Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Research In Motion, Apple, Nokia, CF Industries Holdings and RightNow Technologies, Inc.

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: Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) and RightNow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNOW).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:

RIMM Guidance Updated

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) announced today that it plans to provide financial results on April 2, 2009 with net subscriber account additions for the quarter to be over 20% higher than the 2.9 million net subscriber account additions forecasted by RIMM in December 2008.

In addition, RIMM management reaffirmed its financial guidance for the 4th quarter with revenue expected to be at or near the mid-point of the previously guided range. Gross margin and earnings per share for the quarter are expected to be at the low end of the previously guided ranges.

The company sold over 50 million Blackberry devices as it contends with weak economic conditions and mounting competition from Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) PDAs.

CF Industries Reports

CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) reported results for the 4th quarter of 2008. Net earnings for the quarter were $3.59 per diluted share, compared to $2.38 in the 4th quarter of 2007. Net sales for the quarter totaled $1.07 billion, a 26% increase over the 4th quarter of 2007.

The increase in sales can be attributed significantly to higher prices for all of the company's products. Nitrogen net sales were $705.6 million, up 23% from $603.7 million in the comparable quarter of 2007. Increased prices for all of the nitrogen products have more than offset the decline in volumes, driving net sales well above year-earlier levels.

RightNow Tech Outperforms Ests

RightNow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNOW) reported better-than-expected results for Q4:FY08 with slightly lower revenue and GAAP earnings exceeding our estimates. License revenues were slightly below our estimates with recurring revenues growing 9.9% year over year. Service revenues grew 46.2% year-over-year.

RNOW has recently switched to a subscription-based model, which appears to be paying dividends. The net gain for the quarter was $0.7 million or $0.02 per diluted share on a GAAP basis, which was higher than our estimates and a profit of $2 million or $0.06 per share on a pro-forma basis after backing out stock-based compensation expenses. This compares to a loss of $0.10 in the year-ago quarter and a loss of $0.04 in the prior quarter on a GAAP basis.

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