Jim Cramer Blog

Bullish:
Global Industries (GLBL) – Cramer will not walk away from.
Transocean (RIG) – Is really behind.
Trico Marine (TRMA) – Is not bad.
Core Labs (CLB) – Nothing is better.
FMC (FMC) – Likes as well.
Compellent Tech (CML) – Reminds Cramer of a “mini- VMware.
VMWare (VMW)
Oilsands Quest (BQI) – With the right tax regime in Alberta, there would be some pin action up there.
Novagold (NG) – Could become the depositor of an incredible amount of cheap gold.

Bearish:
Jones Soda (JSDA)- Says no. Sell Jones.
Jamba (JMBA) - Sell
Hansen (HANS) - Sell
Radian Group (RDN) – Does not believe they can raise the capital they need.
Fannie Mae (FNM) – Cramer can not get behind.
Rediff.com (REDF) – Another Baidu.
Countrywide (CFC) – Does not like. Would buy Wells Fargo.
AIG (AIG) – Sell sell sell.
Home Depot (HD) – Rather be in Lowes.
Level 3 (LVLT) – Can’t get CEO on the show.
Old National Bank (ONB) – People are not buying these banks right now.
Superior Offshore (DEEP) – Sticking with Transocean.

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Here are 7 options to watch for today.
Most Under-Priced Calls: These are the most under priced calls of all stocks in our database. This stock comes from today's list and is among the most under-priced individual calls.
Hansen Natural Dec 80 Calls (NYSE:HANS - News). HANS's PowerRating (for Traders) is 5.
Most Under-Priced Puts: These are the most under priced puts of all stocks in our database. This stock comes from today's list and is among the most under-priced individual puts.
Google Dec 620 Puts (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News). GOOG's PowerRating (for Traders) is 4.
Most Overpriced Calls: These are the most overpriced calls of all stocks in our database. This stock comes from today's list and is among the most overpriced individual calls.
Amazon.com Nov 115 Calls (NasdaqGS:AMZN - News). AMZN's PowerRating (for Traders) is 6.
Most Overpriced Puts: These are the most overpriced puts of all stocks in our database. This stock comes from today's list and is among the most overpriced individual puts.
CME Group Nov 570 Puts (NYSE:CME - News). CME's PowerRating (for Traders) is 5.
Stocks with Abnormal Call Volume: These are stocks which showed unusual call option volume not easily explained by arbitrage operations. The appearance of a stock on the Call Volume Alerts list suggests a possible takeover, extraordinarily good earnings report, or other news which may favorably affect the stock.
Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW - News). DOW's PowerRating (for Traders) is 5.
Stocks with Abnormal Put Volume: These are stocks which showed unusual put option volume not easily explained by arbitrage operations. The appearance of a stock on the Put Volume Alerts list suggests an extraordinarily negative earnings report, or other news which may negatively affect the stock.
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW - News). EW' PowerRating (for Traders) is 6.
Abnormal Put/Call $ Volume: These stocks have the highest dollar put volume in relation to their call volume. These high ratios are indicative of extreme bearish sentiment in the underlying stock.
Ryland (NYSE:RYL - News). RYL's PowerRating (for Traders) is 4.
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Labels: AMZN, CME, DOW, EW, GOOG, HANS, RYL, stock options

Bullish:
Schering-Plough (SGP): Cramer loves CEO and thinks stock is going higher.
Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR): Thinks it can go higher.
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO): Terrific stock
Bill Barrett (BBG): great oil explorer and well run company.
XTO Energy (XTO): Good explorer too
Deere (DE): thinks you should buy a small position here and then buy the rest if the stock pulls back.
Bunge (BG):
Monsanto (MON).
Bearish:
Hansen Natural (HANS): Doesn't have a good feeling about stock anymore.
Coldwater Creek (CWTR): Cramer recommended this stock at $25 to $30, and the stock plummeted to $9.10. Cramer admitted he was wrong and then said that he hates the stock.

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Here are 7 options to watch for today. This list comes directly from the TradingMarkets Options Indicators page. The list is created using OptionVue options analysis software.
Most Underpriced Calls: These are the most under priced calls of all stocks in our database. While the Equities Explosion List finds groups of calls for individual equities that are under priced, this list finds the most under priced individual calls. Thus, the options listed here will tend to be more severely under priced.

Oil Services HOLDRs Sep 210 Calls (AMEX:OIH - News). OIH's PowerRating is 6.
Most Underpriced Puts: These are the most under priced puts of all stocks in our database. While the Equities Explosion List finds groups of puts for individual equities that are under priced, this list finds the most under priced individual puts. Thus, the options listed here will tend to be more severely under priced.
Hansen Natural Corp. Sep 35 Puts (NasdaqGS:HANS - News). HANS' PowerRating is 6.
Most Overpriced Calls: These are the most overpriced calls of all stocks in our database. While the Equities Implosion List finds groups of calls for individual equities that are overpriced, this list finds the most overpriced individual calls. Thus, the options listed here will tend to be more severely overpriced.
Mastercard Inc. Aug 190 Calls (NYSE:MA - News). MA's PowerRating is 5.
Most Overpriced Puts: These are the most overpriced puts of all stocks in our database. While the Equities Implosion List finds groups of puts for individual equities that are overpriced, this list finds the most overpriced individual puts. Thus, the options listed here will tend to be more severely overpriced.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Aug 80 Puts (NYSE:CMG - News). CMG's PowerRating is 4.
Stocks with Abnormal Call Volume: These are stocks which showed unusual call option volume not easily explained by arbitrage operations. The appearance of a stock on the Call Volume Alerts list suggests a possible takeover, extraordinarily good earnings report, or other news which may favorably affect the stock.
Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU - News). ALU's PowerRating is 5.
Stocks with Abnormal Put Volume: These are stocks which showed unusual put option volume not easily explained by arbitrage operations. The appearance of a stock on the Put Volume Alerts list suggests an extraordinarily negative earnings report, or other news which may negatively affect the stock.
Biotech HOLDRs (AMEX:BBH - News). BBH's PowerRating is 5.
Abnormal Put/Call $ Volume: These stocks have the highest dollar put volume in relation to their call volume. These high ratios are indicative of extreme bearish sentiment in the underlying stock.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (AMEX:EEM - News). EEM's PowerRating is 6.
PowerRatings are courtesy of TradingMarkets.com

Labels: ALU, BBH, CMG, EEM, HANS, MA, OIH, stock options

Symbol
Name
Last Trade
Change
Volume
Related Info
FFFD
NORTH CENTRAL BCSH
40.22 10:28AM ET
17.93 (80.44%)
2,200

CSNC
CARDINAL STATE BANK
17.01 10:30AM ET
4.35 (34.36%)
15,952

KUN
CHINA SHENGHUO PHARM
6.00 10:25AM ET
1.27 (26.85%)
52,400

SDTH
SHENGDATECH INC
5.86 10:32AM ET
1.17 (24.95%)
458,113
PENN
PENN NATL GAMING I
61.95 10:32AM ET
10.81 (21.14%)
3,045,402
EPCT
EPICEPT CORPORATION
2.55 10:31AM ET
0.37 (17.02%)
2,025,255
MPZ
MPC CORPORATION
1.40 10:25AM ET
0.15 (11.99%)
24,600

DRA
COINMACH SVC CL A
13.24 10:25AM ET
1.53 (13.07%)
1,513,900
SVLF
SILVERLEAF RESORTS
5.32 10:30AM ET
0.62 (13.19%)
177,449
EXPEZ
EXPEDIA INC WARRANT
14.94 10:22AM ET
1.90 (14.57%)
40,430

CVO
CENVEO INC
24.96 10:26AM ET
2.38 (10.54%)
347,400
CXSP
CHEMGENEX PHARM LTD
12.16 10:11AM ET
0.40 (3.40%)
800

HANS
HANSEN NATURAL COR
43.80 10:32AM ET
3.86 (9.66%)
2,484,741

TBV
TIENS BIOTECH GR USA
3.85 10:08AM ET
0.22 (6.06%)
12,800

ACH
ALUMINUM CP CHIN ADS
42.02 10:27AM ET
3.27 (8.44%)
626,500



EXPE
EXPEDIA, INC.
26.58 10:32AM ET
2.12 (8.67%)
3,115,046
AXK
ACCELR8 TECH CORP
2.09 10:19AM ET
0.09 (4.50%)
12,000

LTS
LADENBURG THALMANN
2.53 10:26AM ET
0.15 (6.30%)

HEII
HEI INC
1.12 9:58AM ET
0.06 (5.66%)
4,650

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Here are 7 stocks for traders for Monday from TradingMarkets.com:
Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) reports earnings on Monday before the market opens; watch for $0.53 EPS. AEE's PowerRating is 5.

American Tower Corporation (NYSE:AMT) should report $0.06 EPS on Monday morning before the bell. AMT's PowerRating is 5.
When Flamel Technologies (NasdaqGM:FLML) reports quarterly earning on Monday morning, watch for -$0.33 EPS. FLML's PowerRating is 6.
Analysts are watching for Hansen Natural (NasdaqCM:HANS) to announce $0.35 EPS before the market opens on Monday. HANS's PowerRating is 6.
Sotheby's (NYSE:BID) is expected to announce $0.06 EPS on Monday morning. BID's PowerRating is 7.
Forest Oil (NYSE:FST) and Wynn Resorts (NasdaqGS:WYNN) both report earnings on Monday after the close, so watch for heightened price action and volume ahead of the close. FST's PowerRating is 5, and WYNN's PowerRating is 6.
PowerRatings are courtesy of PowerRatings.net

Labels: AEE, AMT, bid, FLML, FST, HANS, Hot Stocks, WYNN

Stocks with Fizz: Hansen Natural (NasdaqCM: HANS) and Jones Soda (NasdaqCM: JSDA)
Cramer made a comparison between HANS, a stock that moved all the way from 13 cents to $50, and JSDA, which has moved from 81 cents to $20. He would use a recent pull back to buy JSDA as a speculative play because it has room to run, even though it has doubled. Cramer notes both HANS and JSDA have western-centered markets, appeal to a younger demographic, and adds when HANS was starting out, the company, like JSDA, had only a few analysts covering it. Although Jones is focusing on the lackluster soda business rather than getting into energy drinks, it could take business from Coke or Pepsi, and its lack of expansion is indicates there is room to grow.

Benefit of the Doubt: RadioShack(NYSE: RSH - News) CEO Julian Day and Sears Holdings (NasdaqGS: SHLD) CEO Eddie Lampert
Continuing his series on CEOs who deserve the benefit of the doubt, Cramer discussed Radio Shack's CEO Julian Day and Sears Holdings' CEO Eddie Lampert, both of whom treat their retail companies as real business and work on making money rather than mindlessly putting up new stores and focusing on same-store sales to please analysts. Cramer praises Day for "restoring profitability" rather than expanding before RSH is ready, and says Lampert has a "Wall Street edge." He would buy both stocks.

Next Week's Game Plan: Veraz Networks, Comverge, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY - News), Circuit City (NYSE: CC - News), GameStop (NYSE: GME - News)
Cramer says Veraz Networks, a new IPO which will trade under the symbol VRAZ, is telco equipment and internet infrastructure company worth buying. While it works with voice over internet, it is not to be compared with Vonage which Cramer considers "the single worst IPO of my lifetime," since Vonage is just a retailer while Veraz works with infrastructure. It should be priced from $10 to $12, but Cramer would be willing to spend up to $14. However, he thinks new IPO, Comverge, which will trade under the symbol COMV, is too expensive at $15 to $17. He likes the fact that the Comverge's technology increases profits for utilities companies, but would not pay more than $12.50. Cramer would pay attention to BBY's earnings report on Wednesday, because CC is blinking, and would buy BBY if it declines. However, he doesn't like BBY as much as GME, "the hottest part of consumer tech."
Mad Mail: Dell (NasdaqGS: DELL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ - News), CarMax (NYSE: KMX - News), AutoNation (NYSE: AN - News), AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR - News), GOL Linhas Areas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL - News)
Cramer says Dell is "dead money" and would buy HPQ because it is cheaper and better. Concerning KMX's "worrisome" conference call, Cramer says the company's permanent margins may be coming down and now prefers AN. Finally, Cramer said he is not backing away from AIR and told another viewer to get back into GOL which should move from $30 to $40.
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Labels: AIR, AN, BBY, CC, COMV, DELL, GME, GOL, HANS, HPQ, Jim Cramer, KMX, Mad Money, RSH, SHLD, VRAZ

Frontier Oil Corp. (NYSE:FTO - News) said fourth-quarter earnings fell to $52.4 million, or 47 cents a share, from $63 million, or 55 cents a share, a year earlier. The Houston oil refiner said earnings fell primarily because the gasoline and diesel crack spreads following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 was not repeated in 2006. The results for the quarter ending Dec. 31 include an inventory loss of 22 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had been expecting earnings of 55 cents a share, on average. Revenue declined 5.5% to $1.09 billion from last year's $1.15 billion.
Guitar Center Inc. (NasdaqGS:GTRC - News) reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $1.36 a share, including a charge of $2.49 a share to write down goodwill associated with the music and arts division.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL - News) plans to dispose of its remaining interest in KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR - News) through a split-off exchange offer to Halliburton shareholders..
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE:HR - News)intends to sell its senior-living-assets portfolio, expecting a total consideration of about $400 million and a net gain of about $57 million.
Health Care REIT Inc.'s (NYSE:HCN - News) fourth-quarter net income fell 34% as revenue increased 15% to $87.8 million.
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - News) said it would acquire closely held PolyServe Inc. to expand the company's offerings of storage-software applications.
Hansen Natural Corp. (NasdaqCM:HANS - News) said that fourth-quarter gross sales rose 51% to $171.5 million, while net sales increased 54.2% to $151.1 million. Gross profit rose to $80.2 million, from $51.9 million a year ago. The sales increase reflected continued strong sales of energy drinks.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE:HOG - News) has taken down its targets for motorcycle shipments and earnings growth as the result of a recently ended three-week strike at its York, Pa., manufacturing plant, the company said Tuesday. While full production is expected to resume over the next week, the strike will eventually result in a loss of approximately one month's production. "A disruption of this magnitude has a significant impact on our business, as well as our suppliers, dealers, employees and our retail customers," said Tom Bergmann, Harley's chief financial officer, in a written release. The company expects to ship 64,000 to 66,000 units in the first quarter, down from a previous goal of 82,000 to 84,000 units, although it hopes to make up 4,000 to 5,000 during the remainder of the year. For the full year, Harley said it now expects "moderate" revenue growth, along with lower margins, and earnings per share growth in the range of 4% to 6%. But it forecast a return to 11% to 17% EPS growth in 2008 and 2009.
Hovnanian (NYSE:HOV - News) expects a first-quarter loss. It delivered 3,266 homes in the first quarter while net contracts declined 23% to 2,570.
Magna International (NYSE:MGA - News) said fourth-quarter net income fell 65% to $29 million, or 26 cents a share, from $83 million, or 75 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the company would have earned 99 cents a share. The average forecast of analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for earnings of $1.17. The company said the difficult automotive environment, particularly in North America, is taking its toll. Sales rose 9% to 6.34 billion, helped by an increase in the company's European and rest of the world production sales. The company declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents a share. For 2007, Magna expects consolidated sales of $22.9 billion to $24.2 billion. It sees spending for fixed assets in the range of $800 million to $850 million.
NetEase.com's (NasdaqGS:NTES - News) fourth-quarter profit grew 19% as the Beijing Internet company's revenue grew nearly 15% to $69.2 million.
Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE:JWN - News) fourth-quarter earnings climbed to 89 cents a share from 69 cents as sales rose 15% to $2.63 billion. Same-store sales increased 8.3%.
NYSE Group Inc. (NYSE:NYX - News) named Duncan Niederauer president and co-chief operating officer, effective April 9. Niederauer is currently managing director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS - News).
Oneok Inc. (NYSE:OKE - News) reported fourth-quarter earnings of 66 cents a share, down from $2.30 a share in the year ago-period. The year-ago quarter included a gain of $1.57 a share from the sale of Texas gathering and processing assets
Oneok Partners L.P. (NYSE:OKS - News) fourth-quarter earnings were 82 cents per unit, up from 72 cents in the year-ago period. There were 82.9 million units outstanding during the latest quarter vs. 46.4 million units a year earlier.
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NasdaqGM:PNCL - News) said its fourth-quarter net income more than tripled to $36.8 million, or $1.67 a share, from $10 million, or 45 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The 2006 fourth quarter included a benefit of $26.1 million, or $1.18 per share, associated with a settlement with Northwest Airlines Corp. . The Memphis, Tenn., regional airline said revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31 fell 4% to $204.5 million from $213 million. Three analysts polled by Thomson Financial forecast earnings, on average, of 57 cents a share.
Sanderson Farms Inc. (NasdaqGS:SAFM - News) narrowed its fiscal first quarter loss, but the poultry producer said Tuesday it remained firmly in the red on high feed costs and soft, though slowly rising, pricing. Sanderson said it lost $2.8 million, or 14 cents a share for the quarter, compared to a loss of $8.6 million, or 43 cents a share in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $292.7 million, up from $236.2 million. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial had been for the company to lose 11 cents a share on sales of $277 million. Looking out to the rest of the fiscal year, Sanderson said trends in chicken prices are currently "favorable" but it expects feed costs will continue to rise.
Shuffle Master Inc. (NasdaqGS:SHFL - News) shares tumbled after the company said it expects fiscal first-quarter net income and earnings per share to be "significantly lower" than the year-ago quarter. The Las Vegas-based gambling supply company said it's still in the process of finalizing its financial results, and forecast revenue of $35 million to $38 million.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (NYSE:EYE - News), the Santa Ana, Calif., producer of ophthalmic surgical devices and eye-care products, reported a fourth-quarter loss compared with a year-earlier profit, primarily because of "recall-related sales declines, product returns and costs, and the tax effect of these issues." The loss was $7.6 million, or 13 cents a share, compared with net income of $2.3 million, or 3 cents, in the year-earlier period. A survey of analysts by Thomson Financial produced a consensus estimate of a loss of 5 cents a share.
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE:ADS - News) was downgraded to neutral from overweight at J.P. Morgan.
Amvescap (NYSE:AVZ - News), the Anglo-American owner of the AIM and Invesco lines of mutual funds, swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $163.5 million, or 20 cents a share, with revenue up 20% to $879 million. The company was affected by a $76 million restructuring charge in the year-ago quarter. Assets under management at Dec. 31 rose 20% to $463 billion, though it saw $4.5 billion in net outflows during the quarter.
Comstock Resources Inc. (NYSE:CRK - News) reported net earnings of $8.41 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with $41.3 million, or 96 cents a share, in the same period last year, as expenses rose sharply. The Texas-based energy company said oil and gas sales rose 35% to $126.8 million from $93.4 million.
Delphi Corp. (Other OTC:DPHIQ.PK - News) said its third-quarter loss more than doubled to $2 billion, or $3.51 a share, from $788 million, or $1.40 a share, in the year-earlier period. Delphi, which is in Chapter 11 reorganization, said the 2006 third quarter included $1 billion related to U.S. employee attrition payments. Troy, Mich.-based Delphi said revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 fell to $6 billion from $6.3 billion in the year-ago period. Quarterly revenue from sources other than automaker General Motors Corp. stayed "essentially flat" at $3.4 billion compared with the previous year's $3.3 billion, Delphi said.
En Pointe Technologies Inc. (NasdaqCM:ENPT - News) said it swung to first-quarter profit of $272,000, or 4 cents a share, as the cost of sales fell. In the same period last year, the provider of business-to-business information technology products posted a net loss of $997,000, or 14 cents a share.
Expeditors International of Washington (NasdaqGS:EXPD - News) said its fourth-quarter net income fell to $62.6 million, or 28 cents a share, from $74.3 million, or 34 cents a share, a year ago. The year-ago period included a tax benefit of $21.7 million, or 10 cents a share. A Thomson Financial survey of analysts, on average, predicted earnings of 31 cents a share for the quarter. Analysts estimates usually exclude items. The Seattle logistics company's revenue rose 13% to $1.24 billion from $1.10 billion a year ago.
Ford Motor (NYSE:F - News) was downgraded to sell from neutral at Merrill Lynch. The firm cited valuation concerns following a run-up of almost 30% from the stock's mid-December low.
Genta Inc. (NasdaqGM:GNTA - News) said its fourth-quarter loss widened to $17.3 million, or 11 cents a share, from $10.2 million, or 9 cents, a year earlier. The Berkeley Heights, N.J. biopharmaceutical company said Tuesday revenue rose to $117,000 from $97,000. Total costs increased to $18.8 million from $10.8 million. Results for the latest period included costs of $5.28 million for the settlement in principle of class action lawsuit and the write-off of a $1.27 million prepaid royalty payment.
Hansen Natural (NasdaqCM:HANS - News) was downgraded to neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Hub Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:HUBG - News) said fourth-quarter net income rose, as operating margin gained, to $13.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $10.1 million, or 25 cents a share, during the same period in the prior year. Analysts had expected per-share income of 32 cents.
Interactive Intelligence (NasdaqGM:ININ - News) shares tumbled after the Indianapolis-based software developer reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $1.56 million, or 8 cents a share, down from $1.77 million, or 10 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $23.9 million from $17.5 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were forecasting a per-share profit of 9 cents on revenue of $22 million.
IRobot Corp. (NasdaqGM:IRBT - News) said it swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter of $1.78 million, or 8 cents a share, as operating expenses rose. During the same period in the prior year, net income was $15,000, or breakeven on a per share basis.
Knot (NasdaqGM:KNOT - News) shares lost ground after the New York-based media company and wedding services provider reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $14.6 million, or 45 cents a share, up from $1.48 million, or 6 cents a share, last year. The results for the fourth quarter of 2006 included a non-cash income tax benefit and a gain from the settlement of a legal action. Revenue rose to $21.7 million from $12.8 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting a per-share profit of 11 cents on revenue of $21.8 million.
Liquidity Services Inc. (NasdaqGM:LQDT - News) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed secondary offering of roughly 5.6 million common shares. The Washington, D.C.-based online asset auction services provider plans to issue and sell 100,000 shares in the offering, while certain stockholders offer the remainder.
Macerich Co. (NYSE:MAC - News) said its fourth-quarter net income jumped to $147.9 million, or $1.98 a share, from $23.6 million, or 39 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter rose 14% to $233.8 million and funds from operations increased to $1.36 a share from $1.32 a share. The company said it benefited from strong occupancy levels and good tenant sales gains. It added it continued to improve its portfolio through the sale of three non-core assets and the acquisition of another East Coast mall.
MoSys Inc. (NasdaqGM:MOSY - News) said it swung to net income in the fourth-quarter of $567,000, or 2 cents a share, as royalty revenue increased. During the same period in the prior year, the net loss was $1.08 million, or 4 cents a share. Analysts had expected per-share earnings of 4 cents for the recent quarter.
Nasdaq Stock Market (NasdaqGS:NDAQ - News) said its fourth-quarter earnings rose to $63 million, or 43 cents a share, from $17.1 million, or 15 cents a share, a year earlier, as revenue rose 72%. The latest results included a post-tax gain of $29.4 million, or 19 cents a share, on foreign currency options contracts purchased to hedge the foreign exchange exposure on the failed bid for the London Stock Exchange. The quarter also included pretax charges of $4.6 million for restructuring and integration of INET. The New York electronic equities market said Tuesday that revenue grew to $447.3 million from $259.5 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial, on average, expected earnings of 24 cents a share on revenue of $424.8 million.
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC - News) reported fourth-quarter net income of $277.2 million, or $1.62 a share, up from $252.6 million, or $1.41 a share, earned in the final three months of 2005. The New York-based advertising giant's quarterly revenue reached nearly $3.22 billion from the prior year's $2.94 billion, up more than 9%. Domestic revenue rose 7%, Omnicom said. Analysts were looking for earnings of $1.62 a share on revenue of nearly $3.21 billion, according to estimates compiled by Thomson First Call. Omnicom's operating profit improved to $474.2 million from $426.1 million.
Osiris Therapeutics (NasdaqGM:OSIR - News) shares fell after the Baltimore-based company announced six-month interim results in its evaluation of Chondrogen for the regeneration of meniscus in the knee. The company said Chondrogen met its primary endpoint; however the Phase I/II trial did not demonstrate that Chondrogen resulted in a statistically significant increase in the volume of meniscus as compared to placebo. Osiris added that an improvement in baseline cartilage and joint condition was noted in patients treated with the stem cell drug that was not seen in patients that received placebo.
Radyne Corp. (NasdaqGS:RADN - News) reported fourth-quarter earnings $3.6 million, or 19 cents a share, down from $4.3 million, or 24 cents a share, as revenue dropped and expenses rose.
R&G Financial Corp. (NYSE:RGF - News) shares fell after the New York Stock Exchange said it late Monday that it will suspend trading of the San Juan, P.R.-based financial holding company's shares due to its failure to file its 2005 10-K by an April 3 deadline. The NYSE will suspend trading of R&G shares on Feb. 22. R&G, which is completing restatements for 2002 through 2004, announced separately that it now expects the restatements to reduce stockholders' equity by $185 million to $200 million after-tax, up from the $168 million to $183 million it had previously estimated.
Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR - News) said Ernst & Young LLP has notified the company of its decision to resign as Shaw's independent registered public accounting firm. Ernst & Young said it will resign effective upon the filing of Shaw's report for the quarter ending Feb. 28.
Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. (NasdaqGS:UCTT - News) reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $4.65 million, or 22 cents a share, compared with $683,000, or 4 cents a share, in the same period last year, on higher sales from the acquisition of Sieger Engineering Inc.
WNS Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:WNS - News) said its fiscal third-quarter net profit rose 21% to $7.1 million, or 17 cents a share, from $5.9 million, or 17 cents a share a year ago after an increase in the number of shares in circulation. Revenue at the firm more than doubled to $102 million from $49.8 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting earnings of 17 cents a share. The firm said it has increased client contracts more quickly than previously expected and has exceeded internal expectations for revenue growth. Growth in profit lagged revenue growth due to $2.4 million of deferred revenue recognized in the year-ago quarter, WNS said. For 2007 the firm increased its revenue guidance to slightly above $213 million from slightly above $208 million. It also reaffirmed its guidance for 2007 net income in the range of $30.5 million to $32.5 million.
Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM - News) posted a 2.7% increase in fourth-quarter profit as higher margins and international growth offset flat sales in the U.S. as well as the impact of an e. coli outbreak at its Taco Bell unit that sickened dozens last fall.

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Applix (NasdaqGS:APLX - News) shares gained 15% Friday after the Westborough, Mass.-based company late Thursday reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $6 million, or 34 cents a share, up from $2.48 million, or 15 cents a share, last year. Revenue rose to $16 million from $11.1 million. Applix targeted 2007 earnings of 31 cents to 38 cents a share, or 46 cents to 53 cents a share excluding items, on revenue of $67 million to $70 million.
AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR - News) shares rose 7.8% after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $27.2 million, or 77 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $23.7 million, or 66 cents a share. Revenue jumped in the latest three months to $422.4 million from $338.8 million a year earlier.
Atari Inc. (NasdaqGM:ATAR - News) shares added 7% after the company narrowed its fiscal third-quarter loss to $715,000, or 5 cents a share, from a year-ago loss of $4.8 million, or 35 cents a share. The company reported earnings from continuing operations of 13 cents a share.
Blue Coat Systems' (NasdaqGM:BCSI - News) shares rose 11% after Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developed of proxy appliances said late Thursday it expects fiscal third-quarter revenue of $45.5 million to $47.5 million. Blue coat had previously forecast revenue of $40 million to $45 million.
Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV - News) shares gained 15% after the company said it expects earnings of 38 to 42 cents a share in fiscal 2007 on revenue of between $162 million and $165 million. Wall Street's current consensus estimate is for earnings of 27 cents a share in the period from the Houston-based funeral services provider.
Fortress Investment Group (NYSE:FIG - News) shares rocketed up 68% as the company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
Hansen Natural Corp. (NasdaqCM:HANS - News) shares gaines 6.6% following news that Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD - News) has agreed to manage and coordinate the sale, distribution and merchandising of the company's Monster Energy drinks to on-premise retailers. The contract covers bars, nightclubs and restaurants in territories approved by Hansen.
Hooker Furniture (NasdaqCM:HOFT - News) shares jumped 17% after the Martinsville, Va., furniture maker posted fourth-quarter earnings of $3.5 million, or 29 cents a share, including restructuring and asset impairment charges totaling $2.3 million, or 19 cents a share. Sales edged 0.9% higher to $91 million in the quarter. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Financial was for earnings of 17 cents a share in the period on sales of $80.2 million.
Jaco Electronics Inc. (NasdaqGM:JACO - News) shares rose 12% after the company swung to a fiscal second-quarter profit of $149,000, or 2 cents a share, from a year-ago loss of $7.4 million. The company said the turnaround was due to its strategy of marketing product lines from core vendors as well as tight cost controls. Jaco, which distributes electronic components, said revenue for the quarter rose 37% to $66 million. The company added it recently entered into a new credit facility that provides additional working capital and offers a lower interest rate than its previous agreement.
Kintera Inc. (NasdaqGM:KNTA - News) shares rose 8.3% after the company named Richard LaBarbera as its president. LaBarbera joined Kintera as chief operating officer last February. The company also named Alfred Berkeley III as its chairman. Berkeley previously served as president of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and was later appointed vice chairman of Nasdaq. Also, executive vice president Allen Gruber has resigned from the board to focus on internal and operational functions within the company.
Laidlaw International (NYSE:LI - News) shares climbed 9% after Britain's First Group said it's going to pay $3.6 billion, or $35.25 a share, for the company, which is the leading operator of school and inter-city bus transportation and a supplier of public transit services in North America. The deal for Laidlaw, which had year to Aug. 31 revenue of $3.1 billion, represents an 11% premium to Thursday's close.
Mikron Infrared (NasdaqCM:MIKR - News) shares leapt 14% after the Oakland, N.J., maker of non-contact temperature measurement technology products agreed to be acquired by LumaSense Technologies for about $65 million. The deal values Mikron shares at $11.50 each, a 17.6% premium to its closing price on Thursday.
Open Text (NasdaqGS:OTEX - News) shares moved up 16.7% after the company said its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 16% to $2.28 million, or 4 cents a share, from $2.72 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier. Adjusted quarterly earnings were $18 million, or 35 cents a share. The Waterloo, Ont., software provider's revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 47% to $163.3 million from $110.8 million a year ago. On average, analysts polled by Thomson Financial predicted second-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share and revenue of $160.8 million.
Primedia (NYSE:PRM - News) shares surged 17% after the New York-based company said it is exploring the possible sale of its Enthusiast Media segment, which includes 70 publications and 90 Web sites. The company has hired Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers to manage the process. The Enthusiast Media segment, which includes magazines such as Motor Trend and Automobile, had revenues of more than $500 million in 2006, excluding the Outdoors Group, which Primedia recently sold. "The board believes the market environment is extremely favorable for the sale of PEM," said Dean Nelson, Primedia's chief executive, in a statement. Nelson also said that spinning off the company's Consumer Source division remains an option.
Shutterfly (NasdaqGM:SFLY - News) shares rose 12% after the company said its fourth-quarter earnings fell 61%, as the fourth quarter of 2005 included a $24.1 million tax benefit from the release of deferred tax valuation allowances. The Redwood City, Calif., e-commerce company had fourth-quarter earnings of $12.2 million, or 50 cents a share, compared with $31.2 million, or $1.23 a share, a year earlier. Shutterfly said revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 60% to $65.7 million from $41 million a year ago. In addition, the company said it expects first-quarter revenue of $23 million to $24 million, and an adjusted loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $1.5 million to $1 million. Shutterfly said it expects 2007 revenue of $160 million to $165 million.
Targa Resources Partners LP (NasdaqGM:NGLS - News) shares rose 13% in the company's stock market debut.
Zones' (NasdaqGM:ZONS - News) shares jumped 22% after the Auburn, Wash.-based reseller of technology products late Thursday reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $2.98 million, or 20 cents a share, up from $1.97 million, or 14 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose slightly to $159.9 million from $159.8 million.
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Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA - News), National Beverage (AMEX: FIZ - News) and Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS - News)
Hansen Natural "ran out of fizz last summer," says Cramer, who now likes Jones Soda since it is "just beginning to run." Although the stock has been doing well, it is not too late to buy, and Cramer says he would pick some up on Monday afternoon after Thursday's buyers throw it back. Jones is a "relatively unknown stock" and the two analysts who cover Jones give it a "neutral" rating, but Cramer thinks that the company will have 100% earnings-per-share growth by next year thanks to the fact that retailers like Jones for its high premiums. Cramer thinks that Jones is a good regional to national story and has a "cultlike following" which is growing. Finally, Jones' winning deal with National Beverage will save Jones money. Cramer likes this company because it not only knows how to make a good soda, it also knows how to distribute its product.
Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD - News)
Since Riverbed has climbed 80% since Cramer's recommendation in October, he suggests investors ring the register a bit, but to hold their position. The company "has a product that saves businesses a lot of money on their bandwidth costs and infrastructure costs," and while it is not a "hot" stock, since of the nine analysts that cover it, there are six holds and three buys, Cramer believes "they will be pressured to change their view." He predicts Riverbed will earn 25 cents a share as its market grows and comments that it has a 90% win rate with its WAN contracts. In addition, the company has beaten its estimates every quarter since its IPO.
Sell Block: Federated Department Stores (NYSE: FD - News), Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI - News), Gmarket (NASDAQ: GMKT - News), Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN - News), HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS - News)
Cramer regrets having recommended FD and says that it is a sell. Since ATVI is up 7%, he would ring the register. Cramer would take a "schnitzel," or sell a portion of a stock while retaining a position, on Gmarket, since it is up 20%, but "under no circumstances" should anyone buy Nuance, since it is moving into speech recognition, and Cramer does not think this is a good business. HealthSouth which is selling off its divisions to fund its core business is "selling off its winners to fund its loser," and Cramer would get rid of the stock.

CEO Interview: Douglas Brooks of Brinker International (NYSE: EAT - News)
When asked if people should be worried about his company, Douglas Brooks replied, "It has been a tough macroeconomic environment," Brooks responded. "But what we've tried to emphasize is innovation ... and we've been trying to work on value." He went on to discuss the company's share buyback program, its dividend increase, and new restaurants opening nationally and internationally. Cramer says that Brinker has a "limited" downside and would buy the stock.

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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (NYSE:ANW - News) shares surged Friday in the company's stock market debut.
Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT - News) shares jumped in the company's initial public offering.
Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA - News) priced a public offering of 11.5 million common shares at $13.21 each, the stock's closing price on Thursday. The deal includes an over-allotment option for the sale of an additional 1.725 million shares. San Diego-based Arena said CIBC World Markets served as the sole book-running manager in the offering.
Atwood Oceanics Inc. (NYSE:ATW - News) reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $23.2 million, or 74 cents a share, compared with $6.66 million, or 21 cents a share, in the same period last year, as revenue jumped.
Cascade Corp. (NYSE:CAE - News) said third-quarter net income rose, as revenue gained, to $12.3 million, or 94 cents a share, from $10.8 million, or 84 cents a share, during the same period in the prior year. Also, the company is increasing its revolver to $125 million from $25 million to fund potential acquisitions and to provide short-term funding for the share repurchase program.
Shares of Citigroup (NYSE:C - News) traded at their highest level since April 2004 on Friday. In a research note, analysts at Lehman Bros. said they expect the company's management to provide an outlook for positive operating leverage and improving net interest margins in 2007 when it holds an investor presentation next weeks. The analysts said they do not expect the company to announce any plans to break it up.
Credence Systems (NASDAQ:CMOS - News) said the fourth-quarter net loss narrowed, as operating expenses fell, to $1.94 million, or 2 cents a share, from a net loss of $22.5 million, or 23 cents a share, during the same period in the prior year.
Esterline Technologies Corp. (NYSE:ESL - News) reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $18.4 million, or 71 cents a share, up 19% from $15.4 million, or 60 cents a share, during the year-ago period. The company also said it now expects fiscal 2007 per-earnings of $2.45 to $2.60, up from its previous outlook of $2.40 to $2.60, boosted by record backlogs and new products coming to market.
Shares of Forgent Networks (NASDAQ:FORG - News) soared after the Austin, Texas-based technology licensing company posted a profit for its fiscal first quarter due to a doubling of revenue. The company, which also provides office administration software, earned $2.7 million, or 11 cents a share, for the three months ended Oct. 31 on revenue of $9.1 million. In the same period a year earlier, Forgent lost $300,000, or a penny per share, on revenue of $4.4 million. Looking ahead, the company said it expects to continue to generate intellectual property licensing revenue in fiscal 2007.
Shares of Hansen Natural Corp. (NASDAQ:HANS - News) surged after the Corona, Calif., beverage company disclosed it's recorded more than $500 million in gross sales for its Monster Energy drinks since their launch on January 1. The company said it reached the milestone in November.
Harsco Corp. (NYSE:HSC - News) reaffirmed its outlook for earnings from continuing operations of $4.49 to $4.51 a share in 2006 on revenue of more than $3.3 billion. The company also forecast earnings from continuing operations of $5.05 to $5.15 a share in 2007 with sales projected to grow more than 7%. The current average estimates of analysts polled by Thomson First Call are for profits of $4.51 a share in 2006 and $5.06 a share in 2007.
Heelys Inc. (NASDAQ:HLYS - News) shares jumped in one of the top IPO performances of the year.
Ingersoll-Rand Co. (NYSE:IR - News) said it has authorized the buyback of up to $2 billion of its Class A shares.
Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG - News) said November average daily volume rose to 175 million shares from 119 million shares a year earlier, and up from 150 million shares in October. Total U.S. volume was 3.7 billion shares vs. last year's 2.5 billion shares and last month's 3.3 billion shares.
Mace Security International (NASDAQ:MACE - News) agreed to sell its Arizona car wash operations for $19.3 million cash. Mace, Mount Laurel, N.J., said the sale includes 12 car washes and represents about $10 million of Mace's total revenue of $68 million in 2005. Nine of the car washes are owned and three are leased.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MLNM - News) said the Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval of Velcade for the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have received at least one prior therapy. MCL is a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which has a U.S. prevalence of 10,000 patients. Cambridge, Mass.-based Millennium said the approval marks the first indication for Velcade in lymphoma, the most common blood cancer.
Nanometrics Inc. (NASDAQ:NANO - News) said it has received a favorable Markman decision in the patent infringement case brought by Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI - News).
Online Resources Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCC - News) said it sees a first-quarter 2007 per-share net loss of 33 to 35 cents on revenue of $30 million to $31.5 million. Pro forma, or "core net income," for the quarter is expected to range from a loss of a penny to a profit of a penny.
QMed (NASDAQ:QMED - News) shares rose after the Eatontown, N.J.-based provider of information management systems to health plans said it has reached an agreement with Alere Medical Inc. to settle their litigation and arbitration. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, although QMed said the agreement calls for Alere to pay a "low seven-figure dollar amount," which is to be received by Dec. 13.
Shares of PriceSmart Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT - News) advanced after the San Diego, Calif., warehouse club retailer said its same-store sales jumped 18.5% in November. Total sales for November rose 22.9% to $69.7 million from $56.7 million in the same period a year earlier.
Verifone Holdings Inc. (NYSE:PAY - News) reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $13.9 million, or 20 cents a share, compared with $12.1 million, or 18 cents a share, in the same period last year, on the back of strong revenue from international business.
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Shares of Hansen Natural Corp. rose Friday after the tea, juice and soda maker announced gross sales of its Monster energy drink reached more than $500 million since Jan. 1.
The company said results reflect "continued growth and strength" of the Monster brand.
Separately on Friday, Hansen said it is a target of a shareholder lawsuit seeking class-action status alleging the company violated federal securities laws related to accounting practices. Hansen said it believes the complaint is without merit.

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