Wednesday, March 28, 2012

PRICELINE (PCLN) up 3000% since Stockdiagnostics' Upgrade

March 28.2012
Priceline.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLN) traded at an all time (13 year) high yesterday before closing @ $728.85. Stockdiagnostics upgraded PCLN @ $23.48 on May 13,2004 after the company reported 1st quarter financials for the period ending March 31,2004.
In less than 8 years the shares have a cumulative return of 3004% vs 29% for the S&P500 index during this same time frame.

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click to PCLN GFNN news story


Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) traded at an all time high yesterday before closing @ $421.37. Stockdiagnostics upgraded CMG @ $50.78 on April 27,2006 after the company reported 1st quarter financials for the period ending March 31,2006.
Since the upgrade shares have had a cumulative return of 730% vs. 8% for the Standard & Poor 500 Index over that same period.

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CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) traded at a  4 year high yesterday before closing @ $32.50. Stockdiagnostics upgraded CBS @ $14.93 (dividend adjusted) on May 10,2010 after the company reported 1st quarter financials for the period ending March 31,2010. Since the upgrade shares have gained 117% vs 22% for the S&P 500 over the same 2 year period.
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click to CBS GFNN news story


Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) traded at an all time (22 year) high yesterday before closing @ $48.90. Stockdiagnostics upgraded RGR @ $10.64 (dividend adjusted) on August 5,2009 after the company reported 2nd quarter financials for the period ending June 30,2009.
Since the upgrade the stock, has a 360% cumulative return vs. 41% for the S&P 500 index in the same time frame.

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click to RGR GFNN news story
click to RGR GFNN news story 2

Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRGT) closed yesterday @ $5.28.
Stockdiagnostics suspended the ranking on TRGT, November 23,2010 after the company reported 3rd quarter financials for the period ending September 30,2010. TRGT was diagnosed with the EPS SYNDROME, which is a red flag and warns extreme caution should be exercised before owning shares of companies with a Suspended ranking. Since the EPS Syndrome was detected 16 months ago, shares have declined from $22.43, down over $16 or 76%. During this same period the S&P500 index is up 20%.
click to TRGT Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to TRGT GFNN news story


Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) traded at an all time (28 year) high yesterday before closing @ $614.48.  Stockdiagnostics upgraded AAPL @ $110.00 on May 14,2007, after the company reported  2nd quarter 2007 financials  for the period ending March 31,2007. AAPL has been ranked a "1" for 20 consecutive quarters.

Since the upgrade less than 5 years ago, shares are up 458% vs the Standard & Poor 500 Index is down 6% over the same period.

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. Co (NYSE: TNH) reached an all time (20 year) high yesterday before closing @ $249.79. Stockdiagnostics upgraded TNH @ $58.06 (adjusted for 18 dividends) on August 3,2007 after the company reported 2nd quarter 2007 financials for the period ending June 30,2007.
Shares are up 330%, while the S&P 500 has declined 1% in the same time frame. This income stock has 36.71% annual total return since August 2007.

Equities Research stock picker, Tom Renna, recommended Terra and other Agrochemicals stocks in his 2007 newsletter. (note: Terra Industries (NYSE:TRA) has since been acquired and PotashCorp (NYSE:POT) has split 3 for 1 over this period.)
click to TNH Stockdiagnostics OPS chart
click to TNH GFNN news story
click to TNH 2007 Recommendation (RENNA)
click to 6 month Performance 10/2007-4/2008 (Renna)
Terra Industries Acquisition Release
PotashCorp split release

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Stockdiagnostic OPS charts of Members of Dow Jones Industrial Index

March 11,2012
Stockdiagnostics OPS Charts for members of the Dow Jones Industrial Index
AT & T (T)Alcoa Inc. (AA)
American Express Co. (AXP)
Bank of America Corp. (BAC)
Boeing Co. (BA)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Chevron Corp. (CVX)
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Coca-Cola Co. (KO)
El du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DD)
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)
General Electric Co. (GE)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)
Home Depot Inc. (HD)
Intel Corp. (INTC)
International Business Machine Corp. (IBM)
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
McDonald's Corp (MCD)
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Proctor & Gamble Co. (PG)
Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)
United Technologies Corp (UTX)
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

3M Co. (MMM)