A Look at the Top Rated Stocks ( WSM, CRK, ENDP, XL )

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/11/2012 -- Williams-Sonoma, (NYSE:WSM) reported EPS of 2.312. For the Current Fiscal year, the company is expected to report EPS of 2.54. For the Next Quarter and Next Year, the company is expected to report EPS of 1.33 and 2.81 respectively. At Current Market Price, WSM is in distance of +5.17% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $43.4054 and +20.23% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $37.9686. Williams-Sonoma, Inc.(NYSE:WSM) shares climbed 2.30% to $45.78 in the early hour after William Blair upgraded shares of Williams Sonoma from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a report issued today. Separately, analysts at ISI Group downgraded shares of Williams Sonoma from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note to investors on September 27. Additionally, the company announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 Per common share. The dividend is payable on November 23, 2012 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 26, 2012.

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Comstock Resource (NYSE:CRK) are trading at $20.23 and is +10.62% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $18.288 and +21.82% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $16.6063. The average trading volume is 1362830 shares and its market capitalization is $974.3M. Comstock Resources Inc(NYSE:CRK) shares gained 5.19% and closed at $20.28 in yesterday’s session. FBR Capital upgraded shares of Comstock Resources from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a research report sent to investors last week. The firm currently has $26.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $15.00.

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Endo Health Solut (NasdaqNM:ENDP) are trading at $30.60 and is -5.29% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $32.308 and -5.93% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $32.5302. The average trading volume is 1444990 shares and its market capitalization is $3.577B. Endo Health Solutions ( ENDP ) recently outlined its growth strategy at its investor day. The company expects growth to be driven by its Qualitest (formerly generics), division. The segment is expected to record double digit sales growth through 2015. The segment should benefit with approximately $93 billion worth of branded drugs expected to face generic competition by 2016. Endo Health expects the American Medical Systems (formerly devices) segment to continue growing. Sales from the segment are expected to display mid-single digit growth through 2015.

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XL Group plc (NYSE:XL) are trading at $25.05 and is +4.57% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $23.9554 and +14.87% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $21.8069. The average trading volume is 2526460 shares and its market capitalization is $7.658B. Finally, global insurance provider XL notched an 18-month high of $25.10 today, strengthening its already solid 26.7% rise in 2012. From a shorter-term perspective, the shares have outpaced the SPX by 13 percentage points over the past 60 sessions. Considering this positive price action, it should come as no surprise to see such an overwhelming appetite for bullish bets in the options pits, as evidenced by the stock's 10-day call/put volume ratio of 33.25 on the ISE, CBOE, and PHLX. On the other hand, this activity may not so upbeat after all. Short interest on the equity jumped 17.1% during the past month. With buy-to-open call volume and short interest rising in tandem, it's possible that short sellers are picking up optimistic options to hedge their pessimistic positions.

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