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T
is the twentieth letter in the alphabet, it is the most commonly
used consonant and the second most used letter in the alphabet
behind E. It is also the first letter in the ticker of our three
newest picks. Picking stocks that begin with a certain letter is
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Third
Wave Technologies (TWTI)
Website:
www.TWT.com
Develops
and markets molecular diagnostic products
Overview
Third Wave Technologies
(Nasdaq: TWTI) develops and markets molecular diagnostic
products for various DNA and RNA analysis applications to
clinical, research, and agricultural customers.
The
company offers a number of products based on its Invader®
chemistry for clinical testing. Third Wave offers in vitro
diagnostic kits, and analyte specific, general purpose, and
research use only reagents for nucleic acid analysis.
The company also develops various
DNA and RNA analysis products for the research and agricultural
biotechnology markets. Its customers include pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies, academic research centers, and health
care providers. The company markets its products through an
internal sales force, as well as collaborative relationships with
pharmaceutical companies and research institutions in the United
States and Europe.
TWTI Investor
Highlights
- Announced that
the company achieved all primary clinical endpoints in the
clinical trial for its human papillomavirus (HPV) tests.
- Reported revenue
of $26.3 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2007, an increase
of 25% from 2006. The company reported research revenue of
$4.6 million for 2007. Total revenues for the year ended Dec.
31, 2007, were $31.1 million.
- Announced the
appointment of Christopher Burton as the company’s
senior vice president of sales and marketing. Mr. Burton, 41,
brings nearly 20 years of selling and marketing experience to
his new role at Third Wave. He joins the company from GE
Healthcare.
- Recently
announced that Inverness Medical Iberica, the Spanish
affiliate of Inverness Medical Innovations, will distribute
Third Wave’s HPV high-risk
screening test in Spain and Portugal. Inverness Medical
Iberica is a leader in the marketing of diagnostics to assist
laboratory and health care professionals in both preventive
and interventional medicine.
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Titan
Machinery (TITN)
Website:
www.TitanMachinery.com
Operates
a network of 39 full service stores and two outlet stores
Overview
Titan Machinery (Nasdaq:
TITN) owns and operates a network of full service
agricultural and construction equipment stores in the United
States. It operates as the retail dealer of Case IH Agriculture
equipment and New Holland agriculture, case construction, and
construction equipment.
The company also sells and rents
agricultural and construction equipment, sells parts, and serves
the equipment operating in the areas surrounding its stores. Its
sells and services various agricultural equipment, including
application equipment and sprayers, combines and attachments, hay
and forage equipment, planting and seeding equipment, precision
farming technology, tillage equipment, and tractors.
The company also offers various
construction equipment, such as articulated trucks, compact track
loaders, compaction equipment, cranes, crawler dozers, excavators,
forklifts, loader/backhoes, loader/tool carriers, motor graders,
skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and wheel loaders for use
commercial and residential construction, road and highway
construction, and mining applications.
Its customers include farmers,
construction contractors, public utilities, municipalities, and
maintenance contractors. The Company currently operates a network
of 39 full service stores and two outlet stores located in the
upper Midwest.
TITN Investor
Highlights
- Recently
announced that it has acquired Ceres Equipment Inc., a farm
equipment dealership of CaseIH and New Holland brands in
Roseau, MN.
- Announced third
quarter, revenue increased 67% to $132 million from $79
million.
- Gross profit for
the third quarter increased 54% to $20 million, compared to
$13 million in the prior year.
- Operating income
for the third quarter was $6.0 million compared to $2.8
million in the same period a year ago.
- Net income for
the third quarter was $2.7 million, or $0.36 per diluted
share, versus net income of $0.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted
share, for the third quarter last year.
- For the nine
months ended October 31, 2007, revenue increased $89.2
million, or 42.8%, to $297.8 million from revenue of $208.6
million in the same period last year. Net income was $4.9
million, or $0.72 per diluted share, for the period, compared
to net income of $2.3 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, in
the same period last year.
- The Company
currently anticipates revenue for the fourth quarter to
increase by approximately 50% to 60%, as compared to the same
period a year ago, to $127 million to $135 million. Earnings
per diluted share for the fourth quarter are expected to be in
the range of $0.01 to $0.03 per diluted share, which includes
one-time IPO-related debt conversion and retirement costs of
$3.8 million or $0.20 per diluted share. Excluding these
costs, the Company expects earnings per diluted share to be in
the range of $0.21 to $0.23.
- Announced that
it has acquired Avoca Implement and Greenfield Implement, two
CaseIH farm equipment dealerships in Southwest Iowa.
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Tetra
Tech (TTEK)
Website:
www.TetraTech.com
Has
Over 275 Offices Worldwide
Overview
Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) is a
leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services. TTEK
provides environmental water/wastewater management, infrastructure services,
communications support, systems support, security design, and outsourced
technical services. Tetra Tech currently has approximately 8,500 employees
located in more than 275 offices worldwide.
The company operates in three segments:
Resource Management, Infrastructure, and Communications. The Resource
Management segment focuses on water resource management. It supports high
priority government programs for water quality improvement, environmental
restoration and productive reuse of defense facilities, and strategic
environmental resource planning. This segment offers services to various
projects that focus on surface water, groundwater, waste management, project
management, and regulatory compliance.
The Infrastructure segment engages in the
development of water infrastructure projects; institutional facilities;
commercial, recreational, and leisure facilities; transportation projects;
and systems and security projects.
The Communications segment offers technical
solutions to design and build communications infrastructure projects. It
provides engineering, permitting, site acquisition, and construction
management services. Tetra Tech serves state and local governments; federal,
state, and local government agencies; commercial and international
customers; telecommunications companies; and cable operators.
TTEK Investor
Highlights
- Recently awarded contract
to design, construct and operate remedial systems in preparation for
development of 168 acres consisting of more than one million square feet
of retail space, more than 1,300 residential units and 300 hotel rooms.
- Announced it won a $150
million contract from utility PacifiCorp to install three wind energy
projects in Wyoming. Work on the three projects will begin immediately
and is expected to be complete in December 2008.
- Recently announced that it
is one of multiple contractors awarded the U.S. Air Force Center for
Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) 4P A-E 08 contract with a
program ceiling of $3 billion. Under this five-year, indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity contract, Tetra Tech will provide
architect-engineering (A-E) services to administer, coordinate, and
technically support environmental, military construction, military
family housing, and facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization
(SRM) programs of interest to the government worldwide.
- Announced that it has
completed the tuck-in acquisitions of two consulting/engineering firms
in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Combined, the two firms have
annual revenue of about $19 million and add about 130 new employees to
the Company.
- Announced its fiscal
first-quarter profit jumped 37 percent on the back of strong demand for
its consulting, engineering and technical services. Income for the
quarter ended Dec. 30 rose to $12.9 million, or 22 cents per share, from
$9.4 million, or 16 cents per share, the prior-year quarter. Revenue was
up 27 percent year over year to $470.4 million from $369.2 million.
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