Stock Analysts

Will Coca-Cola Gain as its 3 European Bottlers Plan to Merge?

Three European bottlers of The Coca-Cola Company KO — Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. CCE , Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG — will merge to form a new Western European bottler, Coca-Cola European Partners. While Coca-Cola Enterprises is a publicly traded Atlanta-based bottler of Coca-Cola Company (Coke) serving some Western European countries, including France and Great Britain, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners is a privately held Coke bottler that caters to Spain and Portugal […]

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XL Group to Share More Profits: Ups Dividend; OK’s Buyback

The board of directors of XL Group plc XL hiked the quarterly dividend by 25% and approved a new $1 billion share buyback program in a concerted effort to share more profits with its investors. The new dividend payout comes to 20 cents per share. The annualized dividend of 80 cents per share yields 2.1% based on the Aug 6 closing price of $38.85, and betters the industry average of 1.80% […]

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Will Intrexon (XON) Pull a Surprise this Earnings Season?

Intrexon Corporation XON is set to report second-quarter 2015 results on Aug 10. Intrexon has an impressive earnings track record with the company delivering positive earnings surprises in three of the four trailing quarters with an average miss of 689.25%. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. […]