HEADLINE STOCKS-U.S. small/midcap stocks to watch on Nov 4

Wed Nov 4, 2009 8:32am EST
 
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Nov 4 (Reuters) - Some small and midcap stocks to watch on Wednesday:

PACER INTERNATIONAL (PACR.O), $3.38, up 25 pct

The company posted a surprise third-quarter profit and said it has signed new arrangements with Union Pacific (UNP.N). [ID:nBNG444794]

BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP (BGFV.O) closed at $15.50

The company reported better-than-expected results and forecast a fourth-quarter profit above estimates. [ID:nBNG509258]

STEC (STEC.O), $16.255, down 30 pct

The company warned that a key customer, EMC Corp (EMC.N), would carry 2009 inventory into 2010, putting Stec's first quarters results at risk. [ID:nBNG522036]

DIGITAL RIVER (DRIV.O), $23.82, up 6 pct

The company posted better-than-expected quarterly results and expects to exit 2010 with revenue growth in the upper teens. [ID:nBNG494082]

MYRIAD GENETICS (MYGN.O), closed at $25.64

The company's first-quarter profit missed Wall Street estimates. [ID:nBNG528929]

TRUE RELIGION APPAREL (TRLG.O), $23.02, down 13 pct

The company quarterly profit missed estimates for the first time in a year, and gave a full-year forecast below expectations. [ID:nBNG509968]

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES (CRL.N), $34, down 8 pct

The company posted a 18 percent drop in quarterly profit, and cut its 2009 earnings forecast. [ID:nBNG525831]  Continued...

 

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