Month: February 2015

We expect Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. ( LGF ), producer and distributor of motion pictures for theatrical and straight-to-video release, to beat expectations when it reports third-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Feb 5. In the last quarter, the company had reported a positive earnings surprise of 23.1% […]

A couple of days after reporting its year-end 2014 results, Praxair Inc. ( PX ) announced the pricing of $750 million worth of notes issuance. The combined impact of in-line results and mounting debt levels were visible in the form of nearly 0.71% fall in the company’s share price at the end of the trading session on Jan 30 […]

The world’s largest airplane manufacturer, The Boeing Company ( BA ) declared that Japan’s All Nippon Airways (“ANA”) has committed to buy three units of the 787-10 Dreamliner and five units of the Next-Generation 737-800. The deal is valued at roughly $1.4 billion at list prices. ANA, the launch customer of Boeing’s 787 fleet, has received deliveries of 34 787 airplanes till date, with 46 orders yet to be delivered. […]

Prudential Financial Inc. ( PRU ) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results on Feb 4, after the market closes. […]

GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 4. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 13.92%. […]

Eaton Corporation plc ( ETN ) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2014 results before the opening bell on Feb 3. Last quarter, Eaton posted a positive earnings surprise of 4.88%. Let’s see how things are molding for the fourth quarter. […]

On Jan 30, we issued an updated research report on Apollo Education Group, Inc. ( APOL ). Apollo Education announced first-quarter 2015 results on Jan 8. […]

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. ( AFOP ) is set to report fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 4. […]

With a view to enhance shareholders’ returns, Costco Wholesale Corporation ( COST ) declared a special dividend of $5.00 per share, to be paid on Feb 27, 2015, to stockholders of record as of Feb 9. The payment of dividend, which aggregates $2.2 billion, will be made via existing cash balance and borrowings. However, the announcement of special dividend did not provide much impetus to the stock that rose 1.7% during the trading session last Friday. […]

Alliance Data Systems Corporation ( ADS ) is set to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results on Feb 5 before the market opens. Last quarter, the company posted a 4.49% positive earnings surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. […]

Supplemental health and life insurer – Aflac Inc. ( AFL ) is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter 2014 financial results after the closing bell on Feb 3, 2015. In the last reported quarter, the company had delivered a 5.6% positive earnings surprise, keeping its earnings streak alive with the four-quarter trailing average beat of 4.3% […]

Monday, February 2, 2015 The soft ISM survey pushed stocks lower earlier on. But the broad indexes reversed course and stabilized around unchanged levels, likely reflecting hopes that weak economic readings will prompt the Fed to delay the start of its tightening cycle. On the data front, the December Personal Income and Spending read came largely in-line with estimates while the January manufacturing ISM survey came short of expectations […]

iRobot Corporation ( IRBT ) is scheduled to report fourth quarter and full year 2014 results after the opening bell on Feb 4, 2015. Over the last four trailing quarters, the company generated a positive average earnings surprise of 14.49%. […]

Southern Copper ( SCCO ) is expected to release its fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 5. Last quarter, the copper miner delivered a negative surprise of roughly 13.33%. […]

The largest military shipbuilding company in the U.S., Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. ( HII ) announced that it has acquired the Engineering Solutions Division (“ESD”) of the Columbia Group. The ESD serves the U.S. […]

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. ( PACB ) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2014 results on Feb 3, 2015 after the market closes. […]