Market Currents

• Friday, November 13, 2009

• 07:56 AM Agilent Technologies (A): FQ4 EPS of $0.32 beats by $0.09. Revenue of $1.17B (-21.2%) vs. $1.11B. Sees FQ1 EPS of $0.28-0.32 vs. $0.27 consensus. "While it seems clear that we are past the worst of the global downturn, the pace of recovery is expected to be slow and to vary considerably by market and geography." Shares +4% premarket. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ANF, A, JCP, TK, YGE Comment!

• Tuesday, September 29, 2009

• 07:35 AM Sources say Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC (CEO) is in talks with Nigeria to buy a large stake in some of Africa's richest oil blocks, at a possible value of $30B. A successful buy would put CNOOC in competition with western oil majors with a strong presence in the area (TOT, RDS.A, CVX, XOM). 2 Comments

• Monday, August 17, 2009

• 16:10 PM Agilent Technologies (A): FQ3 EPS of $0.15 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $1.1B (-27%) vs. $1B. Sees Q4 EPS of $0.20-0.25 vs. $0.20. Shares +1.9% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: A, CHINA, TSL 2 Comments

• Monday, July 27, 2009

• 08:34 AM Agilent (A) will acquire Varian (VARI) for $1.5B, marking a 35% premium to Varian's closing price on Friday. Agilent -1.2% premarket. Comment!

• Thursday, May 14, 2009

• 16:08 PM Agilent Technologies (A): FQ2 EPS of $0.13 in-line. Revenue of $1.09B (-25.1%) in-line. "If these early signals of a bottoming in global electronics markets continue, we could anticipate a bottoming in our electronic measurement business in the next few months." Shares -0.3% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: A, BBI, CIG, CPWR, DAR, HLYS, JWN Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: A, BBI, CIG, CPWR, DAR, HLYS, JWN Comment!

• Wednesday, April 29, 2009

• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday's open: ABX, AET, AMG, AMT, ARW, BHI, BKC, CNP, ENDP, FCN, GD, GT, HES, IACI, JNY, MCO, MHS, MT, MTG, MWV, NYB, PX, Q, RAI, RDS.A, ROK, SAP, SEE, SI, SO, SPIL, SPW, TEL, TLM, TWC, TWX, UMC, VPHM, WMI, WYE, WYN Comment!

• Thursday, March 26, 2009

• 09:26 AM Agilent Technologies (A) says 2,700 employees will be affected by its restructuring, and predicts semiconductor revenue will plunge 50% from 2008. (PR) 1 Comment

• Tuesday, February 17, 2009

• 16:10 PM Agilent Technologies (A): FQ1 EPS of $0.20 misses by $0.08. Revenue of $1.17B (-16%) vs. $1.26B. "Forecasting in the current environment is almost futile, as visibility is virtually nil. Our current best guess is that second quarter revenues and operating earnings, which are normally seasonally stronger, will be roughly in line with first quarter results..." (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: A, CHK, IO, UPL, WYNN Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: A, CHK, IO, UPL, WYNN Comment!

• Friday, November 14, 2008

• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Friday's open: A, ANF, JCP Comment!

• Thursday, August 14, 2008

• 16:15 PM Agilent Technologies (A): FQ3 EPS of $0.57 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $1.44B (+5.1%) in-line. Sees FQ4 EPS of $0.58-0.62 vs. $0.64. Shares -5.25%. [PR] Comment!