP via Yahoo! Finance
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. was one of the biggest gainers on the Standard & Poor's 500 index early Wednesday afternoon after an analyst upgraded the hotel operator on its appealing stock price and free cash flow strategy.