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  • Friday, May 17, 2013

  • YHOO
    8:08 PM Yahoo (YHOO) update: The board will meet Sunday night to decide on a $1.1B all-cash deal for Tumblr, according to AllThingsD. (earlier) 1 Comment
  • NETE
    4:09 PM Net Element (NETE): FQ3 EPS of -$0.11. Revenue of $874.5K. (PR) Comment!
  • MKTO
    12:18 PM Marketo's (MKTO) IPO is nearly as good as Tableau's. Shares opened at $20 and are currently moving at $20.24, up 55.7% from an IPO price of $13. That gives the cloud marketing automation software vendor and occasional subject of Salesforce buyout speculation a valuation of $722M, or 12x 2012 sales. (S-1) Comment!
  • USM
    11:33 AM U.S. Cellular (USM +5.5%) spikes higher after announcing a $5.75/share special dividend that will be paid on June 25 to shareholders on record as of June 11. The announcement comes as USM states it has closed its $480M deal to transfer spectrum and 420K customers to Sprint. Comment!
  • DATA, QLIK
    10:41 AM Tableau's (DATA) IPO is as good as advertised. Shares opened at $47 and are currently at $49.82, up 61% from a raised IPO price of $31. That gives the analytics/data visualization software vendor a valuation of $2.86B, or a whopping 22x 2012 revenue. Rival Qlik (QLIK +4.6%) is up in sympathy - a bullish BMO note might also be helping. (S-1) (Pac Crest) Comment!
  • ESEA
    9:15 AM Euroseas (ESEA): Q1 EPS of -$0.10 misses by $0.05. Revenue of $10.9M misses by $0.4M. (PR) 1 Comment
  • ISS
    7:22 AM ISoftStone (ISS): Q1 EPS of $0.10 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $95.9M (+11% Y/Y) beats by $1.97M. (PR) Comment!
  • SSI
    7:07 AM Stage Stores (SSI): Q1 EPS of -$0.02 misses by $0.11. Revenue of $379M (+3.5% Y/Y) misses by $9.43M. (PR) Comment!
  • DCI
    7:03 AM Donaldson (DCI): FQ3 EPS of $0.46 misses by $0.03. Revenue of $619M (-4% Y/Y) misses by $40.41M. (PR) Comment!

  • Thursday, May 16, 2013

  • BONA
    5:16 PM Bona Film (BONA): Q1 EPS of $0.03 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $43.3M misses by $10.83M. (PR) Comment!
  • VSAT
    5:15 PM ViaSat (VSAT): FQ4 EPS of $0.19. Revenue of $308.7M beats by $23.53M. Shares +1.1% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • SINA
    5:08 PM Sina (SINA): Q1 EPS of $0.02 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $126M (+19% Y/Y) beats by $8.5M. Expects Q2 revenue of $143M-$147M, above $142.7M consensus. Shares +4.6% AH. (PR) Comment!
  • JCP
    4:36 PM J. C. Penney (JCP): Q1 EPS of -$1.31 misses by $0.35. Revenue of $2.64B misses by $0.08B. Shares +1.4% AH. (PR) 4 Comments
  • COSI
    4:22 PM Cosi (COSI): Q1 EPS of -$0.15 misses by $0.10. Revenue of $21.56M misses by $1.81M. (PR) 2 Comments
  • CIM
    4:19 PM Chimera Investment (CIM) names Robert Colligan as CFO to replace A. Alexandra Denehan who is resigning but staying on as the company's principal financial and accounting officer. Colligan was previously Controller at Starwood Capital. Investors, of course, continue to await Chimera's quarterly reports from 2012 Q1 on, and the 2012 annual report. (PR) 1 Comment
  • XUE
    4:18 PM Xueda Education (XUE): Q1 EPS of $0.05 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $83.9M beats by $4.65M. (PR) Comment!
  • SMT
    4:16 PM SMART Technologies (SMT): FQ4 EPS of -$0.10 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $105.2M misses by $5.43M. (PR) Comment!
  • ITI
    4:15 PM Iteris (ITI): FQ4 EPS of $0.00 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $15.9M beats by $0.61M. (PR) Comment!
  • ENV
    4:13 PM Envestnet (ENV): Q1 EPS of $0.12 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $46.8M (+43% Y/Y) beats by $0.7M. (PR) Comment!
  • BRCD
    4:10 PM Brocade (BRCD): FQ2 EPS of $0.17 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $538.8M misses by $5.44M. Shares -5.9% AH. (PR) 1 Comment
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