Month: August 2017

The FDA, which approved 22 treatments last year, has given its approval to 26 drugs so far in 2017 including 3 in July. Key approvals this year include Gilead’s Vosevi (hepatitis C virus), Puma’s Nerlynx (to reduce the risk of breast cancer returning), J&J’s Tremfya (moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis), Regeneron/Sanofi’s Kevzara (rheumatoid arthritis), Roche’s multiple sclerosis treatment, Ocrevus, Regeneron and Sanofi’s eczema treatment, Dupixent, Tesaro’s PARP inhibitor, Zejula, and BioMarin’s Brineura (treatment of a specific form of Batten disease) among others. […]

The Q2 earnings season has crossed the halfway mark. As of Jul 28, 286 S&P 500 members came up with quarterly earnings. Total earnings are up 11.3% from the same period last year on 6.1% higher revenues […]

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. EXPD is slated to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 8. Last quarter, the company delivered a negative earnings surprise of 7.14% and reported mixed results during the same […]

Duke Energy Corp. DUK , an electric and natural gas utility based in Charlotte, NC, is set to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 3, before the opening bell. […]

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. CTB is set to report second-quarter 2017 results after the market closes on Aug 4. […]

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS is scheduled to release second-quarter 2017 earnings on Aug 2, before the opening bell. The company’s earnings and revenues are expected to grow on a year-over-year basis. […]

Independent energy firm, Southwestern Energy Company SWN , is set to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 4, after the closing bell. Last quarter, the company had delivered earnings of 18 cents per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 17 cents. Notably, the company incurred a loss of 8 cents in the year-ago quarter […]

We expect Arrow Electronics, Inc. ARW to beat expectations when it reports second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 3. […]

Second-quarter earnings have already crossed the halfway mark. As of Jul 28, 286 S&P 500 companies reported results with strong earnings numbers. Per the latest Earnings Preview , total earnings for the 286 S&P 500 members, constituting 68.8% of the index’s total market capitalization, are up 11.3% year over year on a 6.1% rise in revenues […]

TiVo Corporation TIVO is set to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 3. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 57.1%. Let us see how things are shaping up prior to this announcement […]

A leading motion picture exhibition company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. CNK , is scheduled to report second-quarter 2017 financial numbers on Aug 4, before market opens. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 11.48% […]

CDW Corporation CDW is set to report second-quarter 2017 results on Aug 3. Last quarter, the company posted in-line earnings. […]

The earnings season is well past the half-way stage with about 286 S&P 500 companies having already released their results till Jul 28. Reconfirming broad-based expectations of better-than expected results, total earnings of these 286 firms (accounting for 68.8% of the index’s total market capitalization) are up 11.3% year over year on 6.1% higher revenues, with 74.5% beating earnings estimates and 69.2% surpassing top-line expectations. Based on the hitherto observed pattern, second-quarter 2017 is anticipated to register high single-digit percentage earnings growth on a year-over-year basis […]

Waste management firm Stericycle, Inc. SRCL is scheduled to report second-quarter 2017 results after the closing bell on Aug 3. In the last reported quarter, the company’s adjusted earnings exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5 cents. […]

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. DO reported second-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 45 cents per share that comfortably surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 24 cents. The bottom line also increased from the year-earlier earnings of 16 cents. […]