VRNM Earnings on Monday

Business: Verenium Corp, (VRNM) Verenium Corporation engages in the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. It produces fuel-grade ethanol from an array of feedstocks, including sugarcane bagasse, energy crops, agricultural waste, and wood products. The company also develops and commercializes specialty enzymes for application within the biofuels, industrial, and health and nutrition markets. It possesses an array of enzymes derived from bio-diverse environments, as well as patented DirectEvolution technologies. The company’s biofuels products include Fuelzyme-LF, Fuelzyme-CX, Purifine, Amylase-T, and Termite enzymes; industrial processes products include Luminase PB-100 and Luminase PB-200, Purifine (edible oil), and Pyrolase enzymes; and health and nutrition products consist of proteins/enzymes, such as Phyzyme Phytase, QuantumPhytase, and Bayovac SRS, as well as antibodies. Verenium has alliances with Marubeni Corporation and Tsukishima Kikai Corporation, LTD.; Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Incubator University of Florida; The University of Florida; DuPont Bio-Based Materials; New Zealand Crown Research Institutes Scion and AgResearch; Syngenta AG; BASF; Cargill Health and Food Technologies; DSM; Danisco; Bayer; Merck & Co., Inc.; Medarex; and Xoma, as well as Fermic. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Industry Group: VRNM has been assigned to the Drug (Biomedical\Genetic) Industry Group.

Sales: VRNM has annual sales of $68,000,000

Sales Growth: VRNM has a Sales Growth of 37.00% per year.

Sales Per Share (SPS): VRNM has annual sales of $1.09 per share.

Price to Sales Ratio (P/S): VRNM has a P/S of 0.53.

Shares: VRNM has 63,000,000 shares of stock outstanding.

Market Capitalization: VRNM has a Market Capitalization of $36,000,000.

3 "Pennies" for Earnings...

You might want to do some homework on these three little pennies that just might deliver so serious coins your way. During the next two weeks, On2 Technologies (ONT), Blockbuster (BBI) and Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) will be reporting earnings. Unlike large caps, these three stocks just have to meet, not even beat expectations. Additionally, if the CEO or CFO spells out a bright future, where they are repaying debt at an accelerated pace... watch out! Again, these would not be the best picks to hold. These are some pennies that could be traded even prior to the actual earnings release. SIRI and BBI especially, could run up prior to the Conference Call based on rumors and what ifs. My vote, take a quick 10 to 20 cent gain and get out fast! Those that know me best will understand this, Bulls make money, Bears make money, Pigs get slaughtered. As always, do your homework first and Happy Trading!

V-Shape Recovery

As the Stock Market surges to the best levels of 2009, I can't help but think about an article I read back in April on Forbes. Meredith Whitney warned the U.S. recession would endure and we should avoid bank stocks like the swine flu. I guess Meredith should have stayed at her cozy desk job at Oppenheimer. Meredith has started her very own financial consulting firm, where she provides research and consulting advise to individual and institutional investors. Keep in mind, she singled out our economy and blasted banks such as BAC, Bank of America. Was she right? Were we really headed towards an L shape recovery? Back on 4/6/2009 when this article hit Forbes the Dow closed down to 7,975. Today as I write this blog the Dow is surging past 9,222. A 16% gain that I hope her clients didn't miss. BAC closed at 7.48, today BAC is clicking at 14.03. Was that a double Meredith? Even the so called experts get it wrong. That's another reason I'm sticking to my trend trading!

Another day in Paradise...

Okay, I wasn't talking about the nice casual swim at the pool a few minutes ago.... Stocks! So far in the trading day, XTXI is up 23 cents from yesterday's close. Still some trading left to do in the day, however, we're looking pretty good. With three hours to go, below you will see how our picks and entry points faired against the market. Overall, 8 winners vs. 2 losers. Happy Trading!

WINNERS
XTXI entry 3.66 currently 3.86, SPP entry 3.10 currently 3.18 , S entry 3.89 currently 3.98, ZQK entry 2.06 currently 2.13, CPSL entry 2.85 currently 3.04, SAY entry 5.05 currently 5.18, SYNM entry 2.76 currently 2.97, BBI entry 0.67 currently 0.74

LOSERS
CVM entry 0.50 currently 0.50, LGF entry 5.97 currently 5.93

THANK YOU CKSW, ClickSoftware!

Clicksoftware landed us a 51% gain last week after beating the street during earnings. We channeled the stock three times in two weeks and won every time. I am now looking at SAY, Saytam Computers. First found at $3.22 on 6/26, the stock as of today is currently trading at $5.05 with earnings upcoming. This company is screaming growth!

July 30, Thursday Picks

Okay, heading into the end of the week, here are my stocks to watch!

-CVM: 0.44 at the close today. Could be next INO (Nice find Chris!, up over 300% today)
-BBI: Still like Blockbuster heading into earnings next week
-XTXI: Natural gas play, heading into earnings and Hurricane Season is upon us

Last week we saw big gains out of SAY, CKSW and SUPG. Etrade is off and running currently up 0.20 from when we found it.