EdgeWater 10/21/2010 11:02:26 PM
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Earnings in Spotlight (ETFC, ETR, RAI)

Earnings in Spotlight

E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) is trading at $14.44 and decreased 2.10% from the previous day’s close. The company reported that it swung to a third quarter profit of $8 million, or 3 cents a share, from a loss of $855 million, or $6.74 a share, in the same quarter last year.

Revenue dropped to $489 million from $575 million. Analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of 3 cents per share on revenue of $317.43 million.

Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the range of $11.15-$19.90. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company is $3.19 billion.

Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) dropped 1.37% to $76.05. The company said Thursday its third-quarter earnings climbed to $492.9 million, or $2.62 a share, from $455.2 million, or $2.32 a share, in the year-ago period.

Revenue increased to $3.33 billion, from $2.94 billion. Wall Street analysts expected Entergy to earn $2.60 a share, on revenue of $3.44 billion, according to a survey by FactSet Research.

The stock went down more than 8% year-to-date.

Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE:RAI) lost 0.83% to $62.48. The company said Thursday its third-quarter net profit rose to $381 million, or $1.30 a share, from $362 million, or $1.24 a share, in the same period a year ago.

Sales rose 4% to $2.24 billion. The firm reaffirmed and tightened its adjusted earnings-per-share guidance for 2010, and now expects $4.95 to $5.05 versus prior guidance of $4.90 to $5.05.

The stock opened at $63.31 and is trading within the range of $62.26-$63.31. The stock made its fresh 52-week high of $63.31.

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