Month: January 2017

In a blog post yesterday, Facebook Inc. FB security engineer Brad Hill said that the social media giant is working on tightening account security and is testing new account recovery means that will considerably eliminate the importance of email and SMS. Generally, when a user tries to reset account password, apart from the "risky" security questions, the other "best alternatives" are recovery emails and SMSes, which according to Hill are “showing their age” […]

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM has inked a deal with Validus Holdings, Ltd. VR to sell its Crop Risk Services (“CRS”) insurance operations. The cash deal is valued at $127.5 million […]

Pfizer, Inc. PFE reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 50 cents by 6%. Earnings also declined 11% year over year due to lower revenues than year-ago quarter. […]

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 […]

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? […]

The Q4 earnings season is in full swing with 33.9% of the elite S&P 500 Index having reported quarterly results so far. According to the latest Earnings Preview , the performance of the 170 index members (accounting for 33.9% of the index’s total market capitalization) that have already reported their financial numbers this quarter indicate that total earnings increased 6% on a 3.1% increase in revenues. […]

Energy giant Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM posted strong fourth-quarter 2016 results. Increased realizations for liquids primarily drove the outperformance. However, the improvement was partially offset by lower refining and marketing margins […]

Nasdaq, Inc. NDAQ reported fourth-quarter 2016 adjusted earnings per share of 95 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Also, the bottom line improved 7% year over year. […]

Nucor NUE recorded a profit of $159.6 million or 50 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2016 versus a loss of $187.5 million or 59 cents per share registered a year ago. Earnings per share for the reported quarter outstripped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 34 cents. […]

Chemical maker Methanex Corporation MEOH recorded net profit (attributable to Methanex shareholders) of $24 million or 28 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2016 as compared with a profit of $10 million or 10 cents per share logged a year ago and a loss of $11 million or 12 cents per share in third-quarter 2016 . Earnings per share for the reported quarter beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 15 cents. Earnings increased on a sequential basis due to an increase in the realized price during the fourth quarter, which was partly offset by changes in the cost of methanol and lower sales of produced volume. […]

The Hershey Company HSY is slated to report fourth-quarter 2016 results on Feb 3, before the opening bell. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 9.32%. The chocolate maker surpassed earnings estimates in all of the last four quarters, the average surprise being 6.48%. […]

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? […]

Snap-on Incorporated SNA is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2016 results, before the opening bell on Feb 2. Snap-on has an outstanding earnings surprise history — it has not missed estimates in seven years. Last quarter, it registered a positive earnings surprise of 3.3% and has an average positive surprise of 4.1% for the trailing four quarters. […]

Diversified fuel producer CONSOL Energy Inc. CNX reported breakeven results in the fourth quarter of 2016. The Zacks Consensus Estimate was a loss of a penny […]