Magma Design Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAVA)

gonelong (34.84) Submitted: 9/20/2010 8:46:36 AM : Start Price: $3.51 LAVA Score: +62.67

Momentum

edaguru (< 20) Submitted: 12/3/2009 12:40:19 PM : Start Price: $2.37 LAVA Score: -161.30

LAVA CFO righted the ship, yet there is a deficit in R&D funding and too broad a product portfolio so they will be out distanced by their peers SNPS and CDNS. Look for increasing pressure on top line, which will force even less R&D investment. The current price is at a premium due to constant speculation about being a takeover target.

UltraContrarian (32.52) Submitted: 10/25/2009 6:29:37 PM : Start Price: $2.33 LAVA Score: -162.24

WHAT?!? How did LAVA get to be 5 stars? Don't negative book, constant losses and declining revenue count for anything these days?

lukylex (49.59) Submitted: 10/14/2009 10:09:41 AM : Start Price: $2.52 LAVA Score: +138.91

5 star stock on the rebound

NoDoughBro (69.72) Submitted: 10/10/2009 12:47:17 AM : Start Price: $2.32 LAVA Score: +166.52

Boing!

ContrarianKiller (90.89) Submitted: 5/2/2008 6:47:43 PM : Start Price: $6.90 LAVA Score: -15.16

Could go down to the $6 range, but mid-term to longer-term, I think this is a good buy on current valuation.

greatwriter (44.94) Submitted: 10/2/2007 6:42:58 AM : Start Price: $14.31 LAVA Score: +60.73

Constant struggles. Patent Issues. The stock will simply stay flat.

walldrug1316 (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/2007 1:58:51 PM : Start Price: $12.88 LAVA Score: -60.26

Throughout the period Magma was battling lawsuits they continued to pump money into R&D and grow their top line. Now that the distraction of litigation is out of the way they can really start to grow the bottom line. I don't think that the pop in stock price after they announced the settlement has the years of growth built into it. However, if they don't show a significant increase in profit over the next couple of quarters recent gains may not hold up.

nickoclews (< 20) Submitted: 1/23/2007 4:23:43 PM : Start Price: $8.67 LAVA Score: -38.07

growing company and about to land a big deal