Showing posts with label Saga Communications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saga Communications. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Allot (ALLT) (ROCK) (RSG) (SGA) (ALK) (AMED) Downgraded

Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT), Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK), Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), Saga Communications (NYSE: SGA), Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) and Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) were downgraded by analysts.

Gibraltar Industries (ROCK) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Republic Services (RSG) was downgraded by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) from an “Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Saga Communications (SGA) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Alaska Air (ALK) was downgraded by Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating. They have a price target of $80.00 on the company.

Allot Communications (ALLT) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Amedisys (AMED) was downgraded by Robert W. Baird from a “Neutral” rating to an “Underperform” rating. They have a price target of $8.00 on the company, down from $10.00.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) Earnings Meet Expectations

Earnings from Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) managed to meet analysts' expectations, as the company had net income of $78.1 million or one cent a share, against $41.6 million, or one cent a share in the same quarter last year. That was an increase of 87.8 percent over last year in the same period.

Revenue for the quarter jumped to $723.8 million, a 9 percent improvement over last year in the same quarter.

Sirius said, “SiriusXM’s first quarter results have put us on track to attain our full year goals for subscriber, revenue, and adjusted EBITDA growth. Significantly, we are now in a position to raise our free cash flow estimate for the year,” said Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer, SiriusXM. “Consumers are buying cars again and demand for our product is strong. Were it not for the OEM supply chain uncertainty resulting from the tragedy in Japan, we would be in a position to raise our subscriber guidance today.”

Major competitors of Sirius include Westwood One, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWON), Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM), Cumulus Media Inc. (NASDAQ:CMLS), Saga Communications, Inc. (AMEX:SGA), Emmis Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:EMMS), Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK), CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), Disney (NYSE:DIS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Grupo Radio Centro SAB de CV (NYSE:RC) and Salem Communications Corp (NASDAQ:SALM).

Shares of Sirius soared to $2.08, gaining $0.17, or 8.64 percent, as of 1:35 PM EDT.