Stocks May See Profit-Booking After Recent Rally ( AA, RF, MU, LOW )

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/08/2012 -- Alcoa Inc. Common (NYSE:AA) reported EPS of 0.069. For the Current Fiscal year, the company is expected to report EPS of 0.24. For the Next Quarter and Next Year, the company is expected to report EPS of 0.07 and 0.72 respectively. At Current Market Price, AA is in distance of +1.55% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $8.9509 and +1.21% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $8.9813. Alcoa Inc. (AA) unofficially starts the earnings season with the release of its third-quarter results tomorrow, the fifth anniversary of the record highs in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Cookson declined 15 percent to 523 pence, the largest drop since February 2009. The company said full-year results will be “materially” lower than forecast after the Engineered Ceramics division’s third-quarter performance was weaker than expected.

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Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) is very active today and traded between $7.51 - 7.72 with total traded volume of 17987616 shares. At a current price of 7.57, RFis +0.065 - +0.87% from the previous close of $7.505. Moreover, At Current Market Price, RF is in distance of +4.27% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $7.2597 and +12.76% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $6.7132. Regions Financial Corp (NYSE: RF)‘s stock had its “underweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays Capital in a research note issued on Friday. They currently have a $7.00 price target on the stock. RF has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Zacks upgraded shares of Regions Financial Corp from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note to investors on Friday. They now have a $9.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Jefferies Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Regions Financial Corp in a research note to investors on Tuesday. They now have a $8.00 price target on the stock.

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Micron Technology (NasdaqNM:MU) is +0.015 - +0.26% from the previous close of $5.875. It traded between $5.85 - 6.03 with total traded volume of 17265568 shares. Keep a close eye on MU, as the stock has been showing unusual moves over the past weeks. At Current market price, MU has recovered +16.40% from its 52-week Low of 5.06 and has Pulled back -35.70% from its 52-week high of 9.16. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company. The company’s profit margins are below peer median (currently -12.5% vs. peer median of -5.5%) while its asset efficiency is about median (asset turns of 0.6x compared to peer median of 0.6x). MU-US’s net margin continues to trend downward and is below (but within one standard deviation of) its five-year average net margin of -9.6%.

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Lowe's Companies, (NYSE:LOW) is +0.82 - +2.65% from the previous close of $30.95. It traded between $31.20 - 32.00 with total traded volume of 17144848 shares. Keep a close eye on LOW, as the stock has been showing unusual moves over the past weeks. At Current market price, LOW has recovered +56.97% from its 52-week Low of 20.24 and has Pulled back -1.61% from its 52-week high of 32.29. Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) had its target price upped by Deutsche Bank from $30.00 to $35.00 in a report released on Friday. Deutsche Bank currently has a buy rating on the stock.Analysts at Zacks reiterated a neutral rating on shares of Lowe’s in a research note to investors on Tuesday. They now have a $32.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at RBC Capital reiterated an outperform rating on shares of Lowe’s in a research note to investors on Monday. They now have a $33.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Lowe’s to $33.00 in a research note to investors on Monday. They now have an overweight rating on the stock.

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