Monday's Winners & Losers: Joy Global

Shares of Joy Global(JOYG Quote) were among the Nasdaq's winners Monday, jumping 10% after the mining equipment maker posted fourth-quarter results that beat expectations.

The company earned $85.2 million, or 71 cents a share, on revenue of $689.3 million. The results included a tax charge of about $10 million, which cut earnings by 8 cents a share. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call expected earnings of 66 cents a share on revenue of $655.6 million. During the year-earlier period, the company earned $56.3 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $568.2 million.

Looking ahead, Joy Global forecast fiscal 2007 earnings of $2.85 to $3.25 a share, in line with analysts' average estimate of $2.95 a share. The company predicts fiscal 2007 revenue of $2.7 billion to $3 billion, compared with Wall Street's projection of $2.84 billion. Shares were trading up $4.40 to $48.63.

Shares of DynCorp International(DCP Quote) surged 18% after its Global Linquistic Solutions joint venture received a five-year translation and interpretation services contract worth up to $4.65 billion. The contact, which will begin in March, calls for the company to provide translation services for the Iraq war. Shares of Dyncorp were jumping $2.76 to $16.67.

Shares of Shaw Group (SGR Quote) climbed 11% after the contractor said it has been selected as part of a consortium to construct nuclear power plants in China. The company, along with nuclear power concern Westinghouse Electric, will be a part of a program that will provide 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power to China over the next 15 years. Shares of Shaw were trading at $33.88, up $3.30.