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In our March 2014 commentary we highlight the importance of corporate earnings to the strength of the economy and the equity markets. The value of revenue growth is discussed as profit margins have already been enhanced by cost cutting and lower capital spending.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities implemented a SOA architecture using JBoss SOA to replace aging systems. The project took longer than expected and encountered more problems than anticipated. While the SOA approach simplified adding and removing services, clustering proved challenging. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is now working on new projects like connecting to emission registries and power market news using the JBoss SOA platform.
The Sai Vidya Institute of Technology inaugurated their Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Nodal Agency on April 1st, 2015. The goal of the cell is to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among students and help create new businesses and opportunities. It aims to develop entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, provide funding access, and create an incubation cell for future tech entrepreneurs. The inaugural event included speeches from the principal, ED cell coordinator, director of the institute, and chief guest who is the head of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute's Southern Regional Office. An MOU was also signed between the two institutions to formalize their partnership.
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Este documento contiene varias oraciones cortas que explican conceptos químicos y biológicos como la combustión, la coagulación de la sangre, la composición de la miel y el jabón, los elementos que componen el cuerpo humano, la intolerancia a la lactosa y los peligros de la basura.
An accounting tool for those who find accounting difficult. Entrepreneurs who see new solutions, and are willing to take on risks, are right-brain dominant. Accounting (and numbers) are very left-brain. Profit Guard is a date visualization and communication tool, for financial management.
Biegel Waller Investment Advisory March 2014 CommentaryDavid Berger
In our March 2014 commentary we highlight the importance of corporate earnings to the strength of the economy and the equity markets. The value of revenue growth is discussed as profit margins have already been enhanced by cost cutting and lower capital spending.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities implemented a SOA architecture using JBoss SOA to replace aging systems. The project took longer than expected and encountered more problems than anticipated. While the SOA approach simplified adding and removing services, clustering proved challenging. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is now working on new projects like connecting to emission registries and power market news using the JBoss SOA platform.
The Sai Vidya Institute of Technology inaugurated their Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Nodal Agency on April 1st, 2015. The goal of the cell is to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among students and help create new businesses and opportunities. It aims to develop entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, provide funding access, and create an incubation cell for future tech entrepreneurs. The inaugural event included speeches from the principal, ED cell coordinator, director of the institute, and chief guest who is the head of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute's Southern Regional Office. An MOU was also signed between the two institutions to formalize their partnership.
Database kesehataan per kabupaten pada tahun 2012 mengenai gizi burukCahya
Gizi buruk pada anak balita disebabkan oleh rendahnya konsumsi energi dan protein akibat kurangnya makanan bergizi selama waktu yang lama, penyakit kronis, atau gangguan pencernaan. Data tahun 2012 menunjukkan tingkat gizi buruk tertinggi di Kota Cirebon dibanding kota-kota lainnya, mungkin karena masih banyaknya masyarakat miskin yang kurang akses terhadap makanan bergizi.
Este documento contiene varias oraciones cortas que explican conceptos químicos y biológicos como la combustión, la coagulación de la sangre, la composición de la miel y el jabón, los elementos que componen el cuerpo humano, la intolerancia a la lactosa y los peligros de la basura.
This document discusses green products and services in the context of the WTO Doha Round negotiations and a future low-carbon society. It provides an overview of the WTO, including its goals of facilitating trade while allowing environmental and social objectives. The WTO agreements cover goods, services, intellectual property, dispute settlement, and trade policy review. Key principles include non-discrimination, national treatment, freer trade through lowering barriers, and predictability and transparency. The implications are that reducing tariffs and barriers to trade in environmental goods and services through the WTO rules can benefit both trade and the environment by promoting investment and technology transfer related to green products and services.
Engagio and Norwest Partners: Account Based Everything, Nov 2016Engagio
The presentation discusses the concept of Account Based Everything (ABE), which is a strategic approach that orchestrates personalized marketing, sales, and customer success efforts across accounts. It outlines a three step process for ABE - defining target accounts, developing personalized content for each account, and determining the best channels to engage each account. The presentation emphasizes the importance of in-depth account research and using different channels like email, phone and events to engage accounts in a relevant way. It also discusses metrics for measuring the impact of ABE programs.
The theory of investment portfolios is a well defined component of financial science. While sound in principle, it faces some setbacks in its real-world implementation. Cybernetics presents an unorthodox “new” way of studying the process of portfolio management. First, the known theory is translated in cybernetic terminology. A reformulation of the investment portfolio problem as a cybernetic system is proposed where the Investor is the controlling system and the portfolio is the controlled system. Also the portfolio controlling process is dissected in several ordered phases, so that each phase is represented as a subsystem within the structure of the controlling system Investor. Second, various known models of investors are competed systematically on a unified data track. Among the many proposed approaches for managing an investment portfolio there is one generating possible solutions to the investment portfolio problem using multi-stage selection. Third, by heuristic restructuring new models of investors may be assembled, which in turn are to be competed as well.
Barry McClain is an experienced sales professional with over 25 years of experience in outside sales roles selling truck parts, construction equipment, aerial lifts, and more. He has a proven track record of exceeding sales goals, growing customer bases and territories, and being named salesperson of the year on multiple occasions. McClain is skilled in relationship building, active listening, critical thinking, and adapting to changing situations.
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This document lists the judges and contestants for a dance competition show for its first 8 weeks. Shahid Kapoor will be the judge for only the first 8 weeks. The other judges are Ganesh Hegde, Karan Johar, and Lauren Gottlieb. The contestants include Mohit Malik, Shamita Shetty, Dipika Samsun, Vivian D'Sena, Faizal, Kavita Kaushik, Radhika Madan, Sanaya Irani, Ashish Chowdhary, Scarlett Wilson, Raftaar, and Subhreet Kaur. Manish Paul will host the show.
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Masco Corporation reported strong results for the second quarter of 2015, with total revenue increasing 3% year-over-year to $1.929 billion. All business segments saw revenue growth when excluding the effects of foreign currency translation. Operational improvements led to a 22% increase in operating profit to $280 million and operating margins expanded 230 basis points to 14.5%. Management remains focused on driving performance across all segments through new product introductions, improving efficiencies, and executing strategic initiatives.
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Masco Corporation reported first quarter 2015 earnings. Total sales increased 7% excluding foreign currency effects. All segments saw sales growth in local currencies, with plumbing products seeing 10% international sales growth. Operating profit increased 15% due to cost productivity and operating leverage gains. The company repurchased around 4 million shares in the quarter and acquired Endless Pools, Inc. Management expects full year sales and profit growth to continue.
KeyBanc Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference Presentation Hillenbrand_IR
Hillenbrand provides an overview of its transformation strategy to become a world-class global diversified industrial company through acquisitions and organic growth. It discusses its two business segments: Process Equipment Group and Batesville. PEG provides highly engineered industrial equipment and has a focus on acquisitions and parts/service growth. Batesville is the market leader in North American burial caskets and is focused on profitably serving that market while expanding in cremation products. Hillenbrand reports Q2 2016 financial results that showed revenue declines driven by Batesville, but growth in adjusted EBITDA and cash flow.
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers food assortments, including perishables, dry grocery, dairy, and frozen items.
Based on the Target Corporation stock forecasts from 25 analysts, the average analyst target price for Target Corporation is USD 216.11 over the next 12 months. Target Corporation’s average analyst rating is Strong Buy. Stock Target Advisor’s own stock analysis of Target Corporation is Very Bullish, which is based on 14 positive signals and 1 negative signals. At the last closing, Target Corporation’s stock price was USD 156.70. Target Corporation’s stock price has changed by +0.12% over the past week, -30.42% over the past month and -33.35% over the last year.
Cl king conference investor deck_final_9-9-16Hillenbrand_IR
The document discusses Hillenbrand's transformation into a diversified industrial company through acquisitions. It provides an overview of Hillenbrand's two business segments - Process Equipment Group (PEG) and Batesville. PEG supplies highly engineered industrial equipment and has a strategy to grow organically and through acquisitions. Batesville is the market leader in North American burial caskets and aims to capitalize on growth opportunities while maintaining attractive margins. Financial results for Q3 2016 show revenue declined 7% but adjusted EBITDA increased 1% due to strength in gross profit.
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers food assortments, including perishables, dry grocery, dairy, and frozen items; apparel, accessories, home décor products, electronics, toys, seasonal offerings, food.
Based on the Target Corporation stock forecasts from 22 analysts, the average analyst target price for Target Corporation is USD 231.78 over the next 12 months. Target Corporation’s average analyst rating is Buy . Stock Target Advisor’s own stock analysis of Target Corporation is Very Bullish, which is based on 14 positive signals and 1 negative signals. At the last closing, Target Corporation’s stock price was USD 155.36. Target Corporation’s stock price has changed by -29.30% over the past week, -35.72% over the past month and -30.98% over the last year.
This month we analyze first quarter earnings and dig into the impact of oil prices. As we have suggested, markets ultimately trade on earnings, and this quarter the picture has been clouded by the rapid decline in the energy sector.
Tennant Company reported earnings for the second quarter of 2015. Key points include:
- Consolidated net sales were $215.4 million, up nearly 4% organically over the prior year.
- Earnings were $0.79 per diluted share.
- Growth was led by strong strategic account sales in North America and new products.
- The company reaffirmed its 2015 EPS guidance of $2.40 to $2.70 per share.
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In today's low interest rate and elevated global-debt environment, it can be difficult to know where to invest. Discover Perpetual's methodology on how to identify high-quality businesses with consistent cash flow and earnings growth.
Firms grow both organically and through acquisitions for several strategic and financial reasons. Strategically, firms seek to achieve economies of scale, improve market power, and diversify risks. Financially, growth can improve profits and shareholder returns. Firms may integrate horizontally within their industry, vertically along the supply chain, or diversify into unrelated businesses. Both large and small companies pursue organic expansion by developing new products and entering new markets.
Ply Gem Industries presented at the JP Morgan SMid Cap Conference on December 10, 2013. The presentation included the following key points:
- Ply Gem is one of the largest manufacturers of exterior building products in North America with nearly $1.5 billion in annual sales.
- They hold the number one position in key product categories like vinyl siding, aluminum accessories, vinyl and aluminum windows.
- Their strategic priorities include focusing on customers, innovation, profitable growth through acquisitions, and continuous improvement.
- Ply Gem has continued to gain market share despite downturns by focusing on brand management, new products, and operational efficiencies.
This document discusses green products and services in the context of the WTO Doha Round negotiations and a future low-carbon society. It provides an overview of the WTO, including its goals of facilitating trade while allowing environmental and social objectives. The WTO agreements cover goods, services, intellectual property, dispute settlement, and trade policy review. Key principles include non-discrimination, national treatment, freer trade through lowering barriers, and predictability and transparency. The implications are that reducing tariffs and barriers to trade in environmental goods and services through the WTO rules can benefit both trade and the environment by promoting investment and technology transfer related to green products and services.
Engagio and Norwest Partners: Account Based Everything, Nov 2016Engagio
The presentation discusses the concept of Account Based Everything (ABE), which is a strategic approach that orchestrates personalized marketing, sales, and customer success efforts across accounts. It outlines a three step process for ABE - defining target accounts, developing personalized content for each account, and determining the best channels to engage each account. The presentation emphasizes the importance of in-depth account research and using different channels like email, phone and events to engage accounts in a relevant way. It also discusses metrics for measuring the impact of ABE programs.
The theory of investment portfolios is a well defined component of financial science. While sound in principle, it faces some setbacks in its real-world implementation. Cybernetics presents an unorthodox “new” way of studying the process of portfolio management. First, the known theory is translated in cybernetic terminology. A reformulation of the investment portfolio problem as a cybernetic system is proposed where the Investor is the controlling system and the portfolio is the controlled system. Also the portfolio controlling process is dissected in several ordered phases, so that each phase is represented as a subsystem within the structure of the controlling system Investor. Second, various known models of investors are competed systematically on a unified data track. Among the many proposed approaches for managing an investment portfolio there is one generating possible solutions to the investment portfolio problem using multi-stage selection. Third, by heuristic restructuring new models of investors may be assembled, which in turn are to be competed as well.
Barry McClain is an experienced sales professional with over 25 years of experience in outside sales roles selling truck parts, construction equipment, aerial lifts, and more. He has a proven track record of exceeding sales goals, growing customer bases and territories, and being named salesperson of the year on multiple occasions. McClain is skilled in relationship building, active listening, critical thinking, and adapting to changing situations.
The document provides tips for cosplaying on a budget. It recommends planning costumes in advance, buying items on sale using coupons, choosing a budget-friendly costume based on your needs, and creating a "capsule wardrobe" of reusable items. The document also suggests considering do-it-yourself options, thinking creatively about materials, starting early to find deals, shopping at various stores including thrift shops, and tracking expenses to stick to your budget.
This document lists the judges and contestants for a dance competition show for its first 8 weeks. Shahid Kapoor will be the judge for only the first 8 weeks. The other judges are Ganesh Hegde, Karan Johar, and Lauren Gottlieb. The contestants include Mohit Malik, Shamita Shetty, Dipika Samsun, Vivian D'Sena, Faizal, Kavita Kaushik, Radhika Madan, Sanaya Irani, Ashish Chowdhary, Scarlett Wilson, Raftaar, and Subhreet Kaur. Manish Paul will host the show.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in health economics. It discusses how health economics analyzes the allocation of scarce health resources and examines the special features of medical care as a commodity. The document also explains why health economics is an important field, noting that it provides tools and methods for health policy evaluation and helps understand the large and growing size of the health sector in many countries. Finally, it discusses how the medical care market differs from other markets due to factors like uncertainty in demand, the large role of non-profit providers, and the role of government subsidies and public provision.
Masco Corporation reported strong results for the second quarter of 2015, with total revenue increasing 3% year-over-year to $1.929 billion. All business segments saw revenue growth when excluding the effects of foreign currency translation. Operational improvements led to a 22% increase in operating profit to $280 million and operating margins expanded 230 basis points to 14.5%. Management remains focused on driving performance across all segments through new product introductions, improving efficiencies, and executing strategic initiatives.
Dust Collecting: Panning for Competitive Intelligence Nuggets in Company Fina...Richter & Company LLC
Presentation by Brandon Conroy, Executive Consultant at Richter & Company, at the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) California Chapter Training Day November 6, 2015 in Anaheim, CA.
Masco Corporation reported first quarter 2015 earnings. Total sales increased 7% excluding foreign currency effects. All segments saw sales growth in local currencies, with plumbing products seeing 10% international sales growth. Operating profit increased 15% due to cost productivity and operating leverage gains. The company repurchased around 4 million shares in the quarter and acquired Endless Pools, Inc. Management expects full year sales and profit growth to continue.
KeyBanc Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference Presentation Hillenbrand_IR
Hillenbrand provides an overview of its transformation strategy to become a world-class global diversified industrial company through acquisitions and organic growth. It discusses its two business segments: Process Equipment Group and Batesville. PEG provides highly engineered industrial equipment and has a focus on acquisitions and parts/service growth. Batesville is the market leader in North American burial caskets and is focused on profitably serving that market while expanding in cremation products. Hillenbrand reports Q2 2016 financial results that showed revenue declines driven by Batesville, but growth in adjusted EBITDA and cash flow.
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers food assortments, including perishables, dry grocery, dairy, and frozen items.
Based on the Target Corporation stock forecasts from 25 analysts, the average analyst target price for Target Corporation is USD 216.11 over the next 12 months. Target Corporation’s average analyst rating is Strong Buy. Stock Target Advisor’s own stock analysis of Target Corporation is Very Bullish, which is based on 14 positive signals and 1 negative signals. At the last closing, Target Corporation’s stock price was USD 156.70. Target Corporation’s stock price has changed by +0.12% over the past week, -30.42% over the past month and -33.35% over the last year.
Cl king conference investor deck_final_9-9-16Hillenbrand_IR
The document discusses Hillenbrand's transformation into a diversified industrial company through acquisitions. It provides an overview of Hillenbrand's two business segments - Process Equipment Group (PEG) and Batesville. PEG supplies highly engineered industrial equipment and has a strategy to grow organically and through acquisitions. Batesville is the market leader in North American burial caskets and aims to capitalize on growth opportunities while maintaining attractive margins. Financial results for Q3 2016 show revenue declined 7% but adjusted EBITDA increased 1% due to strength in gross profit.
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers food assortments, including perishables, dry grocery, dairy, and frozen items; apparel, accessories, home décor products, electronics, toys, seasonal offerings, food.
Based on the Target Corporation stock forecasts from 22 analysts, the average analyst target price for Target Corporation is USD 231.78 over the next 12 months. Target Corporation’s average analyst rating is Buy . Stock Target Advisor’s own stock analysis of Target Corporation is Very Bullish, which is based on 14 positive signals and 1 negative signals. At the last closing, Target Corporation’s stock price was USD 155.36. Target Corporation’s stock price has changed by -29.30% over the past week, -35.72% over the past month and -30.98% over the last year.
This month we analyze first quarter earnings and dig into the impact of oil prices. As we have suggested, markets ultimately trade on earnings, and this quarter the picture has been clouded by the rapid decline in the energy sector.
Tennant Company reported earnings for the second quarter of 2015. Key points include:
- Consolidated net sales were $215.4 million, up nearly 4% organically over the prior year.
- Earnings were $0.79 per diluted share.
- Growth was led by strong strategic account sales in North America and new products.
- The company reaffirmed its 2015 EPS guidance of $2.40 to $2.70 per share.
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- Ply Gem is one of the largest manufacturers of exterior building products in North America with nearly $1.5 billion in annual sales.
- They hold the number one position in key product categories like vinyl siding, aluminum accessories, vinyl and aluminum windows.
- Their strategic priorities include focusing on customers, innovation, profitable growth through acquisitions, and continuous improvement.
- Ply Gem has continued to gain market share despite downturns by focusing on brand management, new products, and operational efficiencies.
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B2B Softwaare Days: Startups – Investment, Valuation and Exit
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Analyst: Jiaxi Wu
2015 spring
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Executive Summary
Ticker: NDAQ
Market Capitalization: $8.2 billion
Sector: Financial Services
Current Price: $48.26
Price Target (Base): $ 47.90
Up/Downside: - 1%
My recommendation: Sell 50%
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Company Overview
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Company Overview
• American multinational financial services corporation
• Founded in 1971, Headquarter New York
• NASDAQ merged with OMX group in 2008
Later named as The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
• Operate 70 market places in 50 countries
• Owns NASDAQ stock and eight European stock
exchanges
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Management Team
• Robert Greifeld “Bob”
- Current CEO
- 57 years old
- Start from 05/2003
- Iona College, Bachelor’s Degree 1979,
- Leonard School of Business, MBA, 1986
- Named the change from NASDAQ STOCK MARKET to
Nasdaq OMX Group INC.
- He focused the NASDAQ-OMX mission on being
premier U.S equity market, leveraging NASDAQ-
OMX’s fundamental market structure.
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Major segments
• Four main segments
Market service: Equity derivative, cash equity trading, fixed
income, currency and commodities trading and clearing
Listing service: provide multiple global capital raising solutions
for private and public companies. Companies must meet
minimum standards. 2782 total
Information service: Data products and Index Licensing and
service business. Enhance transparency and provide critical
information to profession and non professional investors.
Technology Solution: Corporate solution and Market technology
business. ” Investor relation, Public relations. Multimedia
solution, governance
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Revenue Distribution
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Investment Thesis
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What we have
Student investment fund:
- April 2014
- 1400 shares
- $34.18
Current Price:
-1400 shares
- $48.26
We gain: $19,712
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Reasons to Sell
Stock Price is reaching a High
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news for NDAQ is negative
Main segment decrease in U.S.
Insider Activity: Sell
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NDAQ Stock Trend (1year)
Source: Bloomberg
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NDAQ Stock Trend (1 month)
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Reasons to Sell
Stock Price in reaching a High
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news is negative and highly competitive industry trend
Main segment decrease in U.S
Insider Activity: Sell
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2015 Q1 Earning Release highlight
• April 23th, 2015
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.80.
• The board has authorized two-thirds increase in
dividend to $0.25 per quarter from $0.15
• Net Revenue $507 Million, down 4% year over year.
(excluding the impact of foreign exchange rate and
acquisitions)
• Restructuring effort eliminated $17-19 million in
annual expense
• Repurchased $30 million of common stock, bring
total repurchase to $208 million.
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Reasons to sell
Stock Price in reaching a High
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative.
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news is negative and highly competitive industry trend
Main segment decrease in U.S
Insider Activity: Sell
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Income Statement Highlight
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Balance sheet Highlight
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Key States
Source: Morningstar
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Reasons to sell
Stock Price in reaching a High
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news is negative and highly competitive industry trend
Main segment decrease in U.S.
Insider Activity: Sell
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Recent News & Risk
• Nasdaq to settle Facebook IPO lawsuit for $26.5
Million (April 23)
• Nasdaq CEO says exchanges need to be vigilant
against bad actors
• Decline in certain investor relations and multimedia
product
• Foreign exchange rate fluctuation.
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Industry Trend
NASDAQ compared with:
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE)
Deutsche Boerse (NYSE:DBOEF)
CME Group (NYSE:CME)
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Reasons to sell
Stock Price in reaching a High
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative.
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news is negative and highly competitive industry trend
Main segment decrease in U.S.
Insider Activity: Sell
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Main Segment
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Reasons to sell
Stock Price in reaching a High
Main Segment is weak in U.S.
Weak Rev growth and High Debt to Equity
Recent news is negative and highly competitive industry trend
Nasdaq Q1 Earning Analysis is negative
Insider Activity: Sell
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Insider Activity
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Future Strategy
• NASDAQ will continue to attract many of the new
economy including those as those in green energy like
SolarEdge Technology.
• Their most recent acquisition, Dorsey Wright to the
information service segment have pretty visible
development during the quarter
• To set up a good relationship with client, they are
testing their beta version platform and now is in the
final stage
• Strengthen their main segment (Market service)
• One of their restructure plan is to move both Marketing
and Accounting to operations.
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Conclusion
Current Price: $48.26
Fair Value(base): $47.90
Downside: -1%
Recommendation: Sell 50%
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• 8:00 am exam
• In the other classroom
• Mdna, 10k,go find F/S,B/S, Notes, what’s in
those things.
Editor's Notes
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The NASDAQ Composite is a stock market index of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the NASDAQ stock market. Along with the Dow Jones Average and S&P 500 it is one of the three most-followed indices in US stock markets. The composition of the NASDAQ Composite is heavily weighted towards information technology companies.
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2. NDAQ operate a variety of listing platforms around the world to provide multiple global capital raising solutions for private and public companies. Companies listed on our markets represent a diverse array of industries including, among others, health care, consumer products, telecommunication services, information technology, financial services, industrials and energy. Our main listing markets are The NASDAQ Stock Market and the Nasdaq Nordic and Nasdaq Baltic exchanges. Companies seeking to list securities on The NASDAQ Stock Market must meet minimum listing requirements, including specified financial and corporate governance criteria. Once listed, companies must meet continued listing standards. The NASDAQ Stock Market currently has three listing tiers: The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market and The NASDAQ Capital Market. All three market tiers maintain rigorous listing and corporate governance standards (both initial and ongoing).
As of December 31, 2014, a total of 2,782 companies listed securities on The NASDAQ Stock Market, with 1,549 listings on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, 627 on The NASDAQ Global Market and 606 on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
3. Data Products
Our data products enhance transparency and provide critical information to professional and non-professional investors. We collect, process and create information and earn revenues as a distributor of our own, as well as select, third-party content. We provide varying levels of quote and trade information to market participants and to data distributors, who in turn provide subscriptions for this information. Our systems enable distributors to gain direct access to our market depth, index values, mutual fund valuation, order imbalances, market sentiment and other analytical data. Revenues from data products are subscription-based and are generated primarily based on the number of data subscribers and distributors of our data.
Index Licensing and Services
Our Index Licensing and Services business is a leading index provider that develops and licenses Nasdaq branded indexes, associated derivatives and financial products. We also provide custom calculation services for third-party clients. License fees for our trademark licenses vary by product based on a percentage of underlying assets, dollar value of a product issuance, number of products or number of contracts traded. We also license cash-settled options, futures and options on futures on our indexes.
4. Our Technology Solutions segment includes our Corporate Solutions and Market Technology businesses.
Corporate Solutions
Our Corporate Solutions business serves corporate clients, including companies listed on our exchanges. We help organizations manage the two-way flow of information with their key constituents, including their board members and investors, and with clients and the public through our suite of advanced technology, analytics, and consultative services.
We provide Corporate Solutions products and services in the following key areas:Investor Relations. We offer investor relations content, analytics, advisory services and communications tools. Our solutions make it easier for companies to interact and communicate with analysts and investors while meeting corporate governance and disclosure requirements.
•Public Relations. We offer solutions to help clients identify, reach, monitor and measure their public relations program. We provide traditional and social media contacts data, backed by over 100 research analysts. Our press release distribution, webcasting and media players allow clients to reach global audiences cost-effectively. Our suite of technology solutions and expert analysts help clients monitor key news media for their brand, reputation, products, as well as industry competitors, and measure the success of their communications programs.
•Multimedia Solutions. We offer a range of services to reach internal and external audiences, including webcasting, webinars, media player, and investor relations websites. Our global scale provides regional expertise and local language support as well as proprietary distribution channels and access to our network of publishing partners.
•Governance. We offer a secure collaboration platform for boards of directors or any team collaborating on confidential initiatives. Our solutions protect sensitive data and facilitate productive collaboration, so board members and teams can work faster and more effectively. We also provide enterprise governance, risk and compliance software solutions that harness disparate business processes and content to promote efficiency, transparency and control.
Market Technology
Powering more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, our Market Technology business is a leading global technology solutions provider and partner to exchanges, clearing organizations, central securities depositories, regulators, banks, brokers and corporate businesses. Our Market Technology business is the sales channel for our complete global offering to other marketplaces.
The recent huge decrease there on Jan 29th, because their 2014 4th quarter earning report shows their EPS beat by the street estimate, but their revenue is lower than the same quarter last year, because of their merge and acquisition related expense increase a lot, which is $35 million compare to $5 milion last year
Oct 26, Q3 earning release 2014 & Brokers Group Sees Conflict in Vote for Nasdaq System, NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Longstanding concerns about the governance of key data processors used in U.S. stock and options trading erupted on Tuesday when a lobby for the brokerage industry urged a conflict of interest be resolved before a scheduled vote on Wednesday.
April 23
We repurchased $30 million of stock in the first quarter, bringing our repurchases since resuming our buyback program in second quarter of 2014, to $208 million.
This increase in dividend reflects confidence in the stability of the profitability and cash flow of our diverse and growing businesses, our ambition to grow our dividend over time,
EBITDA offset increased borrowings on the revolver to fund a portion of the Dorsey Wright acquisition.
1. April 23 (Reuters) - In a first for a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq OMX Group on Thursday agreed to pay $26.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its bungling of Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering, the plaintiffs' lawyers said.
The lawsuit said Nasdaq violated federal and state laws by not disclosing technology weaknesses in its IPO systems and failing to properly design and test them for the Facebook offering.
2. We have to have the assumption that bad actors will try to do bad things within the market," Greifeld said in an interview. Greifeld said that new types of surveillance methods, such as pattern recognition software, make it easer to spot the type of activities the UK trader was accused of executing.
From their 1st quarter earning release call In market services on page 8, we saw a $6 million or 3% operational decrease in net revenues which was compounded by $14 million negative FX impact, resulting in a reported revenue decline of 10%.
Equity derivatives trading and clearing net revenues fell $10 million due to lower US equity options industry volumes and average capture
We started with customers who indicated they are primarily trading in the dark because of the high cost of access, or take fees.