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Eating Up Bare (BARE)

247admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:00:30 +0000

Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE) is soaring this morning as the NASDAQ’s top gainer, on a buyout. The all-natural cosmetics maker is being acquired by Japan’s Shiseido for $1.7 billion. This comes to $18.20 per share. The 52-week trading range is $2.45 to $14.87. At 7:57 AM EST we have seen a rise of more than 40% to $18.07 and we have seen 235,000 shares trade hands. Average volume is just over 1 million shares. Keep in mind that this was a $30 to $40 stock back in 2006 and 2007 after it came public and it was north of $20 before the stock fell off a cliff in mid-2008. This is a high-premium buyout, yet it will be challenged by some holders most likely.

JON C. OGG

Price/Volume Tanker: Bare Escentuals (BARE)

247admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:01:53 +0000

We already knew that Bare Escentuals Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE) was in for a rough day as its shares were indicated slightly lower pre-market. The maker of non-toxic and chemical-free womens makeup brands posted disappointing results at $0.25 EPS on $130.2 million in revenues, but analysts were looking for $0.26 and $142.8 million. It looks like women are opting to go for more reasonable brand prices in tough times. Shares tanked in the first 30 minutes with the stock now doen almost 40% at $4.17 at 10:02. We have already seen 3.4 million shares trade and the average day is only 1.7 million shares. Score this on up as a new all-time low since its late-2006 IPO.

Jon C. Ogg
October 31, 2008

PRE-MARKET: 10% PRICE GAP DOWNS

247admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:47:28 +0000

As of 8:50 AM EST we are seeing many stocks that are gapping downn more than 10% in pre-market trading on generalyl active volume. Here we have yesterday’s close, the indicated trade levels and the volume as of 8:50 AM EST.

COMPANY NAME (TICKER)                        CLOSE     8:50AM    %DROP      VOLUME
Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE)     $16.93     $12.40     26.76%     163,945
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) $31.25     $25.63     17.98%     988,048
Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX)                $22.85     $18.89     17.33%     1,272,574
Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS)               $19.27     $16.51     14.32%     3,900
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI)                      $16.05     $14.40     10.28%     42,500

It looks like earnings is the culprit on each, with some downgrades adding salt on the wounds.
Jon Ogg
July 31, 2008