Market Currents

• Sunday, October 25, 2009

• 17:37 PM Ten names to drool over: Barron's cover story highlights 10 mid-sized tech companies likely to be consumed by bigger names: Networking - Riverbed (RVBD), Brocade (BRCD), Juniper (JNPR), F5 (FFIV); server side - BMC Software (BMC), Red Hat (RHT), Citrix (CTXS); storage - CommVault (CVLT), 3Par (PAR), NetApp (NTAP). Comment!

• Thursday, October 22, 2009

• 17:13 PM Riverbed Technology (RVBD): Q3 EPS of $0.19 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $103M (+18%) vs. $97M. Shares +1.6% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable post-market earnings: AMZN, AXP, BNI, BRCM, BUCY, CA, CAKE, CB, COF, CPWR, DDR, ELX, EMN, INFA, JNPR, LEG, LSCC, NFLX, PMCS, RMBS, RVBD, SNV, SPWRA, SYNA, WDC, WFR Comment!

• Friday, October 9, 2009

• 16:56 PM Fridays aren't just for bank failures; apparently they're about M&A rumors as well. DealZone rounds up options activity for Blue Coat Systems (BCSI +1%), NCR (NCR +8%), American Superconductor (AMSC +5.9%) and Riverbed Technology (RVBD +6.5%) - and even Research In Motion (RIMM -0.2%). Comment!

• Thursday, July 23, 2009

• 17:11 PM Riverbed Technology (RVBD): Q2 EPS of $0.14 in-line. Revenue of $91M (+12%) vs. $94M. Shares -16.2% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AMP, AMZN, AXP, BIDU, BLUD, BNI, BRCM, BUCY, CA, CAKE, CB, CENX, CNW, COF, COG, CPWR, DDR, DDUP, EMN, FII, INFA, JNPR, KLAC, LEG, MSFT, NFLX, PMCS, RFMD, RMBS, RVBD, SNV, SPWRA, STAR, TCO, WFR, WRE Comment!

• Friday, April 24, 2009

• 09:02 AM Premarket gainers: DDR +34%. F +24%. RVBD +13%. CAKE +13%. RAD +12%. INFA +11%. STAR +10%. AXP +9%. JNPR +8%. HMY +7%. TS +6%. GFI +6%. SLB +6%. LVS +5%. FIG +4%. FIG +4%. MSFT +4%. TOT +4%.
  Losers: UCBH -19%. IBKR -15%. CPN -9%. CYBS -8%. MAR -4%. ACI -4%. NFLX -3%. VOD -3%. SD -3%. Comment!

• Thursday, April 23, 2009

• 18:33 PM Riverbed Technology (RVBD): Q1 EPS of $0.11 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $88.5M (+21.2%) vs. $85.12M. Shares +4% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ACF, AMGN, AMZN, ATHR, AXP, BNI, BUCY, CAKE, CB, CF, CNW, CRBC, CYH, CYN, DDR, DDUP, DV, EMN, FII, INFA, JNPR, KLAC, MHK, MSCC, MSFT, NFLX, PKI, PMCS, RIO, RMBS, RVBD, SPWRA, STAR, STSA, SWKS, SYNA, WDC, WFR, YRCW Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ACF, AMGN, AMZN, ATHR, AXP, BNI, BUCY, CAKE, CB, CF, CNW, CRBC, CYH, CYN, DDR, DDUP, DV, EMN, FII, INFA, JNPR, KLAC, MHK, MSCC, MSFT, NFLX, PKI, PMCS, RIO, RMBS, RVBD, SPWRA, STAR, STSA, SWKS, SYNA, WDC, WFR, YRCW Comment!

• Wednesday, February 4, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: SOLR +24%. DRYS +20%. RVBD +17%. DSX +12%. ILMN +12%. EGLE +12%. NM +11%. EXM +11%. NETL +10%. GNK +8%. MT +6%. RTP +6%. PRGO +5%. TS +5%. FCX +5%. CENX +4%. ERTS +4%. AAUK +4%. NOV +4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, February 3, 2009

• 16:20 PM Riverbed Technology (RVBD): Q4 EPS of $0.19 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $92.2M (+20.8%) vs. $90.2M. Shares -0.1% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACE, ADS, BRE, CTX, DIS, ERTS, FISV, ILMN, LEG, MEE, MET, NLC, PXD, RVBD, TRMB, UNM, YUM Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACE, ADS, BRE, CTX, DIS, ERTS, FISV, ILMN, LEG, MEE, MET, NLC, PXD, RVBD, TRMB, UNM, YUM Comment!

• Monday, December 29, 2008

• 13:06 PM Wedbush downgrades Riverbed Technology (RVBD) to Hold, saying initial estimates were high in light of the growing challenges expected in 2009 and recent checks which indicate that orders will likely be lower than expected. Shares -12.8%. Comment!

• Thursday, October 23, 2008

• 16:36 PM Riverbed Technology (RVBD): Q3 EPS of $0.15 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $86.5M (+36.7%) vs. $84.2M. (PR) Comment!