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$6.85 0.24 (3.63%)
7/23/2008 4:00 PM

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (LAVA)

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The Company provides electronic design automation software products and related services. Its software enables chip designers produce complex integrated circuits used in the communications, computing, networking and semiconductor industries.

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Micro Cap (4824), Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits (78)
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Magma Design Automation, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $6.85
Last Trade Time: 7/23/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $6.63
Previous Close: $6.61
Daily Range: $6.63 - $7.14
52-Week Range: $5.92 - $15.44
Volume: 454,524
Market Cap: $290.91M
P/E Ratio: 10.21
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Magma Design Automation, Inc. (LAVA)

Avatar walldrug1316 (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/07 1:58 PM

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...More

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Magma Design Automation, Inc. (LAVA)

Avatar synergize (98.71) Submitted: 5/15/08 11:27 PM

On 2-May-20087, the company it expects first-quarter profit well below Wall Street expectations.
The company also guided for a fiscal 2009 well below Wall Street expectations after losing four or five major deals in the 2008 fourth quarter.

At the core of the problem is the ongoing transition towa...More

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 (LAVA)

Avatar synergize (98.71) Submitted: 5/15/08 11:27 PM : Underperform Start Price: $6.53 LAVA Score: -14.60

On 2-May-20087, the company it expects first-quarter profit well below Wall Street expectations.
The company also guided for a fiscal 2009 well below Wall Street expectations after losing four or five major deals in the 2008 fourth quarter.

At the core of the problem is the ongoing transition toward a next generation digital platform while simultaneously rolling out newer products ... Magma got too ambitious and got caught

Technical:
The price gapped down on 2-May-2008 wit massive sell-off. The force of this drop is strong that it can trigger more selling in the coming days or weeks. Stochastics is still going down and not yet in the oversold so the price can still go lower the current price.

Stock is on a downtrend since October 2007.

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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/55e32b2f...

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 (LAVA)

Avatar ContrarianKiller (72.33) Submitted: 5/02/08 6:47 PM : Outperform Start Price: $6.90 LAVA Score: 8.38

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

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 (LAVA)

Avatar greatwriter (21.15) Submitted: 10/02/07 6:42 AM : Underperform Start Price: $14.31 LAVA Score: 35.06

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

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 (LAVA)

Avatar walldrug1316 (< 20) Submitted: 4/25/07 1:58 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.88 LAVA Score: -32.83

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.

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 (LAVA)

Avatar nickoclews (< 20) Submitted: 1/23/07 4:23 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.67 LAVA Score: -10.67

growing company and about to land a big deal

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