Radware Ltd.’s stock has been headed up from $20 per share at the beginning of October, 2011 to $31.62 on January 24, 2012. The stock’s high was 41.33 on February 17, 2011. The profitability ratios show an operating margin of 9.60% and a profit margin of 11.58% which are respectable ratios. The company is positioned… Continue Reading
Silicom Ltd (SILC) stock has risen from $12.31 in August 2011 to 19.33 as of January 23, 2012. The company provides connectivity solutions to servers and server based systems internationally. Financially, the company’s 2011 revenues increased by 30% over their 2010 revenues: from 30.4 million dollars to 39.6 million dollars in 2011. Net income increased… Continue Reading
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) operates power plants based on both geothermal and energy recovery systems. Ormat designs, builds, owns and operates these power facilities throughout the world. Ormat also designs, produces and markets recovered and geothermal energy power units and other related equipment. This company has over 40 years of experience and has approximated 80… Continue Reading
Deckers Outdoor Corporation’s (DECK) stock has been moving sideways throughout 2011 and had 5 fluctuations between $75 and $105. It seems that the stock again bottomed out on December 30, 2011 at $76 and is on its way up again, currently selling at 84.73. The company has solid fundamentals with an operating (profit) margin of… Continue Reading
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.’s (T (EL) stock has been rising continuously over the last 2 years. It has risen from a low of $20 in March 2009 to $113 on January 9th, 2012. The company was started in 1934 and while more than a family business, the family has always been heavily involved in management.… Continue Reading
Are you interested in a stock that has steadily but slowly gone up from March 2009 to October, 2011 and since October has gone up from $25 to $34. Well NeuStar Inc (NSR) looks like the company. However, when we look under the surface, we see that the company has offered a tender to buy… Continue Reading
First-Half Pre-Tax Profit Drop Today, Barclays announced a drop of 33 percent in its first-half pre-tax profit. This brings it to £2.64bn following a £1bn absorption charge for the price of sorting out complaints on the sale of payment protection insurance which led to a scandal. According to an article in the Belfast Telegraph, Barclays… Continue Reading
On August 7, 2006 Orthofix International announced that it had finalized a deal in which it would acquire Blackstone Medical, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone, Matt Lyons, said about the deal that: “We are especially excited about the benefits of combining our advanced product development capabilities with Orthofix’s experience in developing innovative… Continue Reading