Barron's Research Reports 12-15-2007
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The following is a list of companies from a collection of various research reports.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • ABFS
    Arkansas Best Cor
  • $24.02
  • +0.50%
  • $23.69

Buy - Price 23.98 on Dec. 11 by Zacks Research Shares now represent good value, after 33% fall year-to-date. Our six-month target, 29, is based on price/earnings ratio of 10 times our '08 estimate, in line with [the trucking group] median. ABFS posted 3Q diluted earnings per share of 75 cents, down 40% from '06 3Q...on 5% fall in revenues....We expect freight volume to be hurt by economic weakness, but yields should remain stable...[new] pricing initiative should [help]. Market-cap: $604 million.

People owning ABFS also tend to own: BGERJFISHMCMWVPBRRMBS

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

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  • COWN
    Cowen Group
  • $7.55
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

Sell - Price 11.25 on Dec. 11 by Sterne Agee Target: 8. Our '07 [EPS] estimate: a loss of 50 cents....Private-placement revenues have fallen dramatically, despite the product's increasing traction as an asset class among institutional investors. We estimate revenues from private placements at $15 million this year, versus $66 million in 2006...We [predict] earnings losses until at least 2009. Market-cap: $179 million.

People owning COWN also tend to own: IMAXPANCACINRMXAATIADLRCAH

TheStreet.com Rating: D What is this?

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  • HINT
    Hint
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Neutral - Price 13.15 on Dec. 10 by B. Riley & Co. HINT provides construction-industry project management. Shares are above our 12 target...based on multiple of 20 times our fiscal-year '08 EPS estimate. HINT trades [around] enterprise-value/sales, EV/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and P/E multiples of approximately 2 times, 13.2 times and 22.2 times our FY '08 estimates, respectively. Market-cap: $389 million.

People owning HINT also tend to own: ATRBACCSECZNHONHPTHRP

TheStreet.com Rating: No Rating What is this?

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  • LRCX
    Lam Research Corp
  • $34.14
  • +0.15%
  • $33.64

Source of Funds - Price 47.61 on Dec. 11 by Think Equity Fremont, Calif.-based LAM...supplies process tools to major chip makers. Sales reflect penetration of Korean memory suppliers and Taiwanese foundries. In Japan, LAM [is] increasingly gaining share. We believe acquisition of SEZ is likely to bring operational benefits but not much product synergy. Our new target, 45 (from 50), reflects possible margin erosion. Market-cap: $5.9 billion.

People owning LRCX also tend to own: AHMAIZALBAMPAVTAXCABBI

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

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  • MVSN
    Mvsn
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Strong Buy - Price 18.86 on Dec. 12 by Needham & Co. Macrovision announced a $2.8 billion acquisition of Gemstar, aggregator and publisher of entertainment content for digital- and paper-based TV Guide -- a good idea, but high price: roughly 24 times 2007E Ebitda or 16 times Ebitda without duplicate overhead. Beyond the stock-price drops...the combined company [makes] a compelling picture.

People owning MVSN also tend to own: DIVXRVBDAAPLADBEAMGNAQNTBA

TheStreet.com Rating: No Rating What is this?

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  • PNC
    P N C Fin Svcs Gr
  • $53.47
  • +1.62%
  • $51.68

Outperform - Price 70.76 on Dec. 12 by Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller PNC preannounce[d] an earnings shortfall due to liquidity issues in secondary market, credit issues in residential development. PNC...now expects to report 4Q07 EPS of 60 to 75 cents, versus Street consensus $1.39. The shortfall relates to three items: lower trading revenues, higher loan-loss provisions, and PNC's portion of BlackRock/LTIP shares obligation and acquisition-related costs. Lowering our 2007E EPS to $5.10 from $5.40; 2008 is under review.

People owning PNC also tend to own: CARCOFCOPDOWFRNGISHD

TheStreet.com Rating: C+ What is this?

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  • PLA
    Playboy Ent Hld C
  • $2.82
  • -1.74%
  • $2.84

Neutral -Price 9.65 on Dec. 11 by UBS PLA's print business will remain challenged in '08 as the magazine has lost 20-plus advertising pages from a key client; postage-rate increases will further compress margins ...domestic-TV revenue appears to be stabilizing, yet we [want to see] more sustained trend....Our EPS estimate for...'08 is now 47 cents, from 52 cents. Lowering target to 11 [on discounted-cash-flow analysis], from 12.50. Market-cap: $290 million.

People owning PLA also tend to own: AFNIACINEMPTENREXISCURTTI

TheStreet.com Rating: D What is this?

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  • RRC
    Range Res Corp
  • $50.42
  • -2.31%
  • $50.64

Outperform - Price 44.90 on Dec. 11 by Raymond James RRC is acquiring 14,000 Barnett Shale acres, Texas, an estimated 334 [billion/cubic-feet equivalent] of proved/probable reserves...expected to be funded through debt...Raising [our] '08 EPS estimate to $2.04...50 target is based on 10 times multiple of our '08E Ebitda, versus [exploration and production] valuation range of 5-to-7 times. Market-cap: $6.8 billion.

People owning RRC also tend to own: AMEDATPGBBDBLUDCBSTCEDCCRDN

TheStreet.com Rating: B- What is this?

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