Month: January 2017

Mergers & Acquisitions

Dos Rios Partners Acquires Pathfinder Aviation

January 30, 2017 0

Dos Rios Partners Acquires Pathfinder Aviation PR Newswire HOMER, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2017 HOMER, Alaska , Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Dos Rios Partners (“Dos Rios”), a Texas -based private equity firm, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Pathfinder Aviation (“Pathfinder”). […]

Stock Analysts

Teladoc (TDOC) to Report Q4 Earnings: What’s in Store? (revised)

January 30, 2017 0

Telehealth provider Teladoc Inc. TDOC ) has not confirmed the time/date for its December-quarter earnings release yet, but the report will likely be fairly soon, as they last reported quarterly results on October 27, 2016. (We had previously erroneously mentioned that the company was scheduled to report results on January 27 th .) Last quarter, Teladoc beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8.33% […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

AEP Completes Sale of Four Competitive Power Plants

January 30, 2017 0

AEP Completes Sale of Four Competitive Power Plants PR Newswire COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2017 COLUMBUS, Ohio , Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today completed the sale of four competitive power plants to Lightstone Generation LLC, a joint venture of Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC (ArcLight), for approximately $2.1 billion . […]

Economic Data

All Eye On Personal Income & Spending , Bank of Japan & Federal Reserve

January 30, 2017 0

Plenty of grist for the mill of the markets this week, including Personal Income & Spending today, news from the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting tomorrow, news from the latest Federal Reserve meeting Wednesday, and, of course, the heart of Q4 earnings season. For a comprehensive account of these and many more events this week, check out Zacks Chief Strategist John Blank’s latest Global Market Ahead: 4 Good Reasons to Focus on the USA Personal Income & Spending showed a gap of 2 percentage points: income grew 0.3% in December (analysts had expected 0.4%) while spending ran hotter at 0.5%. Income in November was revised from unchanged to +0.1%. […]

Stock Analysts

What’s in Store for Philip Morris (PM) in Q4 Earnings?

January 30, 2017 0

Philip Morris International Inc. PM is slated to release fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 results before the opening bell on Feb 2, 2017. Increased competition in the vapor category, declining volumes, strict anti-smoking regulations by governments globally and currency headwinds are the main factors weighing upon the tobacco sector. […]

Stock Analysts

Does Qorvo Offer a Good Value Buy Opportunity Right Now?

January 30, 2017 0

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process […]