68 Quotes About Analyst

It really depends on who the buyer is. Colony has the flexibility of being a private firm and they're not worried about answering Wall Street analyst questions on a conference call. That gives them an advantage. Certainly, Pinnacle has an edge because it already has a signed agreement, but the question is who can put together best financing package and who wants it the most.

They're perhaps approaching 75 percent or better by now. The consensus building is that there maybe a limitation to the upside in the quarter but it's not likely to get to the point where it's going to bring the numbers below what the analyst expectations are.

The analyst numbers all have different data and assumptions in them that we haven't provided until now.

There is unbelievable freedom for an analyst to be in a two-man booth, ... In a two-man booth, Troy will be able to set up a game. He will decide what he wants to show and teach an audience. It's like a quarterback being able to call his own plays.

There's an unbelievable freedom that comes to an analyst when he's in a two-man booth, ... ... It would be like a quarterback going into a game and calling all the plays that he wants.

So when I did 'The Mark', I had this analyst who needed a shave, his sleeves were rolled up, he was a chain smoker and a coffee drinker.

I think the initial read of the numbers was disappointing for a lot of people. Guidance as of last quarter was $500 (million)-to-$530 million. With typical analyst and investor behavior, we expect companies to upside from what their guidance is.

Given what management told people two weeks ago (at an analyst meeting), they are still confident they should be able to get final approval in the short term.

We have decided to reschedule analyst day for probably some time in early 2006.