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| January 22, 2013 |
| 14:57 EDT |  | CREE | Earnings Preview: Cree to report less than a week after two notch downgrade
Cree (CREE) is expected to report Q2 earnings after the close on Tuesday, January 22, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 pm ET. Cree develops and manufactures lighting-class light emitting diode products, traditional lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio-frequency applications... EXPECTATIONS: Analysts are looking for earnings per share of 30c on revenue of $331.2M. The consensus range is 26c-32c for EPS on revenue of $319.99B-$342.8B, according to First Call. In conjunction with its last earnings report, Cree guided to Q2 adjusted EPS of 27c-31c on revenue of $320M-$340M... LAST QUARTER: Cree reported Q1 adjusted EPS of 27c, narrowly beating the 26c consensus estimate. Q1 revenue, however, came in at $315.8M, which was shy of the consensus $317.89M projection. The company also said its overall backlog was stronger than it was at same point in the prior quarter, although added that its visibility is still limited and the macroeconomic environment remains a headwind... RESEARCH: After the market close last Wednesday, Jefferies downgraded Cree two notches to Underperform from Buy, citing overly optimistic expectations. Earlier that same day, Raymond James said Cree's recent share strength is not sustainable and that the firm believes its Q2 results will modestly disappoint. However, Cantor said it expects Cree to report stronger than expected Q2 results, but that the company's guidance could miss expectations. The next day, Maxim said it expects Cree to report strong Q2 results and that the firm sees upside to Q2 and Q3 consensus estimates... PRICE ACTION: Since the day after last quarter's report, shares of Cree have rallied over 27%. Year-to-date, shares are down nearly 2% and in afternoon trading ahead of tonight's report, Cree is down about 0.8% to $33.49. |
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| May 22, 2013 |
| 10:00 EDT |  | CREE | On The Fly: Analyst Upgrade Summary
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| 08:09 EDT | | CREE | Cree upgraded at Sterne Agee
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| 06:31 EDT | | CREE | Cree upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Sterne Agee
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| 06:25 EDT |  | CREE | Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220M units in 2013, DigiTimes says
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| May 21, 2013 |
| 06:37 EDT | | CREE | Revenues for LED drivers to triple by 2015, Digitimes reports
Global revenues for LED ddrivers used in general lighting applications is expected to triple by 2015, reports DigiTimes. Citing IMS Research, the market governing LED driver ICs will surge to $666M in 2015 from $214M in 2012. Reference Link |
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| May 16, 2013 |
| 14:44 EDT |  | CREE | Cree management to meet with JPMorgan
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| May 14, 2013 |
| 10:01 EDT |  | CREE | On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
Today's noteworthy downgrades include: AVG Technologies (AVG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... Cigna (CI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... Cree (CREE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee... Melco Crown (MPEL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS... SolarCity (SCTY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Roth Capital... KB Home (KBH) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James... Ryland Group (RYL) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Raymond James... Alere (ALR) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Craig-Hallum... Evolution Petroleum (EPM) downgraded to Hold from Buy at MLV Equity... Oil States (OIS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at BB&T... VIVUS (VVUS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard Capital. |
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| 07:36 EDT |  | CREE | Cree price target raised to $73 from $62 at Lazard Capital
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| 07:25 EDT | | CREE | Cree downgraded at Sterne Agee
As previously reported, Sterne Agee downgraded Cree to Neutral from Buy. The firm's checks indicate Philips Lighting North America has been aggressive in its marketing efforts forcing agents to choose between Philips and Cree lighting products. The analyst believes this will result in increased disruptions for Cree and lowered its price target to $59 from $66. |
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| 06:17 EDT | | CREE | Cree downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee
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| May 10, 2013 |
| 08:37 EDT | | CREE | Cree management to meet with Deutsche Bank
Field trip to company headquarters to be held in Durham, NC on May 10 hosted by Deutsche Bank. |
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