CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Altera Corp. (ALTR), Xilinx Inc. (XLNX), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Omnivision Technologies (OVTI) and MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR).
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Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog:
Altera Downgraded to Strong Sell
On January 12, 2013, Zacks Investment Research downgraded Altera Corp. (ALTR) to a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Why the Downgrade?
On October 23, 2012, Altera reported third quarter earnings per share of 49 cents, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6.5% but down 14.0% from the year-ago quarter. Revenues dropped 5.0% from the year-ago quarter.
On December 4, 2012, the company announced that it expects revenue for the fourth quarter to decline 8.0%–10.0% sequentially (previously 6.0%-10.0%). The company believes that weak sales of legacy products will likely offset the increasing sales of new products. The company also expects operating expenses to grow sequentially.
Above all, Gartner's prediction for a 3.0% decline in the semiconductor market in 2012 and dwindling PC market are concerns.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2012 decreased 0.6% to $1.73 per share over the last 60 days. For 2013, most of the estimates were lowered over the last 60 days, which pulled down the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5.9% to $1.76 per share. Over the last 90 days, estimates for 2012 and 2013 dropped 3.4% and 16.2%, respectively.
Altera operates in the semiconductor industry and is a key player in the programmable logic devices (PLDs) market. Altera shares its PLD space with Xilinx Inc. (XLNX) and the two companies jointly hold roughly 85.0% market share.
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