Month: August 2015

Stock Analysts

AES Corp. (AES) Lags Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

August 10, 2015 0

The AES Corporation ’s AES second-quarter 2015 adjusted earnings per share of 25 cents missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents by 19.35%. Quarterly earnings decreased 10.7% from the year-ago level of 28 cents. The company’s lower profits were due to the timing of planned maintenance at certain businesses, a stronger U.S […]

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MarkWest Energy Slips to Loss in Q2 on Lower NGL Volumes

August 10, 2015 0

On Aug 5, 2015, natural gas processor and distributor MarkWest Energy Partners LP MWE reported weak second-quarter 2015 results due to lower natural gas liquid (NGL) sales volumes in the Javelina refinery and Western Oklahoma. Following the underperformance, the partnership’s unit price fell more than 6% on the NYSE. The partnership reported loss – excluding one-time items – of 14 cents per unit against the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 19 cents earnings […]

Stock Analysts

Teradata Q2 Earnings & Revenues Fall Short of Estimates

August 10, 2015 0

Teradata Corp. TDC reported second quarter adjusted earnings per share (including stock-based compensation expense but excluding other items) of 47 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents and remaining in line with the year-ago figure. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^https:/.test(d.location)?’https’:’http’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+”://cdn1.findthebest.com/rx/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”ftb-widgetjs”); Teradata Corporation – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Excluding stock-based compensation, earnings per share were 53 cents, down 35.8% on a year-over-year basis […]

Economic Data

Banking on China – Ahead of Wall Street

August 10, 2015 0

Monday, August 10, 2015 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. […]

Technicals

Is Celadon Group an Incredible Value Stock? 3 Reasons Why CGI Will Be Tough to Beat – Tale of the Tape

August 10, 2015 0

Many investors like to look for value in stocks, but this can be very tough to define. There is great debate regarding which metrics are the best to focus on in this regard, and which are not really quality indicators of future performance. Fortunately, with our new style score system we have identified the key statistics to pay close attention to and thus which stocks might be the best for value investors in the near term […]

Stock Analysts

TC PipeLines Delivers Solid Quarter, Beats Q2 Earnings

August 10, 2015 0

Pipeline operator TC PipeLines L.P. TCP reported second-quarter 2015 earnings per unit (EPU) of 66 cents per unit, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 55 cents and the year-ago quarter earnings of 58 cents. Robust growth in the partnership’s cash flows following certain accretive acquisitions led to the outperformance […]

Stock Analysts

Rio Reports Weak 1H 2015 Earnings on Mining Market Woes

August 10, 2015 0

Premium industrial metals & minerals company, Rio Tinto plc RIO reported weak results for first-half 2015 (six months ended June 30, 2015). Macroeconomic issues such as recession in China, Greece debt negotiations and weak prices of commodities in the global mining industry were primarily responsible for the dismal results. Underlying earnings came in at $2.9 billion, down 42.9% from the year-ago tally of $5.1 billion […]