Market Currents

• Monday, December 7, 2009

• 14:47 PM From our live discussion on dividend investing: Chuck Carnevale likes names with yields around 3% that can double every three to five years - like [[MCD]] in restaurants, [[PG]] in consumer staples, and [[ADP]], [[PEP]], [[SYY]]. Join now to submit comments and questions. Comment!

• Thursday, November 12, 2009

• 11:58 AM Every month investors pore over ADP's (ADP) payroll jobs report, but another indicator to watch is ADP's own stock price, up 12% in three months, and - like fellow payroll processor Paychex (PAYX, up 10% in three months) - outpacing the market. Comment!

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• 08:00 AM Automatic Data Processing (ADP): FQ1 EPS of $0.56 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $2.1B (-3.6%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable premarket earnings: ABK, ADP, AGU, BDX, BHI, CMCSA, DVN, FWLT, GRMN, HUN, IAG, LIZ, MFA, MMC, PHM, PWR, RDN, RIG, RRD, TAP, TEL, TOT, TRW, TWX, WTR, XTO 1 Comment

• Thursday, July 30, 2009

• 08:16 AM Automatic Data Processing (ADP): FQ4 EPS of $0.45 in-line. Revenue of $2.1B (-4.5%) in-line. Issues downside guidance for FY '10, sees EPS of $2.29-2.39 vs. $2.44 consensus, sees revenue down 1-4%, or to roughly $8.51-8.78B, vs. $8.94B consensus. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ABC, ABX, ADP, ALU, AOC, APA, ARTG, AVP, AVY, AZN, BC, BCRX, BDX, BEN, CI, CINF, CL, CLI, CMI, CMS, CNX, COL, COV, CVC, DLR, DOW, EK, ENDP, EXPE, FAF, GT, GTI, HP, INCY, IP, IRM, K, KBR, KIM, KSU, LVLT, MA, MOT, MYL, NBL, NRG, NWL, NYX, OCR, OMX, OSK, PCZ, PH, PTEN, RDS.A, RGC, RYN, SBH, SNE, SPR, TEN, TRV, TSM, TYC, VTR, WMI, WYNN, XEL, XOM Comment!

• Tuesday, May 5, 2009

• 07:50 AM Automatic Data Processing (ADP): FQ3 EPS of $0.80 in-line. Revenue of $2.4B (-2.2%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ADM, ADP, ALU, AVP, AYE, BAM, CBB, CEG, CTSH, CVS, DNR, DRH, DUK, EMR, FCL, FE, HEW, HNT, ICE, JOE, KFT, LM, LPX, MAC, MVL, PAG, PCP, PGN, PNW, PQ, RDN, SE, SRE, TAP, TEVA, UNT, VRX, VTR, WEC, WTI, WY, WYNN, XEC
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• Tuesday, February 3, 2009

• 09:05 AM Premarket gainers: ITMN +41%. DRYS +31%. OSIP +13%. EXM +9%. ADCT +7%. ADP +6%. DHI +6%. TYC +6%. HBAN +6%. GNK +6%. VOD +6%. AFL +6%. SGP +5%. RF +5%. EMR +5%. DB +5%. RBS +5%. C +5%. Comment!
• 07:38 AM Automatic Data Processing (ADP): FQ2 EPS of $0.59 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $2.2B (+2.3%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 00:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ADM, ADP, AVP, BP, CAM, CE, CME, CMI, COCO, COL, DHI, DOW, EMR, ETR, HNT, IACI, KSU, LPX, MDU, MOT, MRK, MRO, MYGN, NNN, NOC, PEG, PNC, PRGO, SGP, TYC, UPS, WEC Comment!

• Tuesday, December 30, 2008

• 13:39 PM Only seven non-financial companies still boast an AAA credit rating - down from more than 60 in the early 1980s. With the spread between AAA and AA- a massive 1.12% (it's usually about 0.06%), GE, Toyota (TM), ADP, Exxon (XOM), J&J (JNJ), Pfizer (PFE) and Microsoft (MSFT) have good reason to fight for their grades. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, December 10, 2008

• 09:29 AM Premarket losers: ERTS -12%. CAVM -10%. EK -10%. PCAR -5%. MWW -5%. AXP -4%. FMCN -4%. NMR -3%. ADP -3%. Comment!

• Monday, November 3, 2008

• 16:14 PM Automatic Data Processing (ADP): FQ1 EPS of $0.54 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $2.18B (+9.5%) in-line. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Monday's close: ADP, APC, CRK, EOG, ERJ, EXTR, FST, HCN, HLF, MA, MHK, OTEX, PBI, PFG, POM, SM, UDR, VIA Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: ADP, APC, CRK, EOG, ERJ, EXTR, FST, HCN, HLF, MA, MHK, OTEX, PBI, PFG, POM, SM, UDR, VIA Comment!