LargeCap Stocks to Keep an Eye on Today

Tomahawk, WI 8/24/2011 (PennyPayDay) – Shares of Pacific Sunwear of California were tanking 17.1% to $1.80 in premarket trading Wednesday after the apparel retailer gave a below-consensus outlook for the third quarter.

For the October-ending quarter, Pacific Sunwear said it sees a non-GAAP loss of 10 cents to 18 cents a share with same-store sales in the mid-to-high negative single digits. The current average analysts' view is for a loss of 6 cents a share in the third quarter.

Shares of Avago Technologies were surging 6.2% to $31.07 after the supplier of semiconductor devices topped Wall Street expectations for its third quarter and forecast sequential growth in revenue in the current period.

The company reported a non-GAAP profit of $176 million, or 68 cents a share, for the quarter on revenue of $603 million, up from year-ago equivalent earnings of $152 million, or 61 cents a share, on revenue of $551 million. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was for earnings of 63 cents a share on revenue of $593 million.

Apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of 10 cents a share vs. the average analyst estimate of 11 cents a share.

Shares were tumbling 4% to $11.15.

Shares of Starbucks were rising 3.5% to $38 after the coffee chain operator said it will discontinue sales of Doubleshot canned espresso beverages at its Canadian shops as it creates room for food products.

Mining company BHP Billiton reported a second-half profit that jumped 62% to $11 billion, excluding certain items, but fell short of the average $11.7 billion estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The company also said it's challenged by "tight labor and raw material markets." The stock was losing 1.2% to $79.90 ahead of Wednesday's opening bell.

Digital recorder maker TiVo is expected to report after the markets close Wednesday a second-quarter loss of 21 cents a share vs. a loss of 13 cents a share a year earlier.

Shares were up 0.5% to $8.29.

Shares of Toll Brothers were ticking down 0.3% to $14.70 after the luxury homebuilder said revenue fell 13% to $394.3 million. Analysts were expecting Toll to post third-quarter revenue of $403.6 million.

Fiscal third-quarter profit rose 54% as the company recorded a large tax benefit in the latest quarter.

Toll earned $42.1 million, or 25 cents a share, in the third quarter, up from year-earlier earnings of $27.3 million, or 16 cents a share. The latest period included a tax benefit of $38.2 million from the reversal of previously accrued state and federal taxes, compared to a tax benefit of $26.5 million a year earlier.

Semiconductor services and products provider Applied Materials is expected to post third-quarter earnings of 33 cents a share vs. last year's earnings of 29 cents a share. The report is scheduled for release after the markets close Wednesday.

Shares were unchanged at $11.44.

Wholesale power company Calpine said it plans to buy back up to $300 million of its common shares.

Digital marketing intelligence platform provider comScore is being sued by two Internet users for allegedly installing data-mining software on the computers without their knowledge.

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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.