Stock Analysts

Is it the Right Time to Add Aimco (AIV) to Your Portfolio?

We updated our research report on Apartment Investment and Management Company AIV – better known as Aimco – on Aug 7, 2015. Late last month, Aimco reported second-quarter 2015 pro forma funds from operations (“FFO”) of 56 cents per share, 2 cents ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate and 4 cents above the prior-year quarter figure. […]

Stock Analysts

Tech Earnings Roundup: Apple Falls, Intel Launches Skylake

Apple AAPL shares sank again last week driven by growth concerns, Intel INTC announced a couple of chips based on the Skylake architecture and VMware VMW -EMC combination rumors continued. BofA Downgrades Apple Apple shares had a really bad week with negative news flow such as the BofA downgrade and denial of MVNO plans playing a role. BofA’s concerns as reported in the media were a deceleration in iPhone sales, a slowdown in China, decelerating gross profit growth, declining magnitude of earnings beats, modest expectations for iPhone 6S and low likelihood of more capital return plans. […]

Stock Analysts

Acxiom Shows Promise with Solid LiveRamp Contribution

On Aug 10, Zacks Investment Research updated the research report on leading analytics and software-as-a-service provider Acxiom Corporation ACXM . Acxiom reported relatively modest first-quarter fiscal 2016 results with GAAP loss of $1.0 million or loss of a penny per share, compared with loss of $7.6 million or loss of 10 cents per share in the year-ago period. The year-over-year narrower reported loss was primarily due to comparatively higher revenues and lower operating expenses. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Branch Metrics Acquires ClassOwl to Expand Mobile Deep Linking Internationally

Branch Metrics Acquires ClassOwl to Expand Mobile Deep Linking Internationally PR Newswire PALO ALTO, Calif., July 30, 2015 PALO ALTO, Calif. , July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Branch Metrics announced today its acquisition of ClassOwl, a San Francisco based education startup. Founded in 2011 by Stanford students Sam Purtill and Julienne Lam , ClassOwl has helped thousands of teachers and students in over 20 countries communicate with ease […]

Stock Analysts

Will News Corp. (NWSA) Q4 Earnings Disappoint Investors?

News Corporation NWSA , the diversified media conglomerate, is slated to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2015 results after the market closes on Aug 12. The big question facing investors now is, whether the company will be able to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the quarter to be reported. In the trailing four quarters, News Corporation has outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by an average of 26.2% […]

Economic Data

Markets Appear Poised To Start Today’s Session In The Positive – Economic Highlights

The major indexes appear poised to start today’s session in the positive, likely reflecting greater odds of Chinese stimulus following overnight weak economic data from that country. China’s July trade data over the weekend showed that momentum in the country’s economy continues to slide in the second half of the year. Exports for the month were down -8.3% from the year before, reversing the +2.8% gain in June. […]