Stock Hollywood: Aug 6

Crocs (CROX:$12.58,00$0.18,001.45%) leaped higher in evening trade after reporting better-than-expected results and guidance.

Posted a profit of $32.3 million, or 37 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $30.3 million, or 36 cents a share. Revenue increased 15% to $228 million.
Projected a third-quarter profit of 22 cents to 24 cents a share on revenue of $205 million. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected 2 cents and $148 million, respectively.
12.48 to 14.17 v. true range 13.22 to 13.88 (levels that actually held).
Sup 13.22, 13.69 - Res 13.88.
Long, year earlier loss, compared to a gain this quarter and projected rev increase has me looking to Long <13.4.

Blue Nile Inc. (NILE:$47.54,00$-1.70,00-3.45%) posted a surprise 1.4% drop in second-quarter profit as the online jeweler reported lower margins, which masked higher sales.

Profit of $2.8 million, down from $2.84 million a year earlier. On a per-share basis, earnings were flat at 19 cents.
Trimmed its full-year view to earnings of 94 cents to $1 a share on revenue of $ 325 million to $335 million. The prior view was at $1.01 on revenue of at least $347.5 million.
49.24 to 40.30 v. TR 41.31 to 43.05
Sup 41.31, 41.99 - Res 42.26, 43.05.
Mixed with bias Long, got some support 41 area, but profit/low margins, masked higher sales.

American Public Education Inc. (APEI:$42.67,00$-2.12,00-4.73%) plunged in after-hours trading as the for-profit education company said increased operations activity and recent deployments across all branches of the U.S. military are hurting its net course registrations.

Its guidance for the year should no longer be relied upon and issued a weak view for the current quarter.
The company said increased demands on many active-duty military personnel, combined with minimal Internet access for some of those being deployed, limited the ability of students to pursue their degrees. Nearly two-thirds of the company's student body came from the military in the second quarter.
43.54 to 30.02 v. TR 30.58 to 31.11
Sup 30.58 - Res 30.82, 31.11.
Short, bad news brang'em down. 300k buyers @ $31, got some good sup there, just have a few unanswered question: When did minimal internet access happen? We are deploying more troops out now?

Nanometrics Inc (NANO:$9.87,00$0.26,002.71%) posted better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by strong product sales, sending the chip inspection equipment maker's shares up 14 percent in extended trade.

$11.6 million, or 51 cents per share. This compares to net loss of $7 million, or 38 cents a share, last year.
Posted revenue of $50.8 million, Analysts were looking for total sales of $39.3 million, topping the previous record by more than 30%.
9.61 to 11.65 v. TR 10.7 to 11.35.
Sup 10.7, 11.07, 11.15 - Res 11.2, 11.3, 11.35.
Long, love these results, coming in the semiconductor area, which I feel is undervalued, they swung a profit, posted larger rev and broke a co record. Long off <10.7-11.07.

Rosetta Stone Inc. (RST:$21.5200,$-0.2300,-1.06%) swung to a second-quarter profit, but the language- learning company gave a pessimistic outlook for the current quarter and full year.

The company expects adjusted basic loss of 2 cents to 9 cents a share in the third-quarter and revenue of $60 million to $64 million.
Analysts were expecting a third-quarter profit of 11 cents a share on a diluted basis, on revenue of $73.4 million.
The company cut its full-year total sales bookings expectations to $285 million to $295 million, down from its previous view of $310 million to $325 million.
21.52 to 18 v. TR 19.25 to 19.74
Sup 19.25 - Res 19.44, 19.49, 19.74.
Short, swung a profit, but outlook is everything nowadays, Short 19.6area. This stock has come down the last few days pretty significantly, watch out for sup levels. Downtrender.

Immersion Corporation (IMMR:$5.60,00$-0.22,00-3.78%) reports Q2 revs of $8.5 mln and EPS of $0.01, vs. the analyst consensus of $6.5 mln in revs and a loss of $0.07 per share.

RINO International Corp (RINO:$15.21,00$1.30,009.35%) rose to $15.67 at 2:59 PM ET on August 05, 2010 in heavy volume of 1,278,700 shares.

For no apparent reason this stock rose other than heavy buy volume.
Sup 15.10, 15.18 - Res 15.25, 15.70.
Short sell it, watch for it to come down. I don't know why it went up so if you do let me know.

Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI:$11.75,00$-0.06,00-0.51%) second-quarter profit that rose 12% from the same period a year ago as sales from online channels exceeded those from retail outlets for the first time.

stock dropped as much as 6% in after-hours trading as the videogame publisher reported sales that fell short of Wall Street analysts' forecasts.
it earned $219 million, or 17 cents a share, on total revenue of $967 million, compared with a profit of $195 million, or 15 cents a share, on $1.04 billion last year.
11.80 to 10.90 v. True Range 11.03 to 10.95.
Mixed, stock could come down some more, but I see mid-day reversal or possible no come down at all. I'm Long biased on a long basis. Online sales show strength and they had no new video game release and almost hit 1billion dollars again.

Furniture maker and retailer La-Z-Boy Inc (LZB:$8.5200,$-0.2500,-2.85%) forecast a dismal first quarter, saying it was hurt by higher input costs, supply chain disruptions and production delays, sending its shares down 5 percent after the bell.

Kinda low volume
Straight down the gutter, sound like a bunch of problems and mismanagement, Short.

Hansen Natural Corp (HANS:$41.51,00$-0.20,00-0.48%) , maker of the Monster Energy drink, posted better-than-expected quarterly results helped by strong growth in international sales.

$63.8 million, or 69 cents a share, compared with $57.3 million or 60 cents a share.
customers outside the United States rose to $66.6 million from $39.4 million
44 to 41.43 v. TR 41.43 to 43.96.
Mixed with Short bias, on international sales, yes. Maybe broke out a little much, watch for res levels.

Rubicon Technology (RBCN:$29.34,00$-1.96,00-6.26%) reports Q2 revs of $15.8 mln, vs. the Street view of $14 mln. EPS was $0.18 per share, four cents ahead of the analyst mean on Thomson Reuters.

32 to 28 v. TR 28.53 to 30.
Sup 28.53, 28.99, 29.29 - Res 29.56, 29.72, 29.9, 30.
Long, up a few mil on rev 4cents ahead. kinda choppy afterhours with slight uptrend.

Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT:$29.6600,$-0.0900,-0.30%) reported a 13% jump in its second-quarter profit as its new Cadbury business helped drive sales in developing markets in Asia and Latin America.

Revenue jumped 25% to $12.25 billion, helped significantly by the addition of Cadbury.
29.58 to 31.20 v. TR 31.01 to 30.50
Short >31.2, might come as a shock, but I feel there have been alot of people waiting for this stock to b/o and there will be sell off out the gate reaching strong sup around 30-30.5.

Emulex Corp (ELX:$9.0000,$0.1600,1.81%) posted an adjusted quarterly profit that missed estimates, hurt by a sequential fall in sales at its embedded storage products segment, and the storage-equipment maker forecast a weak first quarter, sending its shares down 5 percent in extended trade.

Revenue rose 30 percent to $103.1 million v. analysts revenue of $102.2 million.
They earned 16cents a share v. analysts 17cents a share.
Long, they barely missed EPS and beat on rev, forcast was weak, but the drop to sup 8.59, 8.65 lead to res of 8.7, 8.75, 8.8.

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