Month: November 2011

Sierra Monitor Margins Tick up Ken Nagy, CFA On November 1, 2011, Sierra Monitor Corporation ( SRMC ) the designer, manufacturer and seller of electronic safety and environmental instrumentation, reported financial results for its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011. Sierra Monitor reported mixed results with year over year third quarter revenues increasing $51,322 or 1.4 percent, to $3.803 million from $3.752 million for the comparable quarter of 2010. Still, the Company’s third quarter 2011 net income dropped 22.6 percent or $53,010 to $181,736 from $234,746 during the three months ended September 30, 2010. […]

hhgregg Inc. ( HGG ) reported second-quarter ended September 30, 2011 operating results. Income from continuing operations for the quarter was $6.0 million or 16 cents per share, well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 6 cents […]

IntercontinentalExchange Inc. ’s ( ICE ) third quarter operating earnings of $1.87 per share were substantially ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.77 per share and $1.42 per share reported in the year-ago period. Excluding certain acquisition-related costs, net operating income of $138 million surged 30.3% year over year in the reported quarter […]

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. ’s ( ALNY ) third quarter 2011 loss of 31 cents per share was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 36 cents per share. […]

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc . ( AUXL ) reported a third quarter loss of 8 cents per share, well below the year-ago loss of 27 cents and the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 21 cents. […]

Shire’s ( SHPGY ) third quarter 2011 earnings (excluding special items) of $1.28 per American Depositary Share surpassed the year-ago earnings of $1.16 by 10%. Higher revenues boosted earnings. The Zacks Consensus Estimate was $1.30 […]

El Paso Corporation ( EP ) announced third-quarter 2011 operating earnings of 18 cents per share, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8 cents and lower than the year-ago figure by 4 cents. GAAP loss per share in the quarter was 48 cents versus earnings of 19 cents in the third quarter of 2010. […]

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. ( BGFV ) reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2011 results. […]

Myriad Genetics ( MYGN ) reported an EPS of 29 cents for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, beating both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 27 cents and the year-ago quarter’s EPS of 24 cents. Revenues were $110.5 million, up 20% year over year and higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $107 million. […]

Orthopedic devices maker, Wright Medical Group ( WMGI ) reported third-quarter fiscal 2011 adjusted (excluding one-time items other than stock-based compensation expense) earnings per share of 16 cents, meeting the Zacks Consensus Estimate while exceeding the year-ago earnings of 14 cents per share. The stock dipped 12.6% to $14.50 in after-hours trading on November 1. The company slipped to a net loss of $16 million (or 42 cents per share) in the reported quarter versus a net profit of $4.7 million (or 12 cent per share) a year ago. […]