Archive for August, 2010

Alphatrade.com (APTD) – Micro-Cap Buzz Stock

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Shares of Alphatrade.com (OTCBB: APTD) were up more than 60 percent from Monday’s closing price in afternoon trading on Tuesday. Over the past few weeks, Alphatrade has been featured in several penny stock newsletters, most of which have touted the company as “setting itself up for what looks like a major breakout.”

Most recently, Alphatrade issued a press release announcing that the company was “pleased” with its cash flow positive position.
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“Our growth can be described as proficient, we offer cost effective solutions to both corporate and retail users. In addition, it is our goal in these tough economic times, to offer dollar-for-dollar the best product in the market.” stated CEO Gordon Muir in a statement.

Alphatrade’s revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $892,395,  49 percent lower than the $1,751,146 in revenue the company reported for the same period in 2009. The sharp drop was largely due to a 74 percent decline in advertising revenue, which shrunk to $263,001 in the quarter from $1,045,846 in the same period a year ago.

Despite the drop in revenue, Alphatrade managed to swing to a profit of  of $62,692 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to a loss of ($310,179) for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The company also saw a 69 percent increase in revenue from sales of its E-Trax tool and web site development programs. Revenue from these products was $88,496 during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 compared to $52,442 for the same period in 2009.

According to a recent press release, Alphatrade.com is preparing to report “a positive 2nd Quarter cash flow subsequent to positive 1st Quarter cash flow reported earlier this year.”

AlphaTrade was incorporated in 1998 and currently has 16 employees committed to sales, marketing, customer service, programming, coding and general administration.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN) – Micro-cap Buzz Stock of the Day

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

We first featured Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN) in early June after the Company announced on that it filed the first of a series of patent applications for its clean-tech CO2 based Gas to Liquids (GTL) fuel technology for transforming a combination of natural gas and carbon dioxide (CO2) directly into gasoline. Shares were up nearly 70 percent that day.

Shares of Carbon Sciences were up again today — trading roughly 37 percent higher than Monday’s closing price, in morning trading on Tuesday.
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The company announced the successful synthesis of a proprietary raw catalyst, an essential step toward demonstrating commercial feasibility of Carbon Sciences’ GTL technology.

“A fully active and stable catalyst will be the key to our success,” said Dr. Naveed Aslam, inventor of the technology. “Synthesizing our proprietary raw catalyst is a vital step in a multi-stage catalyst synthesis and activation process,” he added.

GTL is a complimentary refinery processes that converts natural gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons into longer chain hydrocarbons such as gasoline. Carbon Sciences has estimated that they can produce 138 billion gallons of gasoline a year (the annual amount used in the U.S.) with 23 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 586 million tons of CO2 without using crude oil or competing with current natural gas consumption.

“The production of this catalyst is the actual laboratory scale implementation of the catalyst formulation and its synthesis process disclosed in the patent,” said Byron Elton, CEO of Carbon Sciences, Inc. in a statement. “It is a major step forward for us.”

Guanwei Recycling Corp. (GPRC) – Buzz Stock of the Day

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Shares of Chinese polyethylene manufacturer, Guanwei Recycling Corp. (Nasdaq: GPRC) were up more than 20 percent from Tuesday’s closing price in morning trading on Monday. Trading volume was more than 10 times the company’s three-month average.

“China, right now is the biggest plastic importer in the world,” said Guanwei Recycling’s VP of marketing Liya Wu, in an interview with TheStreet.com. “Our annual import of plastic waste is about…5 million tons to 7 million tons. So it’s really the biggest market. China is not only the biggest market not only in the volume of the plastic manufacturer, but also as a plastic products exporter, and we are the biggest recycler of plastics.”
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Guanwei Recycling generates most of its business from Europe. Most recently, the company announced a sales contract with Sunshine Handels & Consulting GmbH, a leading German recycling company, for the purchase of 25,000 tons of LDPE waste through June 2011, which will be converted into recycled LDPE at Guanwei’s clean tech facilities in Fuqing City. Europe, has a “higher waste classification system” than the U.S., according to Wu.

Guanwei is currently focused on increasing its environmental protection levels, and increasing its manufacturing capacity, according to Wu.

For the three months ended March 31, 2010, net revenue was $9,494,226, representing a 58.01% decrease from net revenue of $22,611,689 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. This sharp decrease was primarily caused by the fact that, unlike the first quarter of 2009, Guanwei did not sell any raw materials or purchased recycled LDPE during the first quarter of 2010.

Shares are currently trading about about 21 percent lower than the company’s 52-week high of $5.70.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NVMI) – Buzz Stock of the Day

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Shares of metrology solutions provider, Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq: NVMI) surged as much as 27 percent from Monday’s closing price, in morning trading on Tuesday after the company announced record revenue in the second quarter, which topped analysts’ estimates.

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2010 were $19.4 million, an increase of 179% relative to the second quarter of 2009, and an increase of 22% relative to the first quarter of 2010.Gross margin for the second quarter of 2010 was 54%, compared with 41% in the second quarter of 2009, and 51% in the first quarter of 2010. Net income for the quarter was $4.7 million, or 18 cents per share.
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Analysts were looking for 12 cents a share profit on $16.9 million in revenue.

“Q2 was an excellent quarter, with record levels of revenues, profitability and operating cash flow” commentedGabi Seligsohn, President and CEO of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. in a statement. “These results demonstrate the success of our strategy which has focused on expanding our product offering, increasing our fab foot print and displacing traditional metrology techniques with our differentiated products.”

The company’s revised revenue guidance for 2010 is $78 million to$85 million. Based on this revenue guidance, the company is also guiding to net profitability of between 21 percent and 24 percent for the full-year.

Analysts on average were expecting $64 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

FSI International, Inc. (FSII) – Buzz Stock of the Day

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Shares of semiconductor equipment maker, FSI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSII) were up as much as 14 percent from Friday’s closing price, in morning trading on Monday. Last month, FSI International released strong third quarter results, driven by an 86 percent in revenue, over the previous year, topping the Street’s estimates of $28.1 million, and about in the middle of FSI International’s guidance range of $27 million to $29 million.

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Revenue for the quarter jumped to $28.7 million from $15.4 million in the prior-year quarter.Profit for the quarter was $5.9 million, or 18 cents a share,  compared to a loss of $2.8 million, or 9 cents a share, in a year earlier.

Sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 increased 71 percent to $62.2 million, compared to $36.3 million for the same period of fiscal 2009. The company’s net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 was $6.4 million, or $0.20 per share, as compared to a net loss of $17.6 million, or $0.57 per share for the first nine months of fiscal 2009.

FSI International said it expects orders in the fourth quarter to range between $27 million to $30 million and net income between $5 million and $6 million.