Month: October 2014

Will Allied Nevada ( ANV ) Beat Earnings Estimates in Q3? -Oct 31, 2014 Allied Nevada Gold (ANV) is set to release its third-quarter 2014 results after the bell on Nov 3. Last quarter, the mining company delivered a 28.57% positive surprise. […]

Drugstore chain retailer, Rite Aid Corporation ( RAD ) came up with robust sales results for the month of October. The company’s comparable-store sales (comps) for the four weeks ended Oct 25, 2014 rose 5.5%. […]

Integral Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ITKG ) By Marla Backer Integral’s growing financial and operating momentum is illustrated, we believe, by ramping revenue, a strengthening balance sheet, new commercial agreements and the company’s steps to uplist ITKG shares to the Nasdaq. Fiscal 2013 results underscore the strides the company has made to monetize ElectriPlast, in our view, and subsequent announcements reflect continued advancements towards this goal […]

We expect Michael Kors Holdings Limited ( KORS ), the designer, marketer and retailer of branded women’s apparel and accessories, and men’s apparel, to beat expectations when it reports second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Nov 4. In the last quarter, it had delivered a positive earnings surprise of 12.4%. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. […]

Sempra Energy ( SRE ) will release its third-quarter 2014 financial results before market open on Nov 4. In the prior quarter, this electric utility reported a negative earnings surprise of 2.70%. […]

We expect online travel research company TripAdvisor Inc. ( TRIP ) to beat expectations when it reports the third-quarter 2014 results on Nov 4. Why a Likely Positive Surprise? […]

Leading North American independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, Valero Energy Corporation ( VLO ) is set to report third-quarter 2014 results on Nov 4. Let’s see how things are shaping up prior to the announcement. In the last quarter, the company’s earnings of $1.22 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.19 […]

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ( BMY ) gained 8.9% after the company announced encouraging data from the phase II CheckMate – 063 study on immuno-oncology drug Opdivo (nivolumab, a PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor). Data from the study will be presented during the Plenary Session at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology. The single-arm, open-label CheckMate – 063 study evaluated the use of Opdivo as monotherapy in patients suffering from advanced squamous cell non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed after at least two prior systemic treatments. […]

Marathon Oil Corporation ( MRO ), the oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) firm, is set to release third-quarter 2014 financial results on Monday, Nov 3, after the close of the trading session. The company’s earnings history is a mixed bag. Marathon Oil has beaten the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of the trailing four quarters while missing the same in the other two. […]

Sprint Corporation ( S ) – the third largest telecom operator in the U.S. – is scheduled to report second-quarter fiscal 2014 financial numbers on Nov 3, after market close. […]

Media giant Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. ( FOXA ) is set to report its first-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Nov 4, 2014. […]

We expect multi-line insurer Loews Corporation ( L ) to beat expectations when it reports third-quarter 2014 results on Nov 3. Why a Likely Positive Surprise? Our proven model shows that Loews is likely to beat earnings because it has the right combination of two key ingredients […]

Office Depot, Inc. ( ODP ), the supplier of a range of office products and services, is slated to report its third-quarter 2014 results on Nov 4, 2014. In the last quarter, it posted in-line earnings […]

Becton, Dickinson and Company ( BDX ) is set to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2014 results on Nov 4. Last quarter, Becton, Dickinson reported earnings of $1.68 per share, which were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]

We expect Vanguard Natural Resources LLC ( VNR ) to beat expectations when it reports third-quarter 2014results on Nov 3, after the closing bell. Last quarter, the upstream energy player delivered a negative earnings surprise of 22.86%. We note that Vanguard Natural Resources has underperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the preceding four quarters with an average miss of 27.58% […]

Driven by higher revenues, Legg Mason Inc. ’s ( LM ) fiscal second-quarter 2015 adjusted earnings came in at 35 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents. However, the figure compared unfavorably with the year-ago figure of 85 cents per share […]

Enterprise Products Partners LP ( EPD ) reported third-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings per limited partner unit of 37 cents, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The bottom line improved from the year-ago adjusted quarterly earnings of 32 cents. Record levels of natural gas liquid (NGL), crude oil, refined products and petrochemical pipeline volumes during the quarter, a higher NGL fractionation volume and improved fee-based natural gas processing volume primarily led to the improvement […]

The Western Union Company ( WU ) reported third-quarter 2014 operating earnings per share (EPS) of 44 cents per share, which were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents. Earnings were also up 13% on a year-over-year basis. Western Union’s better-than-expected EPS were driven by revenue growth across all its segments, along with tight expense management […]