3 posts and columns on William Blair

Analysts Go Out on Limb, Predict Verizon iPhone Will Be Big for Apple

in Mobile on January 11, 2011 at 11:41 am PT

Verizon’s announcement of the forthcoming debut of Apple’s iPhone on its network this morning was met with a flurry of analyst notes all saying exactly the same thing: 2011 is going to be a very, very strong year for the iPhone.

Voices

Monster Shares Have Monster Move as Blair Upgrades

in News on April 13, 2009 at 9:39 am PT

Monster Worldwide shares are up sharply this morning after William Blair analyst Thomas McHugh upped his rating on the stock to Outperform from Market Perform. McHugh concedes that “demand for online recruiting companies remains weak,” but says that in the U.S., “the pace of weakness…does not appear to be accelerating as quickly as it was late last year.”

Voices

Networking Hardware: Estimates Still Ratcheting Lower

in News on April 7, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

The Q1 earnings period could be a tough one for networking equipment companies; estimates for the likes of Cisco and Juniper in particular have continued to edge lower. William Blair analyst Jason Ader this morning weighed in with updates on those two stocks and a couple of others following a late March survey with 36 VARs in the U.S. and the U.K. Ader joined the chorus of estimate cutters; but he sees improvement on the horizon.