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Orbital Sciences Corp.
Industrial Goods - Aerospace/Defense Products & Services - USA
Index- P/E26.46 EPS (ttm)0.63 Insider Own1.30% Shs Outstand56.84M Perf Week-2.17%
Market Cap947.52M Forward P/E21.93 EPS next Y0.76 Insider Trans-5.14% Shs Float56.10M Perf Month4.45%
Income36.63M PEG1.65 EPS next Q0.12 Inst Own84.28% Short Float4.17% Perf Quarter26.86%
Sales1.15B P/S0.83 EPS this Y-14.37% Inst Trans-0.08% Short Ratio5.28 Perf Half Y19.07%
Book/sh8.63 P/B1.93 EPS next Y26.67% ROA4.13% Target Price21.57 Perf Year-3.75%
Cash/sh6.41 P/C2.60 EPS next 5Y16.00% ROE7.62% 52W Range11.60 - 17.60 Perf YTD9.24%
Dividend- P/FCF14.69 EPS past 5Y17.20% ROI5.96% 52W High-5.28% Beta0.98
Dividend %- Quick Ratio2.05 Sales past 5Y14.98% Gross Margin19.81% 52W Low43.71% ATR0.45
Employees3400 Current Ratio2.18 Sales Q/Q-0.55% Oper. Margin3.91% RSI (14)59.74 Volatility2.87% 2.49%
OptionableYes Debt/Eq0.24 EPS Q/Q-13.52% Profit Margin3.22% Rel Volume1.14 Prev Close16.11
ShortableYes LT Debt/Eq0.24 EarningsFeb 16 BMO Payout0.00% Avg Volume443.32K Price16.67
Recom1.40 SMA201.59% SMA509.93% SMA20013.10% Volume503,729 Change3.48%
02-Feb-10Upgrade Wells Fargo Market Perform → Outperform
17-Dec-09Initiated Boenning & Scattergood Outperform $19
20-Jul-09Downgrade Morgan Joseph Buy → Hold
20-Feb-09Reiterated Jefferies & Co Buy $24 → $23
17-Oct-08Reiterated Morgan Joseph Buy $26 → $24
18-Apr-08Reiterated Friedman Billings Outperform $34 → $36
15-Feb-08Reiterated Friedman Billings Outperform $30 → $34
16-Oct-07Initiated Morgan Joseph Buy $30
19-Jul-07Reiterated Friedman Billings Outperform $27 → $30
17-Jul-07Upgrade Wachovia Mkt Perform → Outperform
26-Jun-07Upgrade Kaufman Bros Hold → Buy $21 → $25
09-May-07Reiterated Friedman Billings Outperform $25 → $27
20-Apr-07Reiterated Kaufman Bros Hold $19 → $21
19-Apr-07Reiterated Friedman Billings Outperform $23 → $25
09-Feb-10 02:20PM  Invest For Space Shuttle's Swan Song at Forbes.com
01:47PM  What Investors Think About Cubic Corp. at Motley Fool
04-Feb-10 04:59PM  CORRECTED - BUY OR SELL-Which defense firms will get lift from budget? at Reuters
03-Feb-10 04:14PM  BUY OR SELL-Which defense firms will get lift from budget? at Reuters
01:04PM  [$$] The Drill on the Proposed Defense Budget at Barrons.com
11:30AM  InPlay: Orbital Sciences issues statement on NASA's new direction Briefing.com
11:28AM  Orbital Sciences Corporation Statement on NASA's New Direction Business Wire
02-Feb-10 03:29PM  Did the Pentagon Just Fumble the Nuclear Football? at Motley Fool +6.43%
02:39PM  This Rule Breaker Is Otherworldly at Motley Fool
12:23PM  Today's 5-Star Movers at Motley Fool
07:19AM  Orbital Sciences upgraded by Wells Fargo Briefing.com
01-Feb-10 07:35PM  UPDATE - U.S. fails to hit missile mimicking Iranian strike at Reuters
12:45PM  US lunar mission brought down to earth at FT.com
31-Jan-10 08:32AM  Who to watch in private space taxi field AP
30-Jan-10 12:43PM  Department Of Defense New Emphasis On Cyber Security Increasing Acquisitions In 2010 According To Morgan Keegan Wall Street Transcript
12:06PM  Signal Processing Company Develops New Revenue Stream Based On Network Intelligence And Cyber Security Wall Street Transcript
22-Jan-10 04:51PM  2010 Afghan War Expenditure Increase Will Benefit Smaller SIGINT And COMINT Companies According To Morgan Joseph Expert Analysts Wall Street Transcript
19-Jan-10 08:46PM  Panel Warns NASA About Outsourcing Risks at The Wall Street Journal Online
14-Jan-10 03:33PM  Company Interview: Elbit Systems Ltd. - Joseph Gaspar, Executive Vice President Wall Street Transcript
08-Jan-10 05:57PM  More Than a Ring FOX Business Now
06-Jan-10 10:02AM  The Anti-Terror Portfolio Indie Research
23-Dec-09 02:10PM  Orbital gets communications satellite deal AP
09:24AM  Orbital and Thales Alenia Space Receive Contract for OverHorizon Commercial Communications Satellite Business Wire
21-Dec-09 03:05PM  Orbital wins new satellite contract at bizjournals.com +5.66%
09:48AM  Orbital Receives Contract for HYLAS 2 Commercial Communications Satellite from Avanti Business Wire
18-Dec-09 10:52AM  Orbital Awarded Phase 2 Contract for "System F6" Satellite Program By DARPA Business Wire
08:03AM  [$$] Orbital Sciences Shares Could Rocket at Barrons.com
17-Dec-09 08:00AM  Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 Communications Satellite by Intelsat Business Wire
15-Dec-09 01:55PM  Boeing's Dreamliner Takes Off, Stock Doesn't at Barrons.com
01:25PM  Boeing: Stand By For Dreamliner at Barrons.com
10-Dec-09 10:19AM  Second Stage Rocket Motor of Orbital's Taurus II Launcher Successfully Ground Tested Business Wire
09:12AM  ATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR(R) 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor PR Newswire
01-Dec-09 11:04AM  Orbital-Built Intelsat 15 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched Business Wire
20-Nov-09 11:36AM  Boeing Wins! at Motley Fool
19-Nov-09 12:00PM  [$$] Fitz Bits: Let Union Pacific Pass By at RealMoney by TheStreet.com
16-Nov-09 02:37PM  5-Star Stocks on the Upswing at Motley Fool
13-Nov-09 01:05PM  Emcore to supply solar panels for Cygnus spacecraft at bizjournals.com
12-Nov-09 04:01PM  EMCORE Corporation Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract From Dutch Space Marketwire
04-Nov-09 09:04AM  ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ Financials EDGAR Online Financials
30-Oct-09 06:01AM  ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online
28-Oct-09 03:19PM  Satellites: The Pentagon's Big Blind Spot at BusinessWeek
27-Oct-09 12:54PM  Orbital Sciences 3rd-quarter profit falls 18 pct AP -7.28%
09:00AM  Orbital Sciences Corporation Earnings Call scheduled for 9:00 am ET today CCBN
07:07AM  Q3 2009 Orbital Sciences Corporation Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
06:48AM  UPDATE - Orbital Sciences Q3 beats St; sees weak 2010 at Reuters
06:01AM  ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements an EDGAR Online
06:00AM  Orbital Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Business Wire
22-Oct-09 05:45PM  U.S. panel pitches public-private space taxis at Reuters
20-Oct-09 12:47PM  Orbital to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results on October 27 Business Wire
23-Sep-09 06:03PM  Boeing bids for NASA space taxi program at Reuters
18-Sep-09 03:58PM  Wanna Bet on a Moonshot? at Motley Fool
17-Sep-09 04:56PM  Who benefits if NASA buys space flights? at Reuters
04:05PM  Orbital Sciences opens new Chandler building at bizjournals.com
11:54AM  Orbital Expands Its Chandler Campus with Opening of Arizona Program Management Center Business Wire
14-Sep-09 01:57PM  Orbital gets Air Force order for launch vehicle AP
08:00AM  Orbital Awarded New Minotaur V Mission by U.S. Air Force and NASA Business Wire
25-Aug-09 07:38PM  UPDATE - Space shuttle launch postponed again at Reuters
04:32PM  UPDATE - Space shuttle fueled for second launch try at Reuters
24-Aug-09 10:38AM  Orbital-Built Optus D3 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched aboard Ariane Rocket Business Wire
23-Aug-09 08:44PM  [$$] Start-Ups Are Poised For Latest Space Race at The Wall Street Journal Online
13-Aug-09 06:00PM  Streetwalker: Stocks With Falling Estimates at Forbes.com
03:20PM  NASA group seeks more private industry involvement at MarketWatch
10-Aug-09 02:03PM  NASA wants proposals for U.S.-made space taxis at Reuters
31-Jul-09 03:45PM  Don't Miss This Cheap Stock at Motley Fool
30-Jul-09 12:20PM  Orbital Sciences: Ready for Liftoff at Motley Fool
06:00AM  ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online
29-Jul-09 07:27PM  CORRECTED - Let private firms run space taxis, panel told at Reuters +5.72%
03:04PM  Let private firms run space taxis, review panel told at Reuters
28-Jul-09 02:31PM  Orbital Sciences 2Q profit falls; co. cuts outlook AP -12.59%
01:50PM  Orbital Sciences, Hampton Roads Bankshares and Hawaiian Holdings lead small-cap percentage losers SmallCapInvestor.com
09:00AM  Orbital Sciences Corporation Earnings Call scheduled for 9:00 am ET today CCBN
07:07AM  Q2 2009 Orbital Sciences Corporation Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
07:06AM  UPDATE - Orbital Sciences posts lower profit, cuts '09 view at Reuters
06:00AM  ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP /DE/ Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements an EDGAR Online
06:00AM  Orbital Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Business Wire
22-Jul-09 10:38AM  Orbital to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results on July 28 Business Wire
21-Jul-09 08:11AM  Commercial Space Flight: NASA May Get Onboard at BusinessWeek
08-Jul-09 02:01PM  Orbital Selected by NASA to Build New Space Science Satellite to Study X-Ray Polarization Business Wire
01-Jul-09 10:37PM  Venture to Build Military Satellites at The Wall Street Journal Online
23-Jun-09 02:47PM  Boeing Venture Flames Out at Motley Fool
09:16AM  Media Advisory: Wallops Flight Facility Ground Breaking Ceremony Business Wire
22-Jun-09 02:17PM  Sea Launch Co. says land launch successful AP
11:17AM  Orbital-Built MEASAT-3a Communications Satellite Successfully Launched Business Wire
19-Jun-09 09:42AM  Orbital to Present at Wachovia's 19th Annual Mid-Year Equity Conference on June 23 Business Wire
18-Jun-09 12:52AM  [$$] Thales Alenia Wins Pacts For Space-Station Work at The Wall Street Journal Online
17-Jun-09 09:13AM  AIRSHOW-Thales Alenia Space wins $250 mln Orbital deal at Reuters
16-Jun-09 05:41PM  UPDATE - General "90-pct-plus" sure on US missile defense at Reuters
01:57PM  Spaced Out: Is Solar Power From Satellites Achievable? at The Wall Street Journal Online
01:39PM  Top general "90 pct-plus" sure on US missile defense at Reuters
07:05AM  Applied Aerospace Structures lands cargo spacecraft deal at bizjournals.com
02:45AM  Lockheed Martin Orion Team Prepares for Integration and First Flight Test of Launch Abort System PR Newswire
15-Jun-09 06:00AM  AASC to Manufacture Cygnus Structure Marketwire
12-Jun-09 04:01PM  Reagan's Death Star Destroyed ... Again at Motley Fool
09-Jun-09 12:04PM  ARMS TRADE-US missile-defense salvage operations under way at Reuters
07:05AM  BRPH lands contract for $25M project at bizjournals.com
05-Jun-09 06:47AM  [$$] Aerospace Is Ready to Lead at RealMoney by TheStreet.com
02-Jun-09 08:16PM  US improves ability to hit N.Korean missiles -general at Reuters
10:44AM  Orbital in Final Preparations for Launch of MEASAT-3a Communications Satellite Business Wire
20-May-09 12:02AM  Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur I Rocket Carrying TacSat-3 Satellite For U.S. Air Force Business Wire
05-May-09 08:56PM  Aerojet Ships Jettison Motor to White Sands Missile Range for NASA's Orion Launch Abort System PR Newswire
Orbital Sciences Corporation develops and manufactures small and medium-class rockets and space systems for commercial, military, and civil government customers. The company's Launch Vehicles segment develops and produces interceptor launch vehicles for missile defense systems; target launch vehicles for the development and testing of missile defense systems; and space launch vehicles for placing satellites into low-Earth orbit. Its Satellites and Space Systems segment offers communications satellites that provide cable and direct-to-home television distribution, business data network connectivity, regional mobile telephony, and other space-based communications services; and science and technology satellites that are used to conduct space-related scientific research, to carry out interplanetary and other deep-space exploration missions, to demonstrate new space technologies, to collect imagery and other remotely-sensed data, and to enable national security applications. This segment also provides various space technical services, including satellite command and data handling; attitude control and structural subsystems; and analytical, engineering, and production services for space-related science and defense programs. The company's Advanced Space Programs segment provides advanced human-rated systems that are used in Earth orbit, lunar, and other space missions; advanced launch vehicle systems, including launchers used to boost research test vehicles and platforms used to test new space technologies; and national security space systems used for national security space missions and related technology demonstration programs. It offers its products and services in the United States, Europe, Australia, and East Asia. Orbital Sciences Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia.
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