StreetInsider.com Pre-Open Movers 10/25

October 25, 2006 9:27 AM EDT
StreetInsider.com Pre-Open Movers:

LifeCell Corp. (Nasdaq: LIFC) 25% LOWER; Reports Q3 earnings of $0.15 per share, 1 cent worse than estimates. Sees FY06 EPS of $0.57-$0.59 versus prior guidance of $0.59-$0.63 and the consensus of $0.61.

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. (NYSE: YCC) 17% HIGHER; announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Yankee for approximately $1.4 billion in cash.

Candela (Nasdaq: CLZR) 14% HIGHER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.13, 8 cents better than estimates.(0.05) Revenues were $33.47 million vs. $31.26 million consensus.

TASER (Nasdaq: TASR) 12% HIGHER; reports Q3 earnings of $0.04 per share, 1 cents better than estimates. Revenues came in at $18.3 million versus the consensus of $18 million

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) 11% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.05, 2 cents better than estimates.(0.03) Revenues were $2.31 billion vs. $2.25 billion consensus. Sees Q4 revenues between $3.625-3.95 billion vs. $3.68 billion consensus.

Cymer (Nasdaq: CYMI) 13.4% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.68, 3 cents better than estimates.(0.65) Revenues were $143.9 million vs. $146.99 million consensus. Sees Q4 revs of $133.8-$136.7 million versus the consensus of $153.3 million.

BTU Int'l (Nasdaq: BTUI) 13.3% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.25, 6 cents worse than estimates.(0.31) Revenues were $18.3 million vs. $21.70 million consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.22-0.27 vs. consensus of $0.32.

Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD) 11.4% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.40, 9 cents better than estimates.(0.31) Revenues were $68.3 million vs. $64.94 million consensus.

Endwave Corporation (Nasdaq: ENWV) 11.3% HIGHER; said Q3 revenues were $18.8 million for the third quarter of 2006, compared with $14.3 million for the third quarter of 2005 and $16.3 million for the second quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2006 was $2.0 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2005 of $732,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2006 of $915,000, or $0.06 per diluted share.

Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq: GNSS) 10% LOWER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.16, 2 cents better than estimates.(0.14) Revenues were $69 million vs. $69.53 million consensus. Sees Q3 revenues between $52-57 million vs. $72.2 million consensus.

CheckFree (Nasdaq: CKFR) 10% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.42, 3 cents better than estimates.(0.39) Revenues were $228.6 million vs. $229.52 million consensus. Sees Q2 EPS between $0.40-0.42 vs. $0.45 consensus. Sees Q2 revenues between $230-235 million vs. $238.3 million consensus.

Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) 9% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.62, 1 cent better than estimates.(0.61) Revenues were $198.1 million vs. $206.28 million consensus.

Electronics For Imaging (Nasdaq: EFII) 8.7% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.29, 2 cents worse than estimates.(0.31) Revenues were $138.2 million vs. $141.11 million consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.35-0.38 vs. consensus of $0.39. Sees Q4 revenues between $150-154 million vs. $151.7 million consensus.

Websense (Nasdaq: WBSN) 8% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.25, 2 cents better than estimates.(0.23) Revenues were $46.1 million vs. $45.61 million consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.24-0.25 vs. $0.23 consensus. Sees Q4 revenues between $47.5-48 million vs. $45.1 million consensus.

Leadis Technology (Nasdaq: LDIS) 8% HIGHER; reports a Q3 loss of $0.06, 8 cents better than estimates.(-.14) Revenues were $22.3 million vs. $16.51 million consensus.

QLogic (Nasdaq: QLGC) 7% HIGHER; reports Q2 (non-GAAP) EPS of $0.24, 2 cents better than estimates.(0.22) Revenues were $145.3 million vs. $141.21 million consensus.

USI Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: USIH) 6% HIGHER; said in response to an indication of interest received from a private equity firm in acquiring all of the outstanding common stock of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company has formed a Special Committee consisting of outside directors to review the proposal and consider all of the Company's options

Nutrisystem (Nasdaq: NTRI) 6% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.63, 11 cents better than estimates.(0.52) Revenues were $155 million vs. $142.15 million consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.45-0.48 vs. consensus of $0.44. Sees Q4 revenues between $123-128 million vs. $121 million consensus. Sees FY EPS between $2.21-2.24 vs. $2.09 consensus. Sees FY revenues between $558-563 million vs. $543 million consensus.

Trimble Navigation (Nasdaq: TRMB) 5.5% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.50, 3 cents better than estimates.(0.47) Revenues were $234.9 million vs. $222.42 million consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.31-0.34 ($0.40-0.43 ex-items) vs. consensus of $0.42. Sees Q4 revenues between $220-225 million vs. $217.2 million consensus.

Encore Wire (Nasdaq: WIRE) 5% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $1.51, 5 cents worse than estimates.(1.56) Revenues were $372.9 million vs. $385.23 million consensus.

RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) 5% LOWER; reports Q3 loss of $0.12 per share, which may not be comparable to the consensus of $0.17 profit. Revenues came in at $1.06 billion versus the consensus of $1.13 billion.

Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) 5% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $1.09, 2 cents better than estimates.(1.07) Revenues were $1.01 billion vs. $1.05 billion consensus. Sees Q4 EPS of $1.05 vs. $1.11 consensus. Sees 2006 organic sales growth of 2-3% vs. prior guidance of 3-5%. Sees FY07 EPS between $4.00-4.10 (including $0.12 charges) vs. $4.13 consensus.

Avaya (NYSE: AV) 4.75% HIGHER; reports Q4 EPS of $0.17, 4 cents better than estimates.(0.13) Revenues were $1.364 billion vs. $1.34 billion consensus.

KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC) 4.5% HIGHER; reports Q1 revenues of $630 million vs. $623.52 million consensus. Company to delay EPS report due to stock option grant review. Sees charge not over $400 million for option grants

Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) 4% HIGHER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.23, 6 cents better than estimates.(0.17) Revenues were $2.8 billion vs. $2.73 billion consensus. Sees FY07 EPS between $1.70-1.80 vs. consensus of $1.75. Sees FY revenues between $11.4-11.8 billion vs. $11.73 billion consensus. Company raises dividend from $0.08 to $0.10 per share.

Corning (NYSE: GLW) 3.6% LOWER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.28, 3 cents better than estimates.(0.25) Revenues were $1.28 billion vs. $1.30 billion consensus. Sees Q4 EPS between $0.26-0.29 vs. $0.27 consensus. Sees Q4 revenues between $1.28-1.33 billion vs. $1.36 billion consensus.

Actel (Nasdaq: ACTL) 3.5% HIGHER; reports Q3 EPS of $0.17, 13 cents better than estimates.(0.04) Revenues were $48.7 million vs. $47.67 million consensus.

Strayer Education (Nasdaq: STRA) 3% HIGHER; Replacing Michaels Stores (MIK) in S&P MidCap 400

Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) 2.9% LOWER; Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) reports preliminary Q3 EPS of $1.27, 24 cents better than estimates.(1.03). Sees Q4 EPS between $0.40-0.60 vs. consensus of $0.92.

Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) 2% LOWER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.32, 7 cents better than estimates.(0.25) Revenues were $194.9 million vs. $209.12 million consensus. Sees Q3 EPS between $0.25-0.30 vs. $0.40 consensus. Sees Q3 revenues between $205-215 million vs. $248.3 million consensus.

Universal American Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UHCO) INDICATED HIGHER; has received a proposal from members of management led by Richard A. Barasch, Universal American's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and private equity firms Capital Z Partners, Ltd., Lee Equity Partners, LLC, Perry Capital, LLC and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P. to acquire all of Universal American's publicly held common stock for $18.15 per share in cash.

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