Largest $ Movers of Note - StreetInsider.com - 02/01/2007

February 1, 2007 12:06 PM EST
UPWARD MOVERS:
CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) +$8.44; Reports Q4 EPS of $0.61, 5 cents better than estimates. Revenues were $87.0 million vs. $80.15 million consensus.

Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) +$7.03; Reports Q4 earnings of $0.78 per share, ex-items, 10 cents better than estimates. Revenues came in at $899.2 million versus the consensus of $851 million.

WebEx (Nasdaq: WEBX) +$6.39; Reports Q4 earnings of $0.42 per share, ex-items, 4 cents better than estimates. Revenues came in at $101.9 million versus the consensus of $101.3 million. Sees Q1 EPS of $0.39-$0.41 versus the consensus of $0.38. Sees FY07 EPS of $1.60-$1.70 versus previous guidance of $1.55-$1.65 and the consensus of $1.62.

The Children\'s Place Retail Stores (Nasdaq: PLCE) +$5.29; Announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 28, 2006. Also, the Company anticipates fiscal 2007 earnings per share of approximately $3.55 to $3.65. (Current FY07 EPS consensus is $3.14)

American Standard Companies (NYSE: ASD) +$3.32; Reports Q4 results. Announces Plan to Separate Its Three Businesses.


DOWNWARD MOVERS:
Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) -$9.60; Reports Q4 EPS of $3.18, versus the consensus of $2.92. Revenues ex-tac came in at $2.23 billion versus the consensus of $2.19 billion. A number of analysts raised their price targets.

Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) -$4.14; Stock falling in sympathy with GOOG.

Tractor Supply (Nasdaq: TSCO) -$3.39; reports Q4 earnings of $0.72 per share, versus the consensus of $0.71. Revenues came in at $629.9 million versus the consensus of $633.9 million. Sees FY07 EPS of $2.45-$2.52 versus the consensus of $2.61. Sees FY07 revenues of $2.7-$2.74 billion versus the consensus of $2.72 billion.

W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. (NYSE: WPL) -$3.20; The Board of Directors of announced that William P. Stewart, Chairman of the Board, will resume his former role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company. John Russell, who was named interim CEO in April, 2006, is retiring but will remain as a valued consultant and a member of the Board of Directors.

Sepracor, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) -$2.07; Stock continues lower after yesterday\'s earnings report. This morning, Lehman Bros. downgrades SEPR to Equalweight.

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