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AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH), the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, released their Q1/2008 earnings and held their analyst conference call Monday, April 28th after the market closed.

As a result of AuthenTec’s latest earnings release as well as rapidly accelerating business trends, which go way above and beyond my expectations, I have upgraded my opinion on AuthenTec from a HOLD to a BUY.

What follows is a summary of AuthenTec’s earnings announcement, conference call highlights, and my reasons for the upgrade.

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As usual PeakStocks.com portfolio recommendation AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH), a maker of patented fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume personal computer (PC), wireless device, and access control markets, continues to innovate and execute.

I wanted to update you on latest happenings in which AuthenTec has made an acquisition, released a brand new fingerprint sensor technology (their 3rd new sensor/enhancement since the beginning of the year), and updated their earnings expectations as a result of that acquisition.

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After tearing through AuthenTec’s (Nasdaq: AUTH) latest 10-k filing, doing some number crunching, and evaluating both the overall market and the semiconductor sector, and recent company developments at AuthenTec, I have changed my investment thesis to a HOLD for the time being.

If you own shares in AuthenTec, as do I, hang onto them.

If you don’t own shares, nibble at today’s prices, but be advised that a stagnant or declining share price could be in the cards for the next quarter or two.

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For no good reason our stocks are getting hammered…I can’t take this anymore, I’m starting to panic…

Ok, sorry about that, just wanted to get your attention.

There’s been no panic on my side of the coin with the PeakStocks.com recommendations, but I can see from the comments and hesitation that I am reading out there, that some of you may be.

So to allay any fears, concerns or questions, I decided to post a quick update on not only the philosophy of PeakStocks.com, but some direct commentary on the stocks in the portfolio. Read the rest of this entry »

AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) reported their fiscal 4th quarter and full year earnings on Monday, February 4th.

Needless to say, AuthenTec did exactly what I thought they would, and even surprised me with various improvements in their business. Read the rest of this entry »

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My job and passion is to seek out companies that can not only beat the market, but CRUSH the market’s returns for years to come, and provide a risk/reward scenario that doesn’t put us at a disadvantage when we finally purchase shares.

I believe that not only have I found that company in AuthenTec, but also that AuthenTec’s shares will CRUSH the market going forward on a consistent basis.

My low-ball estimate is that we’ll see returns in AuthenTec in excess of 50% over the next couple of years, with a real possibility of a double in this stock within 1 year.

What follows is a summary of my full research report on AuthenTec and the reasons why you need to own shares RIGHT NOW!

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PeakStocks.com buy recommendation AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) has had some recent events that I wanted to update you on that further solidify their position as the #1 company for finger print biometric sensors. Read the rest of this entry »

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Look at your finger. Yea, that’s right, take a look at all those grooves and patterns on it.

No one on earth has that same pattern. What’s more, beneath the outside layer of skin, to where the “live” layer is, lies a unique pattern that identifies you regardless of whether you actually have any visible fingerprints or not!

This is probably one area of technology that you rarely, if ever, think about, but fingerprint security technology is getting better and better with more uses being found for this growing industry in everything from PC’s and home security systems, to cell phones and checkout stands.

I’ve found an exciting and fast-growing company that was on my watch list that is the leader in this industry called AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH).

(Please note that AuthenTec is NOT yet a formal buy recommendation, but stay tuned.) Read the rest of this entry »