{"id":103,"date":"2005-08-03T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T23:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/?p=103"},"modified":"2018-08-12T01:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T06:10:12","slug":"notable-earnings-august-3rd-after-the-bell-quality-systems-atlas-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/company-earnings\/notable-earnings-august-3rd-after-the-bell-quality-systems-atlas-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Earnings: August 3rd After the Bell (Quality Systems, Atlas America)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The highest ranked company (55\/60) in the entire SelfInvestors.com database reported earnings after the bell today.&nbsp; That company is <strong>Quality Systems (QSII),<\/strong> a key  player in the push to digitalizing the health care industry.&nbsp; Quality Systems continues to post strong results quarter after quarter, year after year.&nbsp; In fact, the company was profitable in 1999 and has increased earnings every year in the 30 &#8211; 50% range with remarkable consistency ever since.&nbsp; This evening the company reported another very strong quarter &#8211; beat on earnings by .04\/share and on revenues by a couple percent.&nbsp; As it should, the stock is reacting positivey after hours, up nearly 6%.&nbsp; As far as the base goes, it&#8217;s a bit on the short side and I&#8217;d like to see more consolidation after a quick runup in the right side.&nbsp; Other than that, the volume levels look outstanding and indicate heavy accumulation over the past couple months.<\/p>\n<p> One of the highest rated oil companies, Atlas America (ATLS) will report results this evening.&nbsp; Considering the kind of profits being generated by other leading oil  companies, there&#8217;s no reason to think that Atlas won&#8217;t beat handily as well.&nbsp; The stock has carved out a real nice looking base and broke out in heavy trade a few days ago, but remains outside of an acceptable range at this point.&nbsp; By the way, when was that logo designed?&nbsp; I&#8217;m thinking 1984.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best &#8216;O The Rest (in order of rank)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[49\/60] <strong>Penn Virginia Resource Partners (PVR): Blow Out Earnings! <\/strong>Penn Virginia leases coal mines to 3rd party operators and the company absolutely blew past expectations and beat by .17\/share, as earnings grew by 87% from the year ago period.&nbsp; That came on soaring sales growth of 495% in the same period.&nbsp; No reported change after hours, but this is one worth keeping an eye on tomorrow.&nbsp; It&#8217;s currently carving out the right side of a large base.<\/li>\n<li>[49\/60] <strong>Perficient (PRFT):<\/strong> The e-business solutions provider to businesses reported nice growth from the year ago period and beat after the bell by a penny but guided lower for Q3.&nbsp; Year over year earnings and revenue growth came in at 40 and 90% respectively.&nbsp; No change to report after hours.&nbsp; The stock broke out on July 14th, but remains in a buyable range and near support of the 50 day moving average.<\/li>\n<li>[48\/50] <strong>CNS Inc (CNXS):<\/strong> <strong>Blow Out Earnings! <\/strong>The developer of consumer health products, including the Breathe Right nasal strips is another company that blew away estimates after the bell today by reporting .27\/share on revenues of 23.5 million (analysts expected .17\/share on revenues of 20 million).&nbsp; Strong earnings were the direct result of a doubling of sales of its chewable fiber tablets and an 86% increase in sales of Breathe Right strips internationally.&nbsp; The stock is well extended from a proper base, but bounced off support yesterday and today.&nbsp; After hours the stock is soaring more than 13%.<\/li>\n<li>[48\/50] <strong>Peets Coffee (PEET):&nbsp; <\/strong>The high end coffee retailer reported another strong quarter with earnings rising 38% and revenues rising 24% from the year ago period.&nbsp; They beat estimates by .02 a share, but the stock is down a few percent after hours.&nbsp; The stock is hovering around key support of the 50 day moving average.<\/li>\n<li>[47\/50] <strong>Symmetry Medical (SMA):&nbsp; <\/strong>The provider of implants, related instruments and cases to orthopedic device manufacturers posted solid results after the bell by reporting an earnings increase of 55% on revenues that were up 32% from the year ago quarter.&nbsp; That beat estimates by a penny.&nbsp; The company also uppped guidance for the full year &#8217;05.&nbsp; No change to report after hours.<\/li>\n<li>[47\/50] <strong>Barrett Business Services (BBSI):&nbsp; <\/strong>A thinly traded stock off the radar of most investors, but nothing thin about earnings growth over the past couple years.&nbsp; Earnings increased 253% in &#8217;03 over &#8217;02 (a year the company lost money) and increased earnings 243% the following year.&nbsp; Growth in &#8217;05 has slowed from those lofty levels, but the company reported another solid quarter after the bell by posting earnings growth of 55% and revenue growth of 25% from the year ago period.&nbsp; That beat estimates by .03\/share and the stock is <strong>up after hours by more than 7%.<\/strong>&nbsp; The stock broke out on July 11th and sits just outside of an acceptable buy range.&nbsp; Keep an eye on this one!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highest ranked company (55\/60) in the entire SelfInvestors.com database reported earnings after the bell today.&nbsp; That company is Quality Systems (QSII), a key player in the push to digitalizing the health care industry.&nbsp; Quality Systems continues to post strong results quarter after quarter, year after year.&nbsp; In fact, the company was profitable in 1999 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/company-earnings\/notable-earnings-august-3rd-after-the-bell-quality-systems-atlas-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notable Earnings: August 3rd After the Bell (Quality Systems, Atlas America)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-earnings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}