Oxen Group’s Buying NSM

Oxen Group’s Buying NSM

Courtesy of David at Oxen Group

The Oxen Group, for Friday, is looking at perhaps a sideways day at this point. There is not a lot of economic data coming out, and the news was light in after hours. Futures are trading right around no gains or losses. Therefore, it appears to be a market that will move on news for sectors and stocks, either way. One company that could have a nice day tomorrow is National Semiconductors Corp. (NSM). The company reported what might appear to be extremely weak earnings, dropping 150% in profits from one year ago, posting a $64 million loss for the company’s latest quarter. However, there was a lot of bullish information that came with the earnings. Expectations were very low for NSM. The Oxen Group had predicted an EPS of -0.43, while the company hit -0.28. The company also had some other bullish reports, noting that they expected the next quarter’s revenue to reach $285 – $305 million, while analysts were only expecting $283 million. Sales were better than expected, as well, and CEO Brian Halla noted that conditions are improving for his company and the industry. Underneath that 150% drop is a lot of good stuff, and I think we may see a quick selloff in the morning with an upward trend after that as buyers enter the stock. With low tech news coming out in after hours, this stock should swing up without much hindrance. Techs are neutral because the sector has been rising, but there is room to move up towards the upper bollinger band, and it is only slightly overvalued on RSI.

Entry: Recommend buying within first 15-30 minutes.
Exit: We recommend exiting after a 2-5% increase.
Upper Resistance: 15.50

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