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ALJ is the stock now ALJ

50%

+3.80% in 145 days oil prices are going down (cost of production), and the end of ALJ plant problems is near   Continue reading »

Alon USA Energy Inc. ALJ

64%

+7.69% in 148 days Analysts' Targets  Caris & Company $16      Average     Thursday, July 10, 2008  Lehman Brothers $7      Underweight     Tuesday, July 08, 2008 ... Continue reading »

undervalued ALJ

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-35.00% in 321 days Trading at $16, shares of Alon USA Energy (ALJ) are deeply undervalued. Based on a discounted cash flow analysis, ALJ should be trading at $27/share. The key assumptions are Reuters analyst mean revenue estimates for 2007 and 2008,  3% annual revenue growth thereafter, EBIT/Sales 5% and WACC of 7.9% (assuming a constant capital structure). ALJ is independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products operating primarily in the South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States. ALJ operates four sour and heavy crude oil refinaries. ALJ operating segments (i) refini... Continue reading »

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Kiplinger: Oil refiners not as profitable as we might think

Filed under: Forecasts, Consumer experience, Valero Energy (VLO), Economic data, Oil Over the past year, we have been hearing a lot of news about soaring crude oil prices. The easiest thing that we could think about is investing our money into independent oil refiners. Companies such as Frontier Oil (NYSE: FTO), Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), Alon USA Energy (NYSE: ALJ) or Western Refining (NYSE: WNR) are among those potential stocks on the waiting list. Though it may seem surprising, Kiplinger.com advises us of exactly the opposite. Kiplinger underlines the fact that refiners... Continue reading »

Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades

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Upgrades RC2 (RCRC)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Signature Bank (SBNY)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Premiere Glbl Svcs (PGI)- Stanford Research Hold » Buy Holly (HOC)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Meritage (MTH)- UBS Neutral » Buy Lukoil (LUKOY)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Trico Marine Services (TRMA)- Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight Downgrades Wal-Mart (WMT )- BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform Thermage (THRM)- Leerink Swann Outperform » Mkt Perform TradeStation (TRAD)- Fox Pitt Outperform » In Line Verizon (VZ)- Credit S... Continue reading »

Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades

Upgrades RC2 (RCRC)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Signature Bank (SBNY)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy Premiere Glbl Svcs (PGI)- Stanford Research Hold » Buy Holly (HOC)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Meritage (MTH)- UBS Neutral » Buy Lukoil (LUKOY)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Trico Marine Services (TRMA)- Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight Downgrades Wal-Mart (WMT )- BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform Thermage (THRM)- Leerink Swann Outperform » Mkt Perform TradeStation (TRAD)- Fox Pitt Outperform » In Line Verizon (VZ)- Credit S... Continue reading »

Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades

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Upgrades CoStar Group (CSGP)- Ferris Baker Watts Neutral » Buy Peet's Coffee (PEET)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO)- Barrington Research Mkt Perform » Outperform Cognex (CGNX)- Needham & Co Buy » Strong Buy Safeway (SWY)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy Canadian Solar (CSIQ)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy Alon USA Energy (ALJ)- Caris & Company Above Average » Buy Sprint Nextel (S )- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral Patterson-UTI (PTEN)- Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold Aquila (ILA)- UBS Sell » Neutral Senior Housing (SNH)- U... Continue reading »

Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades

Upgrades CoStar Group (CSGP)- Ferris Baker Watts Neutral » Buy Peet's Coffee (PEET)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO)- Barrington Research Mkt Perform » Outperform Cognex (CGNX)- Needham & Co Buy » Strong Buy Safeway (SWY)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy Canadian Solar (CSIQ)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy Alon USA Energy (ALJ)- Caris & Company Above Average » Buy Sprint Nextel (S )- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral Patterson-UTI (PTEN)- Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold Aquila (ILA)- UBS Sell » Neutral Senior Housing (SNH)- U... Continue reading »

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