Note: piece was available to subscribers 9/17. Tradingipos.com is currently long VITC at an avg price of $11.40 VITC - Vitacost.com plans on offering 11 million shares at a range of $11-$13. Insiders will be selling 6.6 million shares in the offering. If the over-allotments are exercised the deal size will be 12.6 million shares offered with insiders selling 7.6 million shares. Jefferies and Oppenheimer are leading the deal with Needham and Roth Capital co-managing. Post-ipo VITC will have 2 ..

div style="text-align: justify;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Notable Calls Network (NCN)/span caught an interesting call today in span style="font-weight: bold;"A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ:APWR):/spanbr /br /span style="font-weight: bold;"- Around 11:55 AM a senior NCN member pinged me with the following call from Roth Capital:/spanbr /br /'...Roth Capital right now with an unusual break-in on APWR, stock down .73 off earnings miss this morning. May fuel fresh shorts: Suspending Coveragebr /br /We are suspending coverage of A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd.span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" We believe the company's lack of transparency has created inherent limitations to our ability to gain adequate insight into the underlying fundamentals to confidently model and value the business. We believe this transparency has deteriorated further, impacting our ability to publish an investment recommendation. /spanWe will consider resuming coverage when transparency improves and underlying metrics become more visible.Prior to suspending coverage, we had a HOLD rating and a $5 ...

November 24, 2008 ndash; A-Power (Nasdaq:APWR) reported Q3 results last week, posting a 120% Y/Y increase in revenue, a 124% Y/Y increase in net income, affirming earnings guidance of $35 million for 2008 and $70 million for 2009. Management reported a strong balance sheet of $59 million with no debt. Meanwhile, the stock closed at $3.45 on Friday, posting a $112 million market cap, and is trading below book value. What gives? The Bad News The stockrsquo;s decline to $3.45 from $20 at the beginning of September is a consequence of several factors, in our opinion, none of which include failure to execute. First, the broader markets have pulled back over the same period considerably. The Nasdaq has traded down about 1,100 points, or 45% over this period. Second, rumors have been widespread that a major holder of APWR, a fund, has been liquidating stock. Whether or not this is true ...