Morning Movers 4/27: NVAX, SVA, APT, HRAY Higher; DAL, SILC, LCC, JBLU, XNPT Lower

April 27, 2009 9:54 AM EDT

Novavax (Nasdaq: NVAX) 150% HIGHER; This weekend's airwaves were occupied by the fear of the swine flu spreading across the globe. There were reported incidents of the Swine flu in several countries, causing people to take preventive measures, such as, staying away from sold out soccer games. Click here for the full report.

Sinovac Biotech (NYSE: SVA) 70.1% HIGHER; see NVAX

Alpha Pro Tech (AMEX: APT) 66.9% HIGHER; see NVAX

Hurray! Holding Co. (Nasdaq: HRAY) 65.3% HIGHER; offered $3.50/share for 51% from Chinese group.

PURE Bioscience (Nasdaq: PURE) 62.2% HIGHER; see NVAX

Dynavax Technologies (Nasdaq: DVAX) 60.4% HIGHER; see NVAX

BioCryst Pharma (Nasdaq: BCRX) 59.7% HIGHER; see NVAX

Hemispherx BioPharma (AMEX: HEB) 55.2% HIGHER; see NVAX

Cerus (Nasdaq: CERS) 46.8% HIGHER; see NVAX

Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW) 34.3% HIGHER; announced that the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted Limelight's motion for judgment as a matter of law, setting aside a prior jury verdict and ruling that Limelight does not infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,108,703 in Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM) v. Limelight Networks, Inc. (Civil Action No. 06-11109-RWZ). Limelight Networks expects this ruling to allow it to reverse expenses of approximately $66 million accrued for potential damages and interest.

Vical (Nasdaq: VICL) 32.4% HIGHER; see NVAX

AVI BioPharma (Nasdaq: AVII) 31.5% HIGHER; see NVAX

GenVec (Nasdaq: GNVC) 25% HIGHER; see NVAX

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) 21.3% LOWER; airline stocks are among the most damaged following the swine flu news.

Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ: SILC) 19.9% LOWER; today announced that it has been selected by one of the world's largest manufacturers of application acceleration solutions to supply multi-port cards for its appliances, and that, based on customer's forecasts, it expects the volume of associated purchase orders to begin ramping up gradually to an annual level of $3 million. The company also issued lower Q1 earnings.

US Airways (NYSE: LCC) 18.4% LOWER; see DAL

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) 17.3% LOWER; see DAL

UAL Corp. (Nasdaq: UAUA) 17.1% LOWER; see DAL

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) 17% LOWER; see DAL

XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) 16.7% LOWER; XNPT and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced results from a Phase II clinical trial of GSK1838262/XP13512 (gabapentin enacarbil) for neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in adults. GSK1838262 did not demonstrate a statistically significant improvement on the primary endpoint when compared to placebo, based on the change from baseline to end of treatment on the Pain Intensity-Numerical Rating Scale. Click here for the full report.

B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAV) 16.7% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.41, ex-items, 3 cents better than the analyst estimate of $0.38. Revenue for the quarter was $523.7 million, versus the consensus of $499.65 million.

Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH) 15.1% LOWER; besides airline stocks, hotel and travel stocks are also moving lower on the swine flu news.

Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) 14.6% LOWER; as a large food processor, Smithfield is tumbling on the swine flu news.

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) 13.7% LOWER; swine flu concerns

China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH) 13.2% LOWER; as a Chinese airline, this stock is getting double whammied today

Copa Holdings (NYSE: CPA) 13.1% LOWER; see ZNH

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) 11.9% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.07, versus the analyst estimate of ($0.02) and compared to $0.82 in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter was $960.4 million, versus the consensus of $1.08 billion. Lowers its Fy09 non-GAAP earnings guidance to a loss of $0.15 to a gain of $0.15. The Street is currently looking for FY09 EPS of $0.78. Lowers its quarterly cash dividend by 50% from $0.18 to $0.09 per common share.

Sonic (Nasdaq: SONC) 10.7% LOWER; downgraded to Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) 9.7% LOWER; see RCL

Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO) 9.6% HIGHER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.02, 7 cents better than the analyst estimate of ($0.05). Revenue for the quarter was $23.4 million, versus the consensus of $20.05 million.

Zhongpin (Nasdaq: HOGS) 9.1% LOWER; swine flu concerns.

Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) 7.8% HIGHER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.91, compared to $1.22 in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter was $3.6 billion, versus the consensus of $3.95 billion. Reaffirms its FY09 EPS guidance of $3.00-$4.00. The Street is currently looking for FY09 EPS of $2.78.

PrivateBancorp (Nasdaq: PVTB) 7% HIGHER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.14, versus the analyst estimate of ($0.02). Revenue for the quarter was $88.3 million, versus the consensus of $78.06 million.

Hearst-Argyle TV (NYSE: HTV) 6.6% HIGHER; announced today that it has increased the price per share that it will offer to pay for all of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. (NYSE: HTV) not already owned by Hearst from $4.00 to $4.50 in cash per share. The increased offer price represents a 12.5% increase over the original proposed offer price of $4.00 per share, a premium of approximately 115% over the closing price of the shares on March 24, 2009, the last full trading day prior to the first public announcement of Hearst's proposed offer, and a premium of approximately 154% above the average closing price of the shares for the 20 trading days immediately preceding March 24.

Humana (NYSE: HUM) 6.1% HIGHER; reports Q1 earnings of $1.22 per share, above the consensus of $1.18. Revenues came in at $7.71 billion, versus the consensus of $7.65 billion. Humana sees Q2 EPS of $1.65-$1.70 versus the consensus of $1.50. Humana sees FY09 EPS of $6.10-6.20 versus the consensus of $5.90. Sees FY09 revenues of $30-$32 billion, versus the consensus of $30.84 billion.

Get This Report Daily Here: http://www.streetinsider.com/entities/StreetInsider.com+Morning+Movers.

Related Categories

Special Reports

Stocks Mentioned

Related Entities

• Goldman Sachs
• Dividend
• StreetInsider.com Morning Movers
• Life, Style and Real Estate

Add Your Comment

Name

Subject

Body

Verification can't see the text?
click here to refresh the image.
what's this?