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Buzz Stock of the Day – Endwave (ENWV)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Earlier today, Microsemi Corp. (Nasdaq: MSCC) announced that it acquired a defense electronics and security business from our Buzz Stock of the Day — Endwave Corp. (Nasdaq: ENWV) — for $28 million in cash and the assumption of specified liabilities.

Endwave’s D&S group has developed many innovative, state of the art products and has won several contracts to supply these products on major systems projects with many current Microsemi customers such as Boeing, Cobham, L3, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

Shares of Endwave were up as much as 51 percent today on the news.

Later today, Endwave announced results for the first quarter.

Revenues were $12.0 million for the first quarter of 2009, compared with $14.2 million for the first quarter of 2008 and $9.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. Net loss, calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), for the first quarter of 2009 was $3.7 million, or $0.39 per share, compared with net loss for the first quarter of 2008 of $1.9 million, or $0.21 per share, and net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 of $11.1 million, or $1.19 per share.Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2009 was $1.6 million, or $0.17 per share, compared with non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2008 of $603,000, or $0.07 per share, and non-GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 of $3.0 million, or $0.32 per share.

“We reported two very positive events today,” said Ed Keible, Endwave’s CEO and President. “First, we were pleased to see our overall revenues expand, compared to Q4 2008, driven primarily by demand from our key telecom customer. Second, Microsemi Corporation acquired the assets of our non-telecom products business. The decision to divest our non-telecom operations was a difficult decision for us, as we believe that this business has great promise. However, Microsemi has the scale and funding needed to take this business to the next level, the price offered by Microsemi was one we determined to be in the best interests of our stockholders, and we believe this transaction may help clear the way for other strategic alternatives that may be available for our communication products business.”

Endwave, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of radio frequency (RF) modules that enable the transmission, reception, and processing of high frequency signals in telecommunication networks, defense electronics, homeland security systems, electronic instrumentation, and other applications that require high frequency RF circuitry and subsystems.

For the trailing-12-month period, Endwave earned $6.32 per share on revenue of $58.2 million. The company has about $40 million of cash in the bank, and a small float (9.12 million shares).

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Buzz Stock of the Day – Sharps Compliance (SMED)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Our Buzz Stock of the Day — Sharps Compliance Corp. (OTCBB: SCOM) — provides medical waste disposal solutions for the healthcare industry and U.S. consumers. The Houston-based company’s flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System, is used to dispose of medical waste including hypodermic needles, lancets and other medical devices and objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin.

Sharps Compliance Corp. reported a sharp increase in Q3 profits, thanks in large part to a recently announced $40 million contract with an agency of the U.S. Government Customer billings. Revenue for the third quarter increased to $6 million, from $2.9 million a year earlier. Revenue for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2009 increased 35 percent to $13.6 million, compared to the same period last year.

“Our third quarter results reflect the success of our full-service medical waste management solutions and the business model that we have developed as we execute our first large scale government contract,” said the company’s chairman and CEO, Dr. Burton J. Kunik. “We have created a convenient, cost-effective and safe method to properly dispose of medical and pharmaceutical waste in locations outside of the hospital setting to include homes, alternative care facilities, retail clinics, industrial and commercial facilities and emergency management programs.”

Gross margin for the quarter was 59.2 percent, compared to 49 percent a year earlier. Operating income, or profit realized from the company’s operations, was $2 million or 33.2 percent of revenue for the quarter, compared with an operating loss of $100,000 for same period a year ago.

As of March 31st, Sharps Compliance Corp. had $3.6 million in working capital, up from $1.9 million at June 30, 2008. Total assets increased to $11.8 million, from $5.7 million at june30, 2008.

There is a growing interest for the company’s RXTakeAway(TM) line of products, according to a recent earnings release.

“We believe our new line of products address a very serious disposal issue in the country that is currently harming our environment and placing our children at risk,” said Kunik. “Our existing solutions and infrastructure are uniquely positioned to facilitate the proper and cost-effective disposal of unused medications in the consumer / community markets.”

The company has a very small float — only 5.6 million shares, and has outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 52-weeks. Sharps has quarterly earnings growth (yoy) of 317 percent, and earned about $1.6 million, on revenue of $13.3 million (ttm).

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Buzz Stock of the Day – Hemispherx Biopharma (HEB)

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Shares of niche makers of antiviral products were up on Monday following news that we could be facing a global pandemic of the swine flu virus.

Our Buzz Stock of the Day — Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (AMEX: HEB) — was up more than 43 percent at 2:15 p.m. EST.

The Philadelphia-based company’s flagship products include Alferon N Injection(r) (FDA approved for a category of sexually transmitted diseases) and the experimental therapeutics, Ampligen(r) and Oragens.

Hemispherx just announced that it received notice of an Annual Report prepared by a director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) to the governing organization of the Japanese Ministry of Health that reported a series of successful preclinical studies in new pandemic vaccines that rely critically on Ampligen, the company’s experimental RNA nucleic acid being developed for globally important immune system disorders.

Hemispherx’s Japanese partner, Biken Corp., recently completed a series of preclinical tests on Ampligen that were necessary to complete a new product registration in Japan.

The Company also recently completed enrollment of a Phase II flu prevention clinic study in Australia.

Shares of HEB are up about 100% over the past 3 months.

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Buzz Stock of the Day – Providence Service Corp. (PRSC)

Monday, April 20th, 2009

The Providence Service Corp. (Nasdaq: PRSC) stated today that it expects first quarter earnings per share of at least $0.35, a dime higher than the First Call consensus of $0.25. The social services management company stated it expects revenue or between $180 million and $185 million, higher than the $179.7 million analyst consensus.

Earlier this month, the Tuscon-based company announced that its Logisticare subsidiary won a $300 million contract from the New Jersey Department of Human Services to provide non-emergency transportation services for the fee-for-service in selected counties in New Jersey. The contract is expected to take effect on July 1, 2009, and has an initial term of three years with two, one-year renewal options that run through 2014.

Shortly before the contract was announced, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst, Mark Hughes upgraded his rating on the stock to ‘buy,’ from ‘neutral. Hughes has a $12.00 price target on PRSC.

We like PRSC because the company generates cash from operations, has a small float and has year-over-year revenue growth of about 80 percent. The Providence Service Corp.’s 2008 revenue increased 143 percent to $691.7 million from $285.2 million a year earlier. Excluding a $169.9 million and an expense related to accelerated vesting, the company generated EBITDA of $39.1 million from $30.7 million a year earlier.

Shares of PRSC are up almost 500% since the onset of 2009.

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Buzz Stock of the Day – Antigenics (AGEN)

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Last month, cancer vaccine developer, Antigenics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGEN) announced that its personalized cancer treatment, Oncophage(R) was granted a positive recommendation by the Committee for Orphan Medical Products (COMP) of the Europen Medicines Agency (EMEA) for orphan drug designation for the treatment of giloma, a life-threatening cancer that starts in the brain or spine.

Results from a Phase 1, 12 patient investigator-sponsored study, showed that the overall median survival was approximately ten and a half months, with four patients surviving beyond 12 months and one patient surviving almost two and a half years.

This compares with survival based on historical experiences in a similar patient population, which is in the range of six and a half months. The company is currently enrolling patients for the Phase 2 portion of the study, which is ongoing and has enrolled about two-third of its target patients, according to Antigenics’ chairman and CEO, Garo Armen, PhD.

Oncophage is already approved as an adjuvant treatment for early stage kidney cancer in Russia, where the company is still seeking commercial partners and government reimbursement. Russia has only recently launched proprietary products from western companies, and there are additional uncertainties including the company securing the necessary partnerships and government funds to successfully launch the product.

Antigenics’ bread and butter is its licensing revenue from QS-21, an adjuvant that’s used in various vaccines. Antigenics’ licensees include GlaxoSmithKline and Elan. There are currently 16 vaccines that cover a number of indications including non-smal cell lung cancer, malaria, HIV, melanoma, and influenza that use QS-21. GSK’s malaria vaccine, which uses the adjuvant, should enter a phase 3 study across Africa in the “very near term,” according to Armen.

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