Stock Analysts

Medical Product Stocks Nov 7 Earnings Lineup: ALGN NVRO, HAE

With Q3 earnings reports already out from more than 72.8% of the S&P 500 members (364 companies), our latest Earnings Outlook has exhibited an improving trend so far. Proceeding to the last lap of the earnings reporting cycle, we are further assured about this quarter being the first to witness earnings growth after five back-to-back quarters of earnings declines for the S&P 500 index. Total earnings for these 364 companies are up 1.6% year over year on 1.6% higher revenues, with 72.3% beating EPS estimates and 54.7% exceeding top-line expectations […]

Stock Analysts

Apple Looks Undervalued at These Levels: Here’s Why

Those of us who have seen Apple AAPL growing unit sales quarter upon quarter despite what may be going on in the PC and smartphone markets, tend to overlook the fact that these things affect Apple too. And how well a company manages these factors relative to peers gives us a fair idea of how it’s really doing. What’s Bitten the PC Market As Intel INTC CEO said earlier this year, the PC replacement cycle has gotten longer: "Four years was the average, now it has moved to about five to six years." And that’s mainly because older Intel Sandy Bridge processors are able to run the latest operating systems from Microsoft MSFT . […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bladex co-leads successful syndication of a US$223 million 5-year senior, secured acquisition finance Facility for Central American banking group Grupo Promerica

Bladex co-leads successful syndication of a US$223 million 5-year senior, secured acquisition finance Facility for Central American banking group Grupo Promerica PR Newswire PANAMA CITY, Nov. 3, 2016 PANAMA CITY , Nov. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A […]

Stock Analysts

Healthcare Realty (HR) Misses Q3 FFO, Revenue Estimates

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. ’s HR third-quarter 2016 normalized funds from operations per share (“FFO”) of 39 cents came a penny short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 40 cents, down by 2 cents year over year. Though this healthcare real estate investment trust (“REIT”) witnessed 10.7% year-over-year growth in normalized FFO, the decline on a per share basis reflects a rise in share count. […]