Technicals

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Lags on Earnings and Revenue Estimates – Tale of the Tape

Kimberly-Clark Corporation ( KMB ) is one of the leading players in several consumer product categories including diapers, paper goods, and female personal care. Kimberly-Clark regularly focuses on improving its products through innovation in order to remain competitive and drive growth. Kimberly-Clark’s cost saving initiatives, better pricing, lower operating expenses and continued product innovation are strong pillars of the company and have been driving earnings for the past many quarters. […]

Stock Analysts

Starbucks Q1 Earnings In Line; Holiday Offerings Drive Sales

Shares of Starbucks Corporation ( SBUX ) rose almost 5% in after-market trading following solid first-quarter fiscal 2015 results — its most successful holiday performance in more than 40 years. Moreover, the world’s biggest coffee chain named board member, Kevin Johnson, as president and chief operating officer (COO) and raised the lower end of the fiscal 2015 earnings forecast. Earnings In Line Adjusted earnings of 80 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate as well as within management’s expected range of 79 to 81 cents. […]

Technicals

GE Beats by a Whisker on Core Industrial Focus – Tale of the Tape

Serving customers in more than 100 countries, General Electric Company ( GE ) is one of the largest and the most diversified technology and financial services corporations in the world. The company is actively continuing with its strategic restructuring initiatives to focus more on its core industrial businesses. However, for a company as large as GE, additional revenues needed for growth are quite large, posing a challenge in developing businesses on such a vast scale […]

Technicals

BNY Mellon (BK) Misses on Q4 Earnings on Stressed Revenues – Tale of the Tape

Have you been eager to see how The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ( BK ) performed in Q4 in comparison with the market expectations? Let’s quickly scan through the key facts from this New York-based financial services company’s earnings release this morning: An Earnings Miss BNY Mellon came out with adjusted earnings per share of 58 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 60 cents. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Dutch Cloud Provider ISGroup Buys Cloud Desktop Provider RDC Xtended

Dutch Cloud Provider ISGroup Buys Cloud Desktop Provider RDC Xtended Direct contribution to financial results. Strengthens market leadership. PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, January 23, 2015 AMSTERDAM , January 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — ISGroup (ISG), Dutch market leader in Cloud Computing and IT Services, today announced the acquisition of Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) and hosted applications provider RDC Xtended, a subsidiary of RDC Group […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

POWER Engineers Receives 2014 EBJ Business Achievement Award

POWER Engineers Receives 2014 EBJ Business Achievement Award PR Newswire HAILEY, Idaho., Jan. 23, 2015 HAILEY, Idaho ., Jan. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — POWER Engineers is pleased to announce that Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) has awarded us with a 2014 Merger and Acquisition award for the acquisition of Burns and Roe Enterprises (BRE; Oradell, NJ ). […]