Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Flextronics, Nortel, Hasbro, Marvel Entertainment and Radyne Corporation.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day, the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX), Nortel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NT), Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), Marvel Entertainment Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) is an American entertainment company. The company traces its origins to the May 1933 publication of Western Supernovel Magazine. (NYSE: MVL MVL Multiple-Valued Logic MVL Multiple Virtual Line MVL Montavista Linux MVL Moshannon Valley League (Pennsylvania high school baseball) MVL Mercury Vapor Light MVL Minimum Vector Length MVL Musikverein Lustenau ) and Radyne Corporation (Nasdaq: RADN RADN Radiation ). See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog by visiting: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2673 Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog: Brighter '07 for FLEX Although a number of losses and declining business with current customers has had a negative impact on Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX), new programs ramping in 2007 should return the company to growth. In addition, the company has undertaken a number of strategic moves to divest itself of non-core assets and vertically integrate its business. This is offset by increasing inventory due to slowing business from Nortel (NYSE: NT). We therefore maintain a Hold rating on FLEX shares and raise our six-month target price to $13.00. Hasbro Makes Some Improvements Despite an expected decline its best-selling line (Star Wars), Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) has posted impressive operating results this year, with total net revenues up 1% year to date, and non-Star Wars revenues up 13% year to date. We anticipate that the contract with Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) will provide Hasbro with a significant growth source over the next several years. However, we believe that the majority of this potential is currently reflected in the company's premium valuation. Our $27 price target reflects a multiple of 19x our 2007 EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. estimate. Target $19.50 for Radyne Radyne Corporation (Nasdaq: RADN) provides equipment used in the ground segment of satellite systems for the transmission of voice, data, audio and video communications. The Company sells its equipment worldwide to both corporate and public networks, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , television broadcasters and telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. . Acquisition of Xicom Technology, a supplier of sophisticated amplifiers, extends the product line and sales infrastructure. Our $19.50 price target implies 29.5 and 22.7 million multiples times our 2006 and 2007 earnings estimate of $0.66 and $0.86, respectively. Until the Company proves that the third quarter sales short-fall was a temporary phenomenon, we expect the stock to struggle against revaluation Revaluation A calculated adjustment to a country's official exchange rate relative to a chosen baseline. The baseline can be anything from wage rates to the price of gold to a foreign currency. In a fixed exchange rate regime, only a decision by a country's government (i.e. . We expect the stock to be under near-term pressure as investors digest the soft quarter. We believe RADN would find solid support within the $10.50 to $11.00 price range. Mid-quarter announcements of key sales could restart confidence in the Company and interest in the stock. 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