Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA), was upgraded by equities research analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm currently has a $65.00 price target on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective indicates a potential upside of 28.92% from the stock’s previous close. The analysts noted that the move was a valuation call. Under Armour (NYSE:UA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $642.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $598.78 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.07 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 36.0% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that Under Armour will post $0.93 EPS for the current fiscal year. A number of other firms have also recently commented on UA. Analysts at Sterne Agee reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Under Armour in a research note on Thursday. Separately, analysts at Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Under Armour in a research note on Wednesday. They now have a $60.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $105.00. Finally, analysts at Deutsche Bank cut their price target on shares of Under Armour from $100.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Tuesday. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $75.74. Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA), shares after opening at $50.91 moved to $51.00 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $48.42. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 4.42 and price to cash ratio as 26.67. Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA), showed a negative weekly performance of 8.74%.
Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), was upgraded by investment analysts at Needham & Company LLC from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Friday,AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. The firm currently has a $100.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $70.00. Needham & Company LLC’s target price indicates a potential upside of 56.23% from the company’s current price. In other Synaptics news, Director Francis Lee sold 10,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,881 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $122,265. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $204.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $192.03 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.79 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 25.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Synaptics will post $3.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. SYNA has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Craig Hallum raised their price target on shares of Synaptics to $80.00 in a research note on Friday. Separately, analysts at Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Synaptics from $70.00 to $83.00 in a research note on Friday. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, analysts at Sterne Agee initiated coverage on shares of Synaptics in a research note on Monday. They set a “buy” rating and a $77.00 price target on the stock. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Synaptics currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $73.94. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), shares fell 0.37% in last trading session and ended the day on $63.77. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), return on equity ratio is recorded as 25.20% and its return on assets is 19.10%. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), yearly performance is 65.46%.
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS), was upgraded by equities research analysts at Northland Securities to an “outperform” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday,AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on CRUS. Analysts at Feltl & Co. downgraded shares of Cirrus Logic from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Separately, analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of Cirrus Logic from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. They now have a $22.50 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at TheStreet downgraded shares of Cirrus Logic from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.42. Cirrus Logic (NASDAQ:CRUS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $149.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.01 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.59 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 27.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Cirrus Logic will post $2.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Cirrus Logic, Inc is a United States-based company, which supplies high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for audio and energy markets. Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS), shares moved up 4.85% in last trading session and was closed at $21.63, while trading in range of $ 21.20 – 21.94. Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS), year to date (YTD) performance is 5.87%.
Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), was upgraded by analysts at CRT Capital from a “sell” rating to a “fair value” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm currently has a $70.00 target price on the stock. CRT Capital’s price objective points to a potential upside of 3.53% from the stock’s previous close. Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $540.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $539.24 million. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Mallinckrodt PLC will post $3.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. A number of other firms have also recently commented on MNK. Analysts at UBS AG upgraded shares of Mallinckrodt PLC from a “sell” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. They now have a $84.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $43.00. Separately, analysts at BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Mallinckrodt PLC from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. They now have a $71.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $70.00. Finally, analysts at Leerink Swann raised their price target on shares of Mallinckrodt PLC from $64.00 to $68.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. The company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $67.69. Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), weekly performance is 11.13%. On last trading day company shares ended up $66.99. Mallinckrodt PLC (NYSE:MNK), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.80%. Analysts mean target Price for the company is $65.00.
Gigamon Inc (NYSE:GIMO), upgraded shares of Gigamon (NASDAQ:GIMO) from a neutral rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Friday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $38.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $37.00. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has also taken action a number of other stocks recently. The firm downgraded shares of Diageo PLC from a buy rating to a neutral rating. Also, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. upgraded shares of Banco de Chile from a sell rating to a neutral rating. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. downgraded shares of El Paso Pipeline Partners from a buy rating to a neutral rating. GIMO has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at DA Davidson initiated coverage on shares of Gigamon in a research note to investors on Friday, December 13th. They set a neutral rating and a $28.00 price target on the stock. Analysts at Barclays cut their price target on shares of Gigamon from $37.00 to $35.00 in a research note to investors on Tuesday, November 5th. They now have an equal weight rating on the stock. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $33.97. Gigamon Inc has developed solution that delivers visibility and control of traffic across networks. Its solution, which it refers to as its traffic visibility fabric, consists of distributed network appliances that provide an advanced level of network traffic intelligence. Gigamon Inc (NYSE:GIMO), stock opened at $17.58 on Friday. Gigamon Inc (NYSE:GIMO), stock showed a positive weekly performance of 8.53%. Gigamon Inc (NYSE:GIMO), market capitalization is $542.78 million.
On April 24, 2014, Ben R. Leedle, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWAY), announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Total revenues for the quarter were $176.8 million, up 7.0% from $165.2 million for the first quarter of 2013. Net loss for the first quarter of 2014 was $9.6 million, or $0.27 per share. Adjusted net loss was $2.6 million, or $0.07 per share for the first quarter of 2014, improved from $3.9 million, or $0.12 per share, for the same period last year. (See pages 10 and 11 for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.) Adjusted net loss per share for the first quarter of 2014 excludes a previously disclosed $9.4 million pre-tax charge, or $0.17 per share, related to the settlement of a contract dispute (the “settlement charge”) and non-cash interest expense of $0.03 per share. Healthways affirms its 2014 financial guidance, excluding the previously announced settlement charge. “Our financial results for the first quarter of 2014 are consistent with our expectations for the quarter and our financial guidance for the year,” commented Leedle. “Our comparable-quarter revenue increase was the best we have produced since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. Our operating cash flow for the first quarter of 2014 was $9.1 million and capital expenditures were $10.6 million. We continue to expect operating cash flow for the full year of $75 million to $85 million, with total capital expenditures of $40 million to $45 million.” Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWAY), opened at $16.95 on last trade day. The 52 week range of Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWAY), is $9.59 – 22.20. Company’s market capitalization is $639.39 million.
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