Friday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks

Atlanta, GA 5/18/12 (StreetBeat) -- Here are some of the stocks making notable moves in Friday trading:

Gainers

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU +6.26%) added about 5%. The stock also rose on Thursday, when hedge-fund manager John Paulson made positive comments about the stock at a conference in New York. Paulson rarely speaks publicly about his positions and strategies.

Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM +9.78%) shares added 10% after the business software company reported stronger-than-expected results and its sales outlook beat Wall Street’s estimates.

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL +9.71%) rose 9% after posting a 30% jump in first-quarter profit while handily surpassing Wall Street’s top and bottom line estimates.

And Brown Shoe (NYSE: BWS +17.81%), the parent of the Famous Footwear chain, rose 12% after its adjusted first-quarter profit topped analyst estimates. The company also raised its full-year outlook.

Decliners

Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK -15.97%) shares fell 15%. On Thursday, the company issued a cautious forecast for earnings and revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2013.

Kirkland’s (Nasdaq: KIRK -14.01%) fell 14% after reporting a drop in quarterly profit on the back of slumping sam-store sales.

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LargeCap Stocks to Keep an Eye on Today

Tomahawk, WI 8/19/2011 (PennyPayDay) – Sprint Nextel in discussions with cable companies about a possible investment that could result in the buyout of partner Clearwire, according to a Bloomberg report.

Clearwire shares were surging 25.5% to $2.90 in premarket trading Friday. Sprint shares were rising 0.3% to $3.50.

HP, desperate to boost its margins, unveiled a major corporate and strategic overhaul Thursday, which will involve ditching its WebOS devices and potentially spinning off its PC business.

The computer hardware company also gave weak guidance after reporting adjusted earnings per share of $1.10 on sales of $31.20 billion for its fiscal third quarter, compared to $1.08 a share on revenue of $30.70 billion reported in the year-ago period.

Analysts expected adjusted earnings per share of $1.09 on sales of $31.17 billion.

Shares were plunging 16.1% to $24.77.

Chipmaker Marvell Technology reported second-quarter earnings of 38 cents a share vs. the Wall Street consensus target of 37 cents a share.

Shares were advancing 9% to $13.05.

Shares of salesforce.com were spiking 5.2% to $120 after the cloud computing applications company increased its full-year revenue guidance to $2.22 billion to $2.23 billion, up from $2.15 billion to $2.17 billion.

The software company posted second-quarter adjusted earnings of 30 cents a share, in line with analysts' estimates. Revenue was $546 million, above analysts' projections of $528.8 million.

Software company Autodesk reported second-quarter profit of 44 cents a share vs. the average analyst estimate of 41 cents a share.

Shares were rising in premarket trading by 3.7% to $27.50.

Barnes & Noble said Liberty Media would invest $204 million in the bookseller, but discussions to buy it for $1 billion have ended.

Barnes & Noble shares were rising 2.6% to $12.40.

Bank of America plans to cut 3,500 jobs in the current quarter and thousands of additional cuts are expected as part of an aggressive overhaul, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Shares were sliding 1.9% to $6.88.

Apparel company Gap has reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance of $1.40 to $1.50 a share after reporting that its second-quarter profit fell to 35 cents a share from 36 cents a share a year ago. The Wall Street consensus estimate for the quarter was earnings of 33 cents a share.

Shares were up 0.2% to $15.55.

Intuit Inc., the financial management software provider, reported fourth-quarter loss of 19 cents a share vs. loss of 15 cents a share last year.

Revenue was $593 million, beating the average analyst estimate of $583 million.

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Top Large Cap Tech Stocks

The following is a list of large-cap tech stocks. Judging by their earnings results relative to analyst estimates over the last year, it's clear that these tech giants are being underestimated by analysts.

To create this list, we started with a universe of large-cap tech stocks. We the collected earnings surprise data on all these stocks, and narrowed down the list to the companies that have the highest average earnings surprise rate over the last year.

How long will their winning streak continue, and how long until the good news fully priced in? Details below.

The list has been sorted by the average earnings surprise over the last year.

1. SanDisk Corp. (SNDK): Semiconductor Industry. Market cap of $8.89B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 72.46% over the last year. Short float at 7.38%, which implies a short ratio of 1.42 days. The stock has gained 75.68% over the last year.

2. Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO): Internet Information Providers Industry. Market cap of $21.05B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 63.54% over the last year. Short float at 4.77%, which implies a short ratio of 2.34 days. The stock has gained 0.62% over the last year.

3. Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT): Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. Market cap of $16.54B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 62.43% over the last year. Short float at 1.8%, which implies a short ratio of 1.22 days. The stock has lost -2.75% over the last year.

4. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI): Multimedia & Graphics Software Industry. Market cap of $14.01B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 39.81% over the last year. Short float at 4.1%, which implies a short ratio of 2.02 days. The stock has gained 0.78% over the last year.

5. United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC): Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. Market cap of $7.46B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 38.52% over the last year. Short float at 0.39%, which implies a short ratio of 3.75 days. The stock has lost -22.43% over the last year.

6. Apple Inc. (AAPL): Personal Computers Industry. Market cap of $275.65B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 33.25% over the last year. Short float at 1%, which implies a short ratio of 0.47 days. The stock has gained 45.17% over the last year.

7. Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK): Technical & System Software Industry. Market cap of $8.02B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 27.25% over the last year. Short float at 3.98%, which implies a short ratio of 2.86 days. The stock has gained 30.67% over the last year.

8. Intuit Inc. (INTU): Application Software Industry. Market cap of $15.1B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 25.43% over the last year. Short float at 1.98%, which implies a short ratio of 1.44 days. The stock has gained 56.72% over the last year.

9. Teradata Corporation (TDC): Diversified Computer Systems Industry. Market cap of $6.51B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 21.49% over the last year. Short float at 0.96%, which implies a short ratio of 0.93 days. The stock has gained 29.27% over the last year.

10. Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI): Wireless Communications Industry. Market cap of $20.36B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 19.99% over the last year. Short float at 3.82%, which implies a short ratio of 49.79 days. The stock has gained 17.99% over the last year.

11. Garmin Ltd. (GRMN): Scientific & Technical Instruments Industry. Market cap of $5.68B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 19.53% over the last year. Short float at 16.84%, which implies a short ratio of 13.09 days. The stock has lost -3.13% over the last year.

12. Intel Corporation (INTC): Semiconductor Industry. Market cap of $117.58B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 17.64% over the last year. Short float at 0.96%, which implies a short ratio of 0.78 days. The stock has gained 6.09% over the last year.

13. Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (MXIM): Semiconductor Industry. Market cap of $6.61B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 17.05% over the last year. Short float at 7.69%, which implies a short ratio of 6.35 days. The stock has gained 24.8% over the last year.

14. Flextronics International Ltd. (FLEX): Printed Circuit Boards Industry. Market cap of $5.29B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.8% over the last year. Short float at 2.61%, which implies a short ratio of 2.95 days. The stock has lost -5.6% over the last year.

15. Dolby Laboratories Inc. (DLB): Diversified Electronics Industry. Market cap of $7.21B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.61% over the last year. Short float at 7.3%, which implies a short ratio of 5.51 days. The stock has gained 48.84% over the last year.

16. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASX): Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. Market cap of $5.47B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.42% over the last year. Short float at 0.29%, which implies a short ratio of 4.12 days. The stock has gained 0.22% over the last year.

17. Agilent Technologies Inc. (A): Scientific & Technical Instruments Industry. Market cap of $12.2B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.19% over the last year. Short float at 1.68%, which implies a short ratio of 1.79 days. The stock has gained 18.83% over the last year.

18. Avago Technologies Limited (AVGO): Semiconductor Industry. Market cap of $5.89B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.11% over the last year. Short float at 4.45%, which implies a short ratio of 2.6 days. The stock has gained 53.08% over the last year.

19. Cree Inc. (CREE): Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Industry. Market cap of $6.11B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.07% over the last year. Short float at 21.78%, which implies a short ratio of 4.68 days. The stock has gained 18.11% over the last year.

20. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Application Software Industry. Market cap of $218.76B. The company has outperformed analyst earnings estimates by an average of 16.06% over the last year. Short float at 0.94%, which implies a short ratio of 1.14 days. The stock has lost -13% over the last year.