JC Dusse's Instablog

Regal Should Be Entertaining In The Coming Weeks!

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:33:55 -0400

Over the last week most of the analysts following RGC and have upgraded their estimates for the company, with an average lift in consensus above 20% vs. a month ago

- For fiscal 2012, 15 out of 20 analyst have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to $0.83 from $0.70 a month ago

- For fiscal 2013, 15 out of 18 analysts have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to $0.88 vs. $0.75 a month ago

While the stock has increased a bit during last week I believe there is still some ways up for the stock to reflect the new reality of EPS estimates.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

Does Avis (CAR) Still Have Some Upside? I Think So.

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:33:55 -0400

Over the last week most of the analysts following CAR have upgraded their estimates for the company, with an average lift in consensus above 20%

- For fiscal 2012, 4 out of 7 analyst have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to $2.11 from $1.59 a week ago

- For fiscal 2013, 3 out of 6 analysts have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to $2.17 vs. $1.79 a week ago

While the stock has risen 20% last week I believe there could still some nice upside left in the stock in the coming weeks.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

FORM Still Has Some Nice Upside In The Short Term

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:33:55 -0400

Over the last week most of the analysts following FORM have upgraded their estimates for the company, with an average lift in consensus of about 30%

- For fiscal 2012, 4 out of 5 analyst have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to ($.95) from ($1.27) a week ago

- For fiscal 2013, 2 out of 4 analysts have increased their estimates, raising the consensus EPS to ($.42) vs. ($.50) a week ago

While the stock has risen 10% last week there is still some nice upside left in the stock.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

SAIA Estimates Raised 30%

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:33:55 -0400

Over the last week all of the analysts following SAIA have upgraded their estimates for the company, with an average lift in consensus of about 30%

- For fiscal 2012, the consensus EPS has been increased to $1.50 vs. $1.13 a week ago

- For fiscal 2013, the consensus EPS has been increased to $1.92 vs. $1.51 a week ago

While the stock has risen since mid-last week there is still some nice upside left in the stock.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

KALU's EPS Estimates Revised Upwards - Will The Stock Go Up?

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:28:05 -0400

In the last couple of weeks, analysts have revised KALU's EPS estimates upward by about 10% on average.

- 3 out of 3 analysts have revised their estimates for this year's (2012) over the last 7 days, moving the earnings estimate to $3.50 from $3.15
- 3 out of 3 analysts have revised their estimates next year's (2013) over the last 7 days, moving the earnings estimate to $4.09 from $3.78

Disclosure: I am long [[KALU]].

Helix: After Earnings Surprise Comes Earnings Revision

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:59:50 -0400

After beating analyst expectations, EPS estimates have been revised upwards by about 20%:

- 7 out of 7 analysts following the stock have revised their FY 2012 estimates, with the consensus increasing to $2.19 vs. $1.75 a week ago

- 6 out of 7 analysts have revised their FY 2013 estimates, with the consensus increasing to $2.21 vs. $1.91 a week ago

May should be a positive month for Helix' shareholders!

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in [[HLX]] over the next 72 hours.