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INTUITIVE SURGICAL $537.18 (Nasdaq symbol ISRG; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (515-507-5000; www.intuitivesurgical.com; Shares outstanding: 39.7 million; Market cap: $21.3 billion; No dividends paid) earned $143.5 million, or $3.63 a share, in the three months ended March 31, 2012. That’s up sharply from $104.2 million, or $2.66 a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 27.6%, to $495.2 million from $388.1 million.
Revenue …read more »
SASOL LTD. (ADR) $46.49 (New York symbol SSL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (082-883-9697; www.sasol.com; ADRs outstanding: 641.4 million; Market cap: $29.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.3%) is a South Africa-based company that has developed a technology to convert coal and natural gas into motor fuels.
In the six months ended December 31, 2011, Sasol’s revenue rose 23.9%, to $11.0 billion from …read more »
Aastra Technologies, symbol AAH on Toronto, develops and markets products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet. Its technology is centred around business telephone systems, and includes products that integrate land lines and mobile phones.
Aastra is one of the companies we analyze in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter that recommends stocks that may be appropriate for your aggressive …read more »
Aastra Technologies, symbol AAH on Toronto, develops and markets products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet. Its technology is centered around business telephone systems, and includes products that integrate traditional and mobile phones.
Aastra is one of the aggressive stock market picks we analyze in our Stock Pickers Digest newsletter.
The company reports that its sales fell 4.9%, in …read more »
Aastra Technologies, symbol AAH on Toronto, develops and markets products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet. The aggressive investing stock’s technology is centred around business telephone systems, and includes products that integrate traditional and mobile phones.
In the three months ended December 31, 2010, Aastra’s sales fell 0.8%, to $216.0 million from $217.8 million a year earlier. If …read more »
Yesterday on TSI Network, we gave you our stock trading advice on Aastra Technologies (symbol AAH on Toronto), one of the investments we recommend in our new free report, “Tax-Loss Selling: 7 Christmas Stocks That Could Give You Huge Gains in the New Year.”
Today, we analyze another company that could soar in the wake of tax-loss selling season, Manitoba …read more »
The year-end tax-loss selling season can create great stock-market bargains, because it puts temporary downward pressure on stocks that have been weak during the year. But the best of the bunch can put on spectacular recoveries after the season ends on December 24.
In our new special report, “Tax-Loss Selling: 7 Christmas Stocks That Could Give You Huge Gains in the …read more »
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION $35.95 (Nasdaq symbol TRMB; SI Rating: Speculative) (408-481-6914; www.trimble.com; Shares outstanding: 119.2 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; No dividends paid) makes global positioning system (GPS) devices and technology for four main markets:
1) Engineering and construction accounts for the largest share (55%) of Trimble’s sales.
2) Agricultural GPS products (25% of sales) help farmers cut costs and increase yields. For …read more »
AASTRA TECHNOLOGIES $22 (Toronto symbol AAH; SI Rating: Speculative) (905-760-4200; www.aastra.com; Shares outstanding: 14.0 million; Market cap: $307.1 million; Dividend yield: 3.6%) reported that its sales fell 21.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2010, to $171.9 million from $219.3 million a year earlier. Earnings per share fell to $0.58 from $1.02.
Despite the lower sales and earnings, Aastra’s outlook …read more »
AASTRA TECHNOLOGIES $33.27 (Toronto symbol AAH; SI Rating: Speculative) (905-760-4200; www.aastra.com; Shares outstanding: 13.9 million; Market cap: $462.5 million; Dividend yield: 2.4%) develops and markets products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet.
In the three months ended December 31, 2009, Aastra’s earnings per share jumped to $1.11. A year earlier, the company earned $0.10 a share. Despite the …read more »
