In particular, an upstart IBM spinoff called Lexmark (LXK) has roared into the printer business.
It competes with Canon ( CAJ), Lexmark ( LXK), Xerox ( XRX) and Brother Industries, among others.
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This ratio means the market is expecting LXK to experience a permanent decline of 70% in NOPAT.
Other competitors in the technology sector include: iGo (IGOI), Astro-Med, Inc. (ALOT), and Lexmark International (LXK).
At the closing bell, FCFS is trading flat, while LXK is trading flat on the day Monday.
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At the closing bell, EXH is down about 0.4%, while LXK is trading flat on the day Monday.
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At the closing bell, FR is up about 0.1%, while LXK is off about 0.5% on the day Monday.
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At the closing bell, RAD is up about 6.2%, while LXK is down about 1.5% on the day Friday.
Printer giants such as HP (HPQ), Lexmark (LXK), Kodak (EK) and others have at last gotten so-called cloud printing technology working.
Xerox Corp. ( XRX), Lexmark Inc. ( LXK), Canon AG ( CAJ) and Hewlett-Packard Co. ( HPQ) have all been reporting weak financial results.
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Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK) is one of my favorite stocks held by small-cap value ETFs and mutual funds and earns my very attractive rating.
No, it's not exactly "wakeboarding" (an unlikely combination of skateboarding and waterskiing), but investing in Lexmark International Group (LXK) has had its share of thrills and spills recently.
While tablets and smartphones have killed consumer printing (inkjets and photo printers), Xerox has less exposure to this area than competitors Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Lexmark International (LXK).
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Finally, it has partnered with printer maker Lexmark International (nyse: LXK - news - people ), which, if successful, could potentially eat into HP's biggest profit center, printer ink cartridges.
Elsewhere on the earnings front, Lexmark ( LXK), Mattel (MAT), U.S. Steel (X), United Parcel Service ( UPS), Amazon.com ( AMZN), Broadcom ( BRCM), and Seagate Technologies (STX) are scheduled to release their quarterly reports.
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In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Rite Aid Corp. ( NYSE: RAD) was identified as having a larger market cap than Lexmark International, Inc. ( NYSE: LXK), according to The Online Investor.
You might want to be along for the ride, especially if you believe that the value of EK stock has fallen due to ephemeral matters like ITC-driven headlines more than the underlying realities warrant, and that the company can compete with the likes of Lexmark (NYSE: LXK).
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