CPST - Sector: Capital Goods --- Industry: Misc. Capital Goods

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Right now the trend is definitely higher...and it could go much higher !
Never short a stock just because "it looks too high to you, it just might be in the middle of it's run." (William O'Neil, How To Make Money In Stocks).


52wk Range: 0.88 - 3.27
Volume: 7,435,879
Avg Vol (3m): 3,882,410

Technicals
Record Price High
Most Actives
MACD - Bullish

Last Price Quote is:
18.99%above 13-day MA
37.96%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 98 

Fundamentals
Coverage Initiated: Buy

Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $429.48 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 06/11/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

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Capstone Turbine Corporation (CPST) TraderNote – CPST Signs a New Distributor Agreement with Five Star Electric

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST) shares are climbing nearly 7 percent to $3.72 in Monday morning trading. Capstone Turbine engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and service of microturbine technology solutions.

Its solutions are primarily used in stationary distributed power generation applications, including cogeneration, resource recovery and secure power. The company's solutions are also being used as generators for hybrid electric vehicle applications.

Capstone Turbine recently announced the signing of a new distributor agreement with Five Star Electric for all applications and market segments in Central and East Texas. 

Five Star Electric's objective is to be the leading Texas-based company providing world-class technical solutions and services to customers by manufacturing and representing electrical power conversion, motors and control/automation/instrumentation for various industries.  With its expertise, Five Star is positioned to help Capstone in the oil and gas markets.

Capstone Turbine sells microturbine units, subassemblies, components and various accessories. The company also offers various accessories, including rotary gas compressors with digital controls; heat recovery modules for CHP applications; dual mode controllers that allow automatic transition between grid connect and stand-alone modes; batteries with digital controls for stand-alone or dual-mode operations; power servers for multipacked installations; protocol converters for Internet access; packaging options; and miscellaneous parts, such as frames, exhaust ducting and installation hardware.

Capstone Turbine sells its products through distributors and dealers primarily to distributors, authorized service companies, original equipment manufacturers, and end users in North America, Asia, Europe and Russia.

In last Friday's daily chart, almost all technical indicators of CPST are pointing north. The RSI indicator, with a reading so far of 72 percent, is in the positive zone with no confirmation of an exhausted condition.  MACD indicator reflects a strong bullish signal with the histogram reading above the 0 level at 0.039 and the 12-day and 26-day EMAs also above 0 at 0.226 and 0.187, respectively, indicating an increase in moving averages.  Slow Stochastic indicator, with readings so far of 81.67 %K and 85.73 %D, reflects a bullish signal but almost confirming an overbought or exhausted condition upon the lines' fall below the 80 percent level.  With share prices hitting the stock's 52-week high of $3.55 last Friday, a significant resistance level was established which, if broken, becomes the next support level or significant buying entry point for the stock. 



52wk Range: 0.89 - 3.55
Volume: 11,012,070
Avg Vol (3m): 4,150,280

Technicals
Record Price High
Most Actives
Gap Up

Last Price Quote is:
18.46%above 13-day MA
40.83%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 98 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $506.64 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 06/11/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

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Capstone Turbine to Announce Fourth Quarter & Fiscal Year 2008 Results on June 12, 2008
Business Wire(Tue 5:00am)


52wk Range: 0.89 - 4.04
Volume: 6,419,928
Avg Vol (3m): 4,744,000


Technicals
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
9.89%above 13-day MA
33.06%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 98 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $518.29 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 06/11/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

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Press Release Source: Capstone Turbine Corporation


Capstone Turbine Corporation Receives ISO 14001:2004 Certification
Wednesday May 28, 4:05 pm ET


CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capstone Turbine Corporation® (www.microturbine.com) (NASDAQ: CPST - News), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that its facilities in Van Nuys and Chatsworth, California, have received ISO 14001:2004 Certification under Capstone's 14001 Certification initiative.


The ISO 14001 Standard is an internationally accepted specification for environmental management systems created by the International Organization for Standardization to help organizations minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by their activities, and to achieve continual improvement of their environmental performance by complying with related laws, regulations and requirements.

As part of the efforts to achieve this well-recognized certification, Capstone Turbine Corporation has established its own Environmental Management System (EMS) to provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment, and to assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization.

"Capstone not only produces environmentally friendly green and clean microturbine systems, but by adhering to strict ISO standards, we also manufacture our products in environmentally friendly surroundings," said Leigh Estus, Sr. Vice President of Operations. "In fact, Capstone's EMS helps monitor and improve upon a number of areas that touch on the environment such as chemical control, waste management, toner cartridge recycling and utilization of recyclable products on our manufacturing floors."

In October 2007, Capstone announced the launch of its 65 kilowatt microturbine that meets extremely low exhaust emissions requirements including California Air Resources Board's (CARB) stringent distributed generation emissions standard. "Our microturbines have become even 'greener' with the super low emissions products designed to meet the CARB 2007 standard," said Darren Jamison, President & CEO of Capstone Turbine Corporation. "In fact, our efficient CARB-certified combined heat and power systems provide the best value in terms of greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions reductions per dollar of investment compared with solar and wind systems because we can reduce these emissions 24 hours a day. We are particularly pleased to be able to offer our customers these CARB 2007-certified turbines in addition to continuously improving our environmental performance in all our business activities. We are very happy to have received the ISO 14001:2004 certification and we will continue our operations in a manner to have the least impact on our environment and the least burden for future generations."

About Capstone Turbine

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com; NASDAQ:CPST) is the world's leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, and was the first to market commercially viable microturbine energy products. Capstone Turbine has shipped over 4,000 Capstone MicroTurbine® systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged millions of documented runtime operating hours. Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership, which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. A UL-Certified ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified company; Capstone Turbine is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in New York, Mexico City, Milan, Bath, Shanghai and Tokyo.

"Capstone Turbine Corporation" and "Capstone MicroTurbine" are registered trademarks of Capstone Turbine Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is used in the federal securities laws, about the environmental advantages and efficiency of our products and our operational performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "objective," "intend," "targeted," "plan" and similar phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties described in Capstone's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may cause Capstone's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such statements. Capstone cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Capstone undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



Contact:
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Alice Barsoomian, 818-407-3628

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Source: Capstone Turbine Corporation

[setravis]

Take a look at this 3 year Weekly Chart
Very nice Cup formed and looking for the Handle...
You guys better check out what's up with this company,
technicals or no, this baby is going up....go look at the 5 year charts.


52wk Range: 0.91 - 4.04
Volume: 3,698,321
Avg Vol (3m): 4,794,000


Technicals
Last Price Quote is:
4.66%above 13-day MA
26.38%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 98 

Fundamentals
Earnings Expected on Jun 12

Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $547.41 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 06/12/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

Below are the 3 year Weekly and a 3 year Daily Charts.......

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AP
Capstone Turbine gets order for new microturbine
Monday June 2, 9:44 am ET 
Capstone Turbine gets 1st order for new megawatt power systems, total order exceeds $2M


CHATSWORTH, Calif. (AP) -- Capstone Turbine Corp., which makes low-emission microturbine systems, said Monday it has received its first order for its C1000 MicroTurbine power systems.
The value of the order from Russian distributor Banking Production Center was more than $2 million.

Two of Capstone's new megawatt power systems will be installed in a new caviar farm in Russia. The order also included three of the company's other systems to be installed in the Ukraine and Belarus.

Capstone has said its new C1000 Series can be configured into 1,000 kilowatt, 800 kilowatt and 600 kilowatt solutions in a single 28-foot-long International Standards Organization container.

Capstone shares jumped 16 cents, or 4.3 percent, to $3.92 in morning trading. The stock has traded between 91 cents and $4.04 during the past 52 weeks.

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Forbes:

Capstone Buoyed By Backlog
Ruthie Ackerman, 06.13.08, 5:40 PM ET

Capstone Turbine was hit by rising costs in the fourth quarter, but its substantial backlog infused investors with optimism about its future on Friday.

On Thursday after the closing bell, the producer of low-emission microturbine systems announced its fourth-quarter loss widened as soaring raw material costs bit into the bottom line.

Microturbine systems are generators that provide clean energy to residential and commercial buildings.

Investors were pleased. Capstone's shares shot up 7.6%, or 26 cents, to $3.67, in afternoon trading.

The company posted a net loss of $9.5 million, or 7 cents per share, compared with a loss of $8.5 million, or 6 cents per share, in the prior year.

Despite the widening loss, revenue for the quarter ended March 31 rose 60.0%, to $9.3 million. Capstone said it shipped 140 units in the fourth quarter, compared with 67 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast a loss of 5 cents per share, on sales of $9.3 million.

The company said rising sales were offset by higher manufacturing and overhead costs.

The bright spot was Capstone's backlog for the fiscal year. The backlog skyrocketed 458.0%, to $27.9 million, higher than its revenue of $21.0 million for all of 2007.

Lazard Capital Markets analyst Sanjay Shrestha said Capstone's backlog doesn't fully reflect the total backlog. "The company posted stellar backlog of $27.9 million -- 428 units -- reflecting a 113.0% increase sequentially and 458.0% year-over-year," said Shrestha. "The reported backlog number does not include the services and components backlog, which adds about $10.0 million."

Shrestha raised Capstone's fiscal year 2009 revenue estimates to $58.0 million from $50.0 million, reflecting the current backlog trend.

She said that about $7.0 million of recently announced orders have not been reflected in the backlog. These orders include a $3.5 million contract with OfficePower, as well as additional orders from PowerGen of Milan and a $2.0 million order from a Russian distributor.

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fyi:
CPST: Receives Orders Totaling $1.5M from PEMEX
Monday , June 16, 2008 08:26ET

By Fain Hughes, [email protected]

Capstone Turbine Corporation (CPST) has received orders for new microturbine systems for deployment on a Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and equipment upgrades to existing platform systems, spare parts and training.

Capstone received a microturbine order from GIMSA International, Inc. for approximately $400,000. The units will be installed on offshore platforms, producing crude oil and gas, which are operated by PEMEX.

The equipment upgrades, spare parts and training totaling approximately $1.1 million were from Integrated Trade Systems, Inc. (ITS), a U.S. corporation that is wholly owned by PEMEX and provides integrated international procurement services to PEMEX and its four subsidiary entities in Mexico.

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are there any CPST analyst updates available?

awesome IR presentation:
http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/12/120/120708/items/297829/cpst_investor.pdf

awesome chart & slides:

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Press Release Source: Capstone Turbine Corporation


Capstone Receives $1.5 Million in New Units, Equipment Upgrades, Spare Parts and Service Orders from Pemex
Monday June 16, 5:00 am ET


CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) (Nasdaq: CPST - News), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that it has received orders for new microturbine systems for deployment on a Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and equipment upgrades to existing platform systems, spare parts and training.


Capstone received a microturbine order from GIMSA International, Inc. for approximately $400,000. The units will be installed on offshore platforms, producing crude oil and gas, which are operated by PEMEX. The microturbine packages purchased by GIMSA will meet the special requirement for offshore applications. This includes corrosion protection with a 316 stainless steel enclosure, Class I Division 2/NFPA 496 certification for use in hazardous areas, and UL listing. Capstone Turbine produces the world's only microturbine solution that meets all of these stringent requirements.

The equipment upgrades, spare parts and training totaling approximately $1.1 million were from Integrated Trade Systems, Inc. (ITS), a U.S. corporation that is wholly owned by PEMEX and provides integrated international procurement services to PEMEX and its four subsidiary entities in Mexico. The spare parts orders were placed under a $6.8 million blanket purchase order with ITS that was received in April 2008 and expires in April 2011.

"In November 2006, Capstone signed a five-year service agreement with ITS," said Shelby Ahmann, Capstone's Sr. Vice President of Customer Service. "This agreement with ITS has helped PEMEX streamline the process of procuring parts, technical support and training to support their operating fleet," added Ahmann.

Commenting on the order from GIMSA International, Jim Crouse, Capstone's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, said, "Capstone's microturbine systems offer a tremendous value proposition for offshore platforms with their small footprint, high reliability, light weight, low emissions and extended maintenance periods. Previous systems operating at PEMEX and other oil and gas companies in offshore and onshore applications are operating very well and customers have been very impressed with the performance of our technology."

"We continue to increase our market presence in the oil and gas sector with PEMEX becoming our third largest microturbine customer behind Petrobras in Brazil and Gazprom in Russia. We know that our products are a great fit in this market and we are very pleased to have received these important follow-on orders for PEMEX platforms," said Darren Jamison, Capstone's President and Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, we believe our new C200 and C1000 products will further strengthen our overall product offering in the oil and gas sector allowing us to penetrate the larger manned platforms and onshore pumping and compression stations," added Jamison.

The Capstone offshore package also includes an energy storage system to start the microturbine and provide momentary power during abrupt load changes. The result is highly regulated voltage and frequency regardless of load changes. These compact, self-sufficient systems are perfect for unmanned platforms and have onshore dispatch, monitoring and diagnostics capability.

Capstone has extensive operating experience in Alaska, The Mediterranean, The Adriatic, The North Sea, Southeast Asia, the South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

About Capstone Turbine

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com; Nasdaq: CPST) is the world's leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, and was the first to market commercially viable microturbine energy products. Capstone Turbine has shipped thousands of Capstone MicroTurbine™ systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged millions of documented runtime operating hours. Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership, which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. A UL-Certified ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001: 2004 certified company; Capstone Turbine is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in New York, New Jersey, Mexico City, Milan, Bath, Shanghai and Tokyo.

"Capstone Turbine Corporation" and "Capstone MicroTurbine" are registered trademarks of Capstone Turbine Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is used in the federal securities laws, about the reliability, maintenance and environmental advantages of our products and new sales opportunities for Capstone, in particular, in the oil and gas sector. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "objective," "intend," "targeted," "plan" and similar phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties described in Capstone's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may cause Capstone's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such statements. Capstone cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Capstone undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.



Contact:
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Alice Barsoomian, 818-407-3628

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Source: Capstone Turbine Corporation

[setravis]

I listened to their conference call and was impressed with management. I believe they know how to make Capstone grow....

Capstone Buoyed By Backlog
substantial backlog infused investors with optimism about its future.
Investors were pleased. Capstone's shares shot up...

The bright spot...Capstone's backlog for the fiscal year. The backlog skyrocketed 458.0%, to $27.9 million, higher than its revenue of $21.0 million for all of 2007.

Lazard Capital Markets analyst Sanjay Shrestha said Capstone's backlog doesn't fully reflect the total backlog. "The company posted stellar backlog of $27.9 million -- 428 units -- reflecting a 113.0% increase sequentially and 458.0% year-over-year," said Shrestha. "The reported backlog number does not include the services and components backlog, which adds about $10.0 million."

Shrestha raised Capstone's fiscal year 2009 revenue estimates to $58.0 million from $50.0 million, reflecting the current backlog trend.

She said that about $7.0 million of recently announced orders have not been reflected in the backlog. These orders include a $3.5 million contract with OfficePower, as well as additional orders from PowerGen of Milan and a $2.0 million order from a Russian distributor.

52wk Range: 0.91 - 4.04
Volume: 11,671,244
Avg Vol (3m): 4,842,860

Technicals
Record Price High
Most Actives
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
14.06%above 13-day MA
28.38%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 97 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $560.96 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 08/06/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

[setravis]

About to turn profitable...really profitable!
Company has a great idea, great products and is starting to get contracts. The balance sheet, Cash flow, and Income statement are definitely moving in the right direction. CPST's time to shine is just around the corner. Natural gas is THE energy source of the future. Oil should be just for salads and massages.
I'm holding for the long haul. I really like the technicals.
Price-volume is not showing any real weakening.
MACD is separating that's what I like to see.
Strong RSI...Strong!


Technicals
Last Price Quote is:
8.05%above 13-day MA
23.45%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 97 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $560.96 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 08/06/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

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Take a look at this 3 year Weekly Chart
Very nice Cup formed and looking for the Handle...
You guys better check out what's up with this company,
technicals or no, this baby is going up....go look at the 5 year charts.

A beautiful cup...

52wk Range: 0.91 - 4.42
Volume: 3,612,510
Avg Vol (3m): 5,263,410

Technicals
Last Price Quote is:
3.88%above 13-day MA
18.80%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 97 

Fundamentals
Coverage Initiated: Buy

Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $632.22 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: N/A 
Next Earnings: 08/06/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

Below are the  6 month...9 month...and 5 year charts.......

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Capstone Turbine Corporation Addresses Statements Made in Interview with Bloomberg Reporter
Thursday , July 24, 2008 19:52ET

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Jul 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today addressed items contained in a Bloomberg news article resulting from an interview with Darren R. Jamison, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

The Bloomberg article, published on July 21, 2008, quotes Mr. Jamison as saying that sales estimates in the mid-$50 million range for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 "are very obtainable and reasonable." The article also quotes Mr. Jamison as stating that the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 "is a reasonable date" for the Company to achieve an annual profit. Mr. Jamison's comments were in response to questions about an analyst's specific financial model indicating a revenue target in the mid-$50 million range for the year ended March 31, 2009 and profitability in 2012. The comments were not intended to represent management's financial projections or outlook in general.

The Company does not publicly disclose its internal financial projections. As stated in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has established a goal to achieve cash flow positive when it ships approximately 250 units in a quarter, depending on the product mix. Although there can be no assurance, Capstone management believes that the Company will be profitable before 2012.

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Let's see what it does next under these market conditions.......