EdgeWater 11/11/2010 11:18:06 PM
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Hot US Stocks Alert (ARIA, DISH, CAR)

Hot US Stocks Alert

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) fell 0.54% to $3.67. This week, the company reported third quarter net loss of $20.4 million or $0.18 per share, compared to a loss of $20.81 million or $0.21 per share last year.

On average, 8 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report loss of $0.12 per share. Analysts’ estimates typically exclude special items.

Total revenue declined to $1.24 million from $2.16 million in the prior year quarter.

Seven analysts estimated revenues of $1.40 million.

DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) jumped 0.80% to $20.07. Last week, the company said that its net profit in the quarter was $245 million, or 55 cents per share, up from $81 million, or 18 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts were looking for 42 cents a share.

Revenue rose 10 percent to $3.21 billion, compared with analysts' expectations of $3.15 billion.

Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the range of $17.32-$24.16.

Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE:CAR) went up 2.89% and closed at $13.87. Last week, the company posted a higher third-quarter profit as a recovering economy boosted travel demand, and said it expects volume increases to continue through the rest of the year.

For the third quarter, Avis' net income rose to $90 million, or 73 cents a share, from $57 million, or 54 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 3 percent to $1.51 billion.

Analysts on average had expected earnings of 76 cents a share, on revenue of $1.51 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.   

The stock went up more than 5% year-to-date.

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