Month: January 2015

Stock Analysts

Big 5 Falls on Dismal Sales Results, Cuts Earnings Forecast

January 13, 2015 0

Shares of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. ( BGFV ) plunged 8.25% in yesterday’s after hours trade to $11.90 as the company reported lower-than-expected sales results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 while lowering its earnings outlook for the same period. Net sales for the fourth quarter rose by less than 1% to $250.3 million from $248 million last year and were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $257 million […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Alert Logic Reports Q4 2014 Results

January 13, 2015 0

Alert Logic Reports Q4 2014 Results Company surpasses $70M in run-rate revenue and 3,000 customers PR Newswire HOUSTON, Jan. 13, 2015 HOUSTON , Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Alert Logic ( www.alertlogic.com ), the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud, today announced that 2014 marked another year of record growth […]

Stock Analysts

ABB Deploys Skagerrak 4 Link, Sets New HVDC Record

January 13, 2015 0

ABB Ltd. ( ABB ) disclosed the successful deployment of a high-voltage direct current (‘HVDC’) link – Skagerrak 4 – between Norway and Denmark. Notably, the 500-kilovolt Skagerrak 4 link set a new world record in transmission voltage using Voltage Source Converters (‘VSC’) that are mostly employed in underground and subsea applications […]

Technicals

Golar LNG Partners (GMLP): Strong Industry, Solid Earnings Estimate Revisions – Tale of the Tape

January 13, 2015 0

One stock that might be an intriguing choice for investors right now is Golar LNG Partners LP ( GMLP ). This is because this security in the oil refining & marketing space is seeing solid earnings estimate revision activity, and is in great company from a Zacks Industry Rank perspective. This is important because, often times, a rising tide will lift all boats in an industry, as there can be broad trends taking place in a segment that are boosting securities across the board […]