Technicals

NRG Energy (NRG) Misses Q4 Earnings Estimates – Tale of the Tape

Princeton, NJ-headquartered NRG Energy Inc. ( NRG ) is a wholesale power generation company engaged in the ownership, development, construction and operation of power generation facilities. The company has a significant presence in major competitive power markets in the U.S., as well as a major retail electricity franchise in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market […]

Technicals

Rowan Co.’s (RDC) Lags Q4 Earnings, Revenues Beat – Tale of the Tape

Rowan Companies plc’s ( RDC ) is a provider of international and domestic contract drilling and aviation services. It also operates a mini-steel mill, a manufacturing facility that produces heavy equipment for the mining, timber and transportation industries and a drilling products group that designs or builds about one third of all mobile offshore jackup drilling rigs. Currently, Rowan Companies has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) but that could change following its fourth quarter 2014 earnings report which has just released […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Safe Fleet, a Portfolio Company of The Sterling Group, Completes the Acquisition of Elkhart Brass

Safe Fleet, a Portfolio Company of The Sterling Group, Completes the Acquisition of Elkhart Brass PR Newswire HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2015 HOUSTON , Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Sterling Group, a private equity firm based in Houston, Texas , announced that its portfolio company, Safe Fleet Investments LLC, has completed the acquisition of Elkhart Brass. […]

Stock Analysts

Bayer Q4 Net Income Down Y/Y, Provides 2015 Outlook

Bayer ’s ( BAYRY ) net income during the fourth quarter of 2014 came in at €224 million (roughly $280 million) compared with €455 million (approximately $619 million) in the year-ago period. Bayer’s fourth-quarter revenues of €11.0 billion were up 11.6% year over year. Revenues benefited from strong sales in all three segments. […]

Stock Analysts

EMCOR (EME) Lags Q4 Earnings, Shares Marginally Down

Shares of leading mechanical & electrical construction and energy infrastructure service provider EMCOR Group, Inc. ( EME ) inched down 1.54% after it reported fourth-quarter 2014 results. EMCOR’s non-GAAP earnings came in at 68 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 76 cents by 10.5% […]

Stock Analysts

Aqua America Beats on Q4 Earnings, Misses Revenues

Aqua America Inc. ( WTR ) reported fourth quarter earnings per share of 28 cents, a penny higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate and up 7.7% from the year-ago earnings of 26 cents per share. GAAP earnings for the quarter were 38 cents per share compared with 32 cents in the prior-year quarter […]

Kitco Video

Mark Bristow Unplugged; Tells It Like It Is

[youtube k2gtgjJTL3o] Kitco News speaks with Randgold Resources’ chief Mark Bristow, who says he sees more mergers and acquisition opportunities appearing in the mining industry. “The market is stressed, I don’t think it’s there yet but it’s getting more stressed by the day,” he says. “Never have I seen an opportunity like I feel is appearing in the market for M&A before, in 30 years.” Talking on the current struggles many mining companies are facing, he says the industry needs to “reinvent itself.”Tune in to our continued coverage of the BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference […]