Research

At B. Riley, our research process is an interactive one where we perform extensive due diligence on companies until the analyst develops the knowledge base and understanding of the company and the industry to make a recommendation. Our analysts continuously monitor industry developments and communicate with the management, competitors, suppliers and customers of the companies we follow, regularly communicating our findings through Research Updates and daily Morning Notes.

While we do not necessarily publish research on all of the companies we review, the knowledge base and understanding of many of our monitored companies parallels that of our covered companies. We actively cover over 100 companies and monitor an additional 100. Our analysts cover small to mid-cap companies that are under-followed or misunderstood by Wall Street. We believe that the pricing of small cap equities is frequently inefficient, and therefore provides the greatest potential rewards to diligent security analysis.

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This Week's Research

  • 02/09/12 Morning Note B. Riley & Co. Morning Notes: AKAM, API, AXTI, CALD, CYS, GRPN, KONA, Optical Component Industry, PPC, RGC, SIX
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  • 02/09/12 Update SIX (Buy; $62.00 PT): Increases dividend by 10x on heels of large buyback authorization; changing valuation methodology to reflect high dividend payout;…
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  • 02/09/12 Update CYS (Neutral; $13.50 PT): Largely in-line quarter; leaving estimates materially unchanged, but PT rises from $13.00 to $13.50 on decline in required…
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  • 02/09/12 Update GRPN (Sell; $13.00 PT) Reports revenues of $507 million vs. RILY $467.4 million/ consensus $475 million; 1Q12 revenue growth guidance lower than expected;…
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  • 02/09/12 Update AKAM (Neutral; $35.00 PT): Strong Quarter with Favorable Reacceleration Trends; Increasing Estimates with PT Increasing from $34 to $35; Maintain…
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  • 02/09/12 Flash Report SPA (Flash Research): December Quarter In Line; Raising Estimates on Growing Backlog and Traction in New Business Development
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  • 02/09/12 Update CALD (Neutral; $7.00): Reports In Line Q4 Results; Lowering Estimates on Higher Operating Expense Assumptions; Maintain “Neutral” Rating
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  • 02/08/12 Morning Note B. Riley & Co. Morning Notes: ATNY, BWLD, CSTR, GLUU, LIOX, LTRE, NFLX, OPNT, OPXT, ROVI, VCLK, VTSS
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  • 02/08/12 Update VTSS (Buy; $4.80 PT): Event: New products gathering momentum; Lowering FY13 estimates while raising PT from $4.50 to $4.80; Maintain “Buy"
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  • 02/08/12 Update OPXT (Buy; $1.55 PT): Event: Ramping production capacity and should reach pre-floods level by the June quarter; Lowering EPS estimates; Raising PT…
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  • 02/08/12 Update LTRE (Buy; $7.50 PT): Event: FQ1 ’12 Beat Overshadowed by Weak Q2 Guidance; Lowering Estimates; Lowering Price Target From $10.25 to $7.50
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  • 02/08/12 Update OPNT (Neutral; $34.50 PT): Reports Q3 ’12 Results Short of Consensus; Lowering Estimates and Price Target; Maintain “Neutral” Rating
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  • 02/08/12 Update VCLK (Buy; $25.00 PT): Strong Quarter and Much More to Come as Sales Coverage Improves; Raising Estimates and Increasing Price Target from $22 to…
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  • 02/08/12 Update BWLD (Neutral; $65.00 PT): Event: Wing costs even greater than anticipated, but so are sales; hazy guidance reiterated
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  • 02/08/12 Update GLUU (Buy; $5.00 PT): Beat and Raise Driven by Smartphone Strength from New Titles
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  • 02/08/12 Update LIOX (Buy; $4.50 PT): Reports Mixed Q4 Results; Lowering Estimates and Price Target; Reiterate "Buy" Rating
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  • 02/07/12 Update AGNC (Buy; $33.00 PT): Neither Q411 shortfall nor dividend cut alter our projections; Lowering price target from $33.50 to $33.00 - merely a 'mechanical’…
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  • 02/07/12 Morning Note B. Riley & Co. Morning Notes: ACW, CALD, CSTR, GHDX, GSM, OCLR, OPXT, SABA, STMP, VSAT, VTSS
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  • 02/07/12 Update VSAT (Buy; $72.00 PT): Q3 (Dec) light but only minor adjustments to model as Exede by ViaSat ramps
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  • 02/06/12 Update ACW (Buy; $13.00 PT): Truck Orders and Outlook from Truck OEMs Tracking In Line; Trimming Margin Assumptions; Continue to See 2H12 as Margin Inflection…
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  • 02/06/12 Update GHDX (Neutral; $28.00 PT) Q4 and FY 2011 revs in line, earnings $0.01 light; newly issued 2012 guidance illustrates reinvestment priorities; Announces…
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  • 02/06/12 Desk Report CSTR (Buy; $100.00 PT): Reports EPS of $1.00 vs. RILY $0.65/consensus $0.64; raising FY12 estimate from $3.69 to $4.16, initiating FY13 estimate of…
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  • 02/06/12 Update GSM (Buy; $19.75 PT): Reports EBITDA of $30.8MM vs. RILY $29.5MM/consensus $32.3MM Monday pre-market; raising 2012/’13 adjusted EBITDA estimates…
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  • 02/06/12 Update ARR (Sell; $6.60 PT): Lowering estimates and rating, from Neutral to Sell, given potential near term dilution, disappointing Q4 2011 results and greater…
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  • 02/06/12 Update VSAT (Buy; $72.00 PT): Raising price target from $50.00 to $72.00 as ViaSat-1 set to Exede expectations
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  • 02/06/12 Earnings Preview Q4 '11 Earnings Preview - Sorted By Company Name
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  • 02/06/12 Update SIMO (Buy; $32.00 PT): SIMO beats Again; raising FY ’12 EPS from $1.44 to $1.84; increasing PT from $25.55 to $32.00
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  • 02/06/12 Earnings Preview Q4 '11 Earnings Preview - Sorted By Date
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  • 02/06/12 Update BWLD (Neutral; $56.00 PT): Long-term growth likely to stay intact, but may take a hiatus in FY’12
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02/09/12

Analyst Sameet Sinha on “Inside Yahoo: Less Show, More Sell” with the Wall Street Journal

Sameet Sinha, an Internet analyst at B. Riley & Co., said one way for Yahoo to get closer to people’s “purchase decisions” and take a cut of transactions would…

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02/08/12

Analyst Sameet Sinha on “Alibaba Suspended as Buyback of Yahoo (YHOO) Stake Looms With Loan”

Alibaba.com Ltd. (1688) suspended its shares from trading in Hong Kong as the company prepares a statement about a transaction involving its parent, which is raising about $3 billion…

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02/08/12

Analyst Sameet Sinha Comments on Groupon (GRPN) in Investor’s Business Daily

Groupon’s (GRPN) stock plummeted in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the daily deals leader’s Q4 financial report lagged analyst expectations.  The company reported…

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02/02/12

Analyst Sameet Sinha Comments on Groupon (GRPN) in Facebook’s IPO Spotlight

A possible valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion for the world’s largest social networking company encouraged some investors to lift valuation estimates on other companies…

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