Friday, March 23, 2012

Best Wall St. Stocks Today: APOL,COCO,DV,ESI,AT,EMC,FSLR,LSTR,MGM,SIRI,YHOO,ZAGG,AOL

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.� We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in shares of Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO), DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV), and ITT Educational Services, Inc.(NYSE: ESI).� We are also tracking moves in Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT), EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Landstar System Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR), MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), and ZAGG Incorporated (NASDAQ: ZAGG).

Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) beat earnings but looked like a disaster after earnings because of changes to the model and it withdrawing all guidance.� Shares have seen at least two downgrades so far.� Apollo shares are down even worse with a drop of 18% at $40.46; Corinthian Colleges Inc. (NASDAQ: COCO) is down almost 8% at $5.55; DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV) is down 7.5% at $46.80; ITT Educational Services, Inc.(NYSE: ESI) is down 8.5% at $60.26.

Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT) is lower after it priced 5,245,000 common shares at a price of US$13.35 per share.� Shares are down only 0.35% at $13.45 and the stock has a 52-week range of $9.63 to $14.38.

EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) is rising on new Greenplum data analysis systems.� Shares are up 3.45 at $21.00 on almost 700,000 shares.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is rising after reporting that two new manufacturing plants are planned; shares are up 2.2% at $140.00.� Just yesterday we highlighted how the solar stock rally was starting to look stretched.

Landstar System Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR) fell after reporting earnings as it will take an additional contingent price on its NLM acquisition despite revenue growth of 24%.� Shares are down 5.25 at $36.88 but volume is thin.

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) had a monster secondary yesterday and is seeing a slight bounce from the sell-! off afte r being defended: shares were raised to Outperform at BMO.� The casino shares are up 1.1% at $12.24 but that is on more than 200,000 shares and is on the heels of a drop from $13.61 to $12.10 on the secondary dilution.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is surging on reports tha AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and/or private equity buyers are lining up around the Internet property.� Yahoo! shares are up 14.5% at $17.46 after a strong Wednesday.� No real move has been seen in AOL this morning. Yahoo! has traded more than 13 million shares with about 45 minutes until the market opens.

SIRIUS XM Radio inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is up yet again after Moody’s raised its rating on a debt refinancing that priced very well for the company last night.� Shares are up 1.4% at $1.42 on over 1 million shares and the high of he year was put in yesterday at $1.44.

ZAGG Incorporated (NASDAQ: ZAGG) is surging after reporting that earnings will beat expectations.� Shares are up almost 30% at $6.65 versus a 52-week range of $1.90to $7.00.

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JON C. OGG

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