Stock Analysts

American Financial (AFG) Q3 Earnings Beat, Guidance Lowered

American Financial Group, Inc .’s AFG third-quarter 2017 net operating earnings per share of $1.06 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 85 cents by 24.71%. However, the bottom line declined about 29.8% year over year. The quarter suffered from lower underwriting income across all its Specialty P&C groups stemming from catastrophe losses. […]

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PPL Corp. (PPL) Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates on New Rates

PPL Corporation PPL reported third-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 56 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 53 cents by 5.7%. Earnings benefited from the new electricity and gas rates effective from the third quarter. However, earnings declined 11.1% year over year, primarily due to lower foreign currency exchange rates and unfavorable weather in the United States. […]

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Soft U.S. Sales Weigh Upon Molson Coors’ (TAP) Q3 Earnings

Global brewer Molson Coors Brewing Company TAP reported third-quarter 2017 results, wherein both top and bottom lines fell year over year and the former also lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate. However, earnings came in line with the consensus mark, faring better than its three-quarter long trend of posting negative surprise. Molson Coors Brewing Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Molson Coors Brewing Company Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | Molson Coors Brewing Company Quote While the stock hasn’t moved much in the pre-market trading hours, Molson Coors’ shares have plunged 15.9% so far this year, as against the industry ’s growth of 25.1% […]

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Key Predictions for Q3 Earnings Reports of MLM and VMC

The Q3 earnings season is in full swing, with 54% of the S&P 500 members having reported their results. Per the Earnings Preview dated Oct 27, approximately 75.7% surpassed earnings, while 66.2% beat revenues. Notably, earnings for these companies have risen 8.7% from the same period last year, with 6.7% revenue growth […]

Economic Data

ADP, Bitcoin and Q3 Earnings: More Big Numbers

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 On this first day of November — following a robust October, which was the best trading month since February — the ADP ADP private-sector payroll wastes no time shedding light from the month of October from labor market activity. This also means Friday will bring us the non-farm payroll report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) which together bring us more or less up to date on the health of the domestic jobs market. […]