Imran Khan, an analyst at JP Morgan, raised his earnings estimates for YHOO's second quarter, as a result of strengthening in the search market, improved monetization and stabilized U.S. market share. His checks suggest that Yahooâs monetization is up 1% to 2% compared to the first quarter--Which is driven by incremental demand for search advertising as opposed to improvements to Yahooâs paid search algorithm or interface. That's always a good thing. Finally, he believes Yahoo! continues to see strong momentum in graphical advertising. For 2Q, he is modeling 11% Q/Q growth, or $341.1M for graphical advertising.
Could TSO challenge the 52 week high again? A close of 74.75 will be very bullish. This stock is insane in volatility... little under 2 weeks ago it touched 61.50 Anyhow, the 1-month support stands at 67.50
Technically, the chart is very bullish! The 52 week high will be taken out as the stock, at 55, is slightly above the pivatol point of 54.75. Fundamentally, the valuation of the compnay is real cheap. I especially like the 8.2 short Interest as % of public float. A stock thinly traded stock like that could slaughter the shorts.
The steep sell-off in home building stocks (KB, TOL, HOV, and other.) does not make sense when they have cratered 50% to 65% while they have continued to post 25%-plus earnings growth). The current valuations of these stocks make no sense. For example, D.R. Horton, KB Home, and Pulte Homes, are all trading at just four or five times the previous 12 months' earnings, making them the cheapest stocks in the entire S&P 500. Profits would have to decline 50% or more to justify such valuations, and there's simply no reason to think that's going to happen. Bill Miller of Legg Mason Fund has been buying homebuilders like mad.