Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features LCA-Vision, Midway Games, Titanium Metals, Coach, and GeoPharma.CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the October 25 edition of Schaeffer's Market Blog are LCA-Vision (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LCAV LCAV Legal Community Against Violence (San Francisco, CA) LCAV Logistics Support Center Customer Asset Visibility ), Midway Games (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MWY MWY Me Without You (band) ), Titanium Metals (NYSE:TIE), Coach (NYSE:COH CoH City of Heroes (gaming) CoH Company of Heroes (game) COH City of Hope COH Court of Honor (Boy Scouts of America) COH Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation ), and GeoPharma (NASDAQ:GORX GORX Graphite Oxidation from Reactor Excursion ). Schaeffer's Market Blog is just one of the many free market commentaries written everyday at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. The Market Blog is written throughout every trading day by Schaeffer's financial analysts and traders. They are quick insights to the day's most notable market activity from an options perspective. For additional information about this report or to have it delivered to you free via email every day click on the following link. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PROB PROB Probable/Probably PROB Problem PROB People's Republic of Bangladesh 1M&PAGE=1 . Schaeffer's Market Blog for Tuesday, October 25, 2005: Below are just a few of today's Market Blog entries. Click here to read all of today's Market Blog. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PROB1C&PAGE=1 . 9:43 AM LCA-Vision Tops Earnings, Guides Higher According to Yahoo! Finance, LCA-Vision (NASDAQ:LCAV) engages in the development and operation of fixed-site laser vision correction centers under the LasikPlus brand primarily in the United States. LCAV's vision centers provide staff, facilities, equipment, and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for performing laser vision correction that employs laser technologies to help and correct nearsightedness nearsightedness or myopia, defect of vision in which far objects appear blurred but near objects are seen clearly. Because the eyeball is too long or the refractive power of the eye's lens is too strong, the image is focused in front of the , farsightedness, and astigmatism astigmatism (əstĭg`mətĭz'əm), type of faulty vision caused by a nonuniform curvature in the refractive surfaces—usually the cornea, less frequently the lens—of the eye. . This morning before the market open, LCAV reported third-quarter earnings of 37 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , nine cents ahead of Wall Street's estimate. Company revenues increased by 50.6 percent year-over-year to $47 million, ahead of the consensus estimate of $44.8 million. The company also guided its earnings for Y05 higher and now sees earnings per share of $1.40 to 1.45 versus the consensus estimate of $1.36. This positive news has sent shares of LCAV 12 percent higher to $44.66. 10:02 AM NYSE & NASDAQ New Highs/New Lows With Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard Monday saw an explosive rally in the equity market with the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. (DJIA DJIA See Dow Jones Industrial Averager (DJIA). ) gaining approximately 170 points. In yesterday's session, there were 58 stocks on the NYSE and 75 stocks on the NASDAQ that were able to achieve new annual highs. On the other hand, there were 68 new lows on the NYSE and 53 on the NASDAQ. We look for stocks that sport an "extreme" Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard reading, either close to 0 or close to 10. For a bullish play, Midway Games (NYSE:MWY) looks like a possibility, and Titanium Metals (NYSE:TIE) is another stock to watch. Both score 9.0 out of 10. On the bearish side, AMERIGROUP (AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. ) scores just 2.0 out of 10. These three stocks come from a list of 25 that we compiled today. The full list is available on the Daily Market Blog at SchaeffersResearch.com. 10:07 AM Coach Tops Earnings Estimates This morning before the market open, Coach (NYSE:COH) reported first-quarter earnings of 26 cents per share, a penny ahead of Wall Street's estimate. Company revenues increased 30.5 percent year-over-year to $449 million, ahead of the consensus estimate of $447.1 million. COH issued mixed guidance for the second quarter and for Y06. The company sees earnings per share coming in slightly ahead of the consensus estimate but revenues slightly lighter than the consensus expectation. The stock is trading nearly five percent higher on the positive earnings surprise. A check on its technical backdrop reveals that COH now faces resistance from its overhead 20-week moving average. 11:21 AM GeoPharma Rises on Strong Earnings Results GeoPharma (NASDAQ:GORX) is near the top of this morning's highest-percentage gainers list. The company is a micro-cap name that is definitely flying under the radar This article is about the magazine. For other uses, see Under the Radar (disambiguation). Under the Radar is an American magazine that bills itself as "The solution to music pollution." It features interviews with accompanying photo-shoots. of most investors. No options trade on the stock, short-interest is minimal, and no analysts follow it. GORX makes over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and health and beauty care products, primarily as a contract manufacturer. The company, formerly Innovative Companies, also makes proprietary products, including Nutrisure (meal replacement powder), Arth-Aid (arthritis cream), and the Physician's Pharmaceuticals brand of dietary supplements. Subsidiary Breakthrough Engineered Nutrition markets the Lean Protein line of high-protein snacks and Oxylene, a supplement that purportedly improves oxygen and nutrient delivery in the body. The stock is almost 15 percent higher after reporting second-quarter financial results. Revenue more than doubled over last year's second quarter to $12.2 million and the company reported a profit of four cents per share. The stock is no stranger to sharp moves. Just prior to and immediately following its last earnings release on August 3, GORX shot from under 2.00 to as high as 5.00 per share. The above are just a few of today's Daily Market Blog entries. Click here to read all of today's Daily Market Blog. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PROB1C&PAGE=1 . Take advantage of the timely Schaeffer commentaries by signing up for their free e-newsletters -- Opening View, Market Recap and Monday Morning Outlook. Click here to have the Schaeffer's commentaries delivered to you free via email every day. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PROB1M&PAGE=1 . 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