Month: October 2017

Military shipbuilder General Dynamics Corporation ’s GD business unit, Ordnance and Tactical Systems (‘’OTS’’), secured a modification contract worth $109.2 million for procuring Hydra rockets. Work related to this deal is scheduled to be over by Mar 31, 2020. […]

The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW has lowered its profit outlook for the third quarter of 2017 to reflect the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria on its operations in Texas, Florida, the Caribbean and neighboring areas as well as disruptions from two earthquakes in Mexico. The paint giant noted that the hurricanes affected more than 600 stores while 40 locations in the Caribbean still remain closed. Sherwin-Williams operates 706 paint stores across Texas, Florida and the Caribbean and has 145 company-operated stores and 387 dedicated dealers in Mexico […]

Avery Dennison Corporation AVY has an impressive earnings history having outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the preceding four quarters, with an average beat of 6.1%. Further, the company is expected to perform well on the bottom-line front in the 2017 backed by aggressive cost cutting and restructuring efforts as part of the current optimization program, despite raw material inflation. The company’s consistent execution of strategies continues to enhance competitive advantage, while driving profitable growth and improving returns […]

We expect the leading alcohol company, Constellation Brands Inc. STZ to beat expectations when it reports second-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Oct 5. […]

A successful investorunderstands the importance of adding well-performing stocks to the portfolio at the right time. Indicators of a stock’s bullish run include a rise in share price and strong fundamentals. Accenture plc ACN is one such technology stock that has been on a healthy growth trajectory, of late. […]

Costco Wholesale Corporation COST is slated to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 results on Oct 5. In the preceding quarter, the company outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6.9%. Let’s see how things are shaping up prior to this announcement. […]

The sporting goods industry seems to be in doldrums, as customers are jumping on the dot-com bandwagon, leaving lesser options for brick-and-mortar retailers. Consequently, the sporting goods space has grown extremely competitive and promotional, thus creating pressure on margins. […]

Hunting for value is an age-old and widely used investing trick.Investors believe that lower the P/E, the higher will be the value of the stock. The logic is simple — a stock’s current market price does not justify its higher earnings and therefore leaves room for upside. But there is more to this whole P/E story as not only low P/E, stocks with a rising P/E can also fetch solid returns […]