Marvel's Marvelous, Etc.

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5 Nov 11:04pm
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As this week's new earnings reports start to roll out, we wanted to make note of a few that caught our attention this morning:

Superhero entertainment enterprise group Marvel Entertainment (MVL) posted a 55% positive earnings surprise; it's 45 cents per share was north of 180% higher than the previous year's quarter.  The company reported sales in the quarter of $123.64 million.  So far today, the company is trading up about 18-and-a-half percent on the news.

With its more than 5000 characters, Marvel has a wide array of licensing and publishing opportunities.  The company emphasizes feature films, DVD/home video, action figures and video games for its main sources of income.  In addition to Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, new offerings will include Captain America and The Avengers.

Innovative direct-seller Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) generated a decent positive earnings surprise of 13% this morning, on income growth of just over 27%.  Year-over-year, this is nearly a 37% improvement.  Sales were reported to have reached $290.71 million.  Still, the company is lagging so far this morning, down over 12%.

The company distributes its products exclusively through a network marketing system. It currently has a network of active distributors located throughout its markets that purchase products for resale to consumers and for personal consumption.

Finally, Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) also surprised to the upside today, albeit by a relatively modest 5%.  Its $1.24 per share improved nearly 40% over the same quarter a year ago.  The airline servicing both the UK and Ireland currently provide over 100 flights per day on its fleet of Boeing 737s. However, the company is trading down nearly 6% in early trading today.




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