OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (OVTI) plans to release its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 on Tuesday, December 03, 2013, shortly after the market closes.� The Company plans to host a conference call to review the results and management's outlook for future periods at 5 p.m. (ET) that day.
Wall Street anticipates that the tech company will earn $0.43 per share for the quarter. iStock expects OVTI to beat Wall Street's consensus number. The iEstimate is $0.47; although, more could be possible.
OmniVision engages in designing, developing, and marketing semiconductor image-sensor devices worldwide. It offers CameraChip image sensors, which are single-chip solutions that integrate various functions, such as image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion, and output of a processed image or video stream for use in various consumer and commercial mass-market applications; and CameraCube imaging devices that are image sensors with integrated wafer-level optics.
Hot Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Applied Materials Inc.(AMAT)
Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. The company?s Silicon Systems Group segment offers a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment provides systems that perform primary processes used in chip fabrication, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical planarization, wet cleaning, and wafer metrology and inspection, as well as systems that etch or inspect circuit patterns on masks used in the photolithography process. Its Applied Global Services segment offers products and services designed to enhance the performance and productivity, and reduce the environmental impact of the fab operations of semiconductor, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), and solar P V manufacturers. The company?s Display segment provides products for manufacturing thin film transistor LCDs for televisions, personal computers (PCs), tablet PCs, smartphones, and other consumer-oriented electronic applications. Its Energy and Environmental Solutions segment offers manufacturing systems for the generation and conservation of energy, as well as manufacturing solutions for wafer-based crystalline silicon applications. This segment also provides roll-to-roll vacuum Web coating systems for deposition of a range of films on flexible substrates for functional, aesthetic, or optical properties; and roll-to-roll machine for depositing ultra-thin aluminum films for flexible packaging applications. The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel LCDs, solar PV cells and modules, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Sue Chang and Saumya Vaishampayan]
Applied Materials (AMAT) �shares jumped nearly 7%. The company and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (JP:8035) �agreed to merge on Tuesday in an all-stock deal expected to close in the middle to second half of 2014. The combined company will have a market capitalization of about $29 billion. Tokyo Electron is a Japanese semiconductor production equipment maker founded in 1963.
- [By Sue Chang and Ben Eisen]
Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) �shares rose 3%. Analysts at Jefferies initiated the stock at a buy with a price target of $28.
Top 5 Semiconductor Companies To Watch For 2014: Universal Display Corp (OLED)
Universal Display Corporation, incorporated on April, 24, 1985, is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials for use in flat panel display, solid state lighting and other product applications. The Company�� primary business strategy is to develop and license its OLED technologies to product manufacturers for use in these applications. Its primary business is to develop and license its OLED technologies to manufacturers of products for display applications, such as cell phones, portable media devices, tablets, laptop computers and televisions, and specialty and general lighting products; and develop new OLED materials and sell the materials to those product manufacturers. The Company sells its OLED materials to customers for evaluation and use in commercial OLED products. As of December 31, 2012, the Company owns, exclusively license or have the sole right to sublicense more than 3,000 patents issued and pending worldwide. On July 23, 2012, the Company entered into a Patent Sale Agreement (the Agreement) with FUJIFILM. Under the Agreement, FUJIFILM sold more than 1,200 OLED related patents and patent applications.
Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diode Technologies
Phosphorescent OLEDs utilize specialized materials and device structures that allow OLEDs to emit light through a process known as phosphorescence. Traditional fluorescent OLEDs emit light through an inherently less efficient process. Theory and experiment show that phosphorescent OLEDs exhibit device efficiencies up to four times higher than those exhibited by fluorescent OLEDs. Phosphorescence substantially reduces the power requirements of an OLED and is potentially useful in displays for hand-held devices, such as Smartphone��, where battery power is often a limiting factor. Phosphorescence is also important for area displays such as televisions, where higher device efficiency and lower heat generation may enable longer ! product lifetimes and increased energy efficiency.
Additional Proprietary Organic Light Emitting Diode Technologies
Additional OLED Technologies include FOLED Flexible OLEDs, Thin-Film Encapsulation, UniversalP2OLED Printable Phosphorescent OLEDs, OVJP Organic Vapor Jet Printing, OVPD Organic Vapor Phase Deposition and TOLED Transparent OLEDs. The Company is working on a number of technologies required for the fabrication of OLEDs on flexible substrates. As of December 31, 2012, it was conducting research and development on FOLED technologies internally, under several of its United States government programs and in connection with the government-sponsored Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University (ASU). The Company announced its, patented encapsulation technology for the packaging of flexible OLEDs and other thin-film devices, as well as for use as a barrier film for plastic substrates. Its approach for manufacturing a small molecule OLED, including a PHOLED, is based on a vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE) process.
The Company has partnered with Aixtron AG, which is a manufacturer of metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment, to develop and qualify equipment for the fabrication of OLED displays utilizing the OVPD process. It has developed a technology for the fabrication of OLEDs that have transparent cathodes. TOLEDs use a transparent cathode and either a transparent, reflective or opaque metal anode.
Organic Light Emitting Diode Materials Supply Business
The Company supplies its proprietary UniversalPHOLED materials to display manufacturers and others. The Company qualifies its materials in OLED devices before shipment in order to ensure that they meet required specifications. During 2012, the Company continued supplying its proprietary UniversalPHOLED materials to SDC for use in its commercial AMOLED display products and for its development efforts. During 2012, the Company also supplied its UniversalPHOLED materials to! LG Displ! ay for use in its commercial AMOLED display products, to Tohoku Pioneer for use in its commercial PMOLED display products, and Konica Minolta for its manufacture of commercial OLED lighting products. During 2012, the Company also supplied its proprietary OLED materials to these and various other product manufacturers for evaluation and for purposes of development, manufacturing qualification and product testing.
The Company competes with Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak), Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd. (CDT), Sumitomo Chemical Company (Sumitomo), Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu Kosan), Merck KGaA and BASF Corporation.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Steve Symington]
Naturally, that spooked investors in Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED ) , the company whose technology enables nearly every OLED device on the market today. Even so, I noted that Cook's comments seemed curious at the time, especially given that recent reports claimed Apple had just hired a senior OLED technology expert away from one of its primary screen suppliers in LG Display (NYSE: LPL ) .
- [By Steve Symington]
What:�Shares of Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: OLED ) plunged 10% Monday following reports Samsung� (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF ) has abandoned plans to build a next-gen OLED television manufacturing facility.
Top 5 Semiconductor Companies To Watch For 2014: Micron Technology Inc.(MU)
Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Its products include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products that provide data storage and retrieval, which include DDR2 and DDR3; and other specialty DRAM memory products, including DDR, SDRAM, DDR and DDR2 mobile low power DRAM, pseudo-static RAM, and reduced latency DRAM. The company also offers NAND flash memory products, which are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor devices that retain content when power is turned off. In addition, it provides NOR flash memory products that are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor memory devices; phase change memory products; and image sensor products. Micron Technology?s products are used in a range of electronic applications, including personal computers, workstations, network servers, mobile phones, flash memory cards, USB storage devices, digital still c ameras, MP3/4 players, and in automotive applications. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and retailers through internal sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors, as well as through a Web-based customer direct sales channel. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Selena Maranjian]
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU ) gained 41%, with bulls seeing growth in tablets and smartphones�driving demand�for memory chips. The stock�soared to a 52-week high recently,�when Micron posted its second-quarter earnings. Bulls liked the report, seeing lower costs and rising margins hinting at a return to profitability soon. Micron's purchase of Japanese manufacturer Elpida seems promising, boosting its capacity and its relationship with�Apple. Bears worry about Micron losing market share, though.
Other companies didn't do as well last year, but could see their fortunes change in the coming years. Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN ) , a speech-recognition software specialist, slid 10%. Many had expected the health-care field to offer great new opportunity for the company, but now, some worry about competitors in that field, while others don't like its growth-by-acquisition strategy. With a forward P/E below 12, the stock seems intriguing. Carl Icahn agrees, having amassed a sizable stake in the company.
The big picture
A well-chosen ETF can grant you instant diversification across any industry or group of companies -- and make investing in and profiting from it that much easier. - [By Rex Crum]
Other decliners included Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) , eBay Inc. (EBAY) , Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) �and Micron Technology Inc. (MU) .�
- [By Steve Sears]
New stocks in what Goldman calls the “Hedge Fund VIP list,”�include Actavis (ACT), Baidu (BIDU), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Crown Castle International (CCI), Entergy Louisiana (ELB), �Equinix (EQIX), Facebook (FB), Fleetcor Technologies (FLT), W.R. Grace (GRA), MetLife (MET), Macquarie Infrastructure (MIC), Micron (MU), Time Warner Cable (TWC), and Time Warner (TWX).
- [By Lee Jackson]
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) is a global leader in advanced semiconductor systems. Micron’s broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies, including DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash, is the basis for solid state drives, modules, multichip packages and other system solutions. The company’s memory chip solutions enable the world’s most innovative computing, consumer, enterprise storage, networking, mobile, embedded and automotive applications. The Jefferies price target for the stock, which soared last year, is $30. The consensus target is posted�lower at $27.29. Micron closed Thursday at $23.64.
Top 5 Semiconductor Companies To Watch For 2014: NVIDIA Corporation(NVDA)
NVIDIA Corporation provides visual computing, high performance computing, and mobile computing solutions that generate interactive graphics on various devices ranging from tablets and smart phones to notebooks and workstations. It operates in three segments: Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), Professional Solutions Business (PSB), and Consumer Products Business (CPB). The GPU segment offers GeForce discrete and chipset products, which support desktop and notebook personal computers plus memory products. The PSB segment provides its Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics products, including its NVIDIA Tesla high-performance computing products used in the manufacturing, entertainment, medical, science, and aerospace industries. The CPB segment offers Tegra mobile products, which support tablets, smartphones, personal media players, Internet television, automotive navigation, and other similar devices. This segment also licenses video game consol es and other digital consumer electronics devices. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, add-in-card manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, and system builders worldwide that utilize its processors as a core component of their entertainment, business, and professional solutions. NVIDIA Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
The past week has seen some interesting news about or interviews with executives at chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NYSE: AMD) that might also be relevant for investors in competitors like Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA). I should mention that we an open position in Advanced Micro Devices in our SmallCap Network Elite Opportunity (SCN EO) portfolio from last summer up until late January when we locked in a small loss. We got out because our SCN EO is a trading portfolio rather than a long term buy and hold portfolio and shares had sunk again after the company reported earnings ��a repeat performance of what happened after the last three previous earnings reports. However, we have recently re-added Advanced Micro Devices to our SCN EO portfolio because the company�continues to perform and with the�technological advances in the gaming space, the company appears to be well positioned for forward growth in the quarters ahead. With that in mind, here is a look at the recent good, interesting or important new about AMD:
- [By Sean Williams]
Shares of graphics chip and processor maker NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA ) -- which I recently highlighted as a great dividend you can buy right now -- advanced 3.1% after announcing plans to license its graphics technology. Specifically, NVIDIA plans to license its Kepler architecture, which could give it a way to get into America's best-selling smartphone and tablet, made by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) . What will be interesting is to see if Apple will bite, given that it designs its own processor technology for the iPhone and iPad. However, without the need to use the entire processing system, companies like Apple could pick and choose what they want to license, giving both companies a potential win-win scenario.
- [By Eric Bleeker, CFA, Lyons George, and Alison Southwick]
Inside China, a crash below the $50 barrier has unleashed a massive tablet boom. How are companies doing this? For one, local processor companies have created "good enough" designs that sell for a fraction of the price of high-end designs from�NVIDIA� (NASDAQ: NVDA ) and�Qualcomm� (NASDAQ: QCOM ) . On its budget-priced Slate 7, HP used a design from Chinese chip designer Rockchip. When HP tried to sell its TouchPad tablet for prices starting at $500 in 2011, it used a Qualcomm design. Perversely, low-cost tablets are also cutting costs by salvaging memory from PCs.�
- [By John Udovich]
Lisa Su, the SVP and GM of Global Business Units for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NYSE: AMD)�along with Ruth Cotter, the Director of Investor Relations, have just given a�presentation at the JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that investors in the company along with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) might want to take a look at. I should first mention that�we�previously had�an open position in Advanced Micro Devices in�our SmallCap Network Elite Opportunity (SCN EO) portfolio from roughly�last summer up until�late January when we locked in a small loss.�We got out not because we don�� believe in�AMD�� long term potential, but because our SCN EO�is a�trading portfolio rather than a long term buy and hold portfolio.�In addition,�AMD�� shares�had sunk�again�after�the company�reported earnings ��a repeat performance of what happened after the last�three�previous earnings reports. With that in mind, here are some highlights from the AMD presentation at the JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference (Note: There is a transcript available on SeekingAlpha here):
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