Stock Analysts

Why Chevron (CVX) Could See Its Upstream Earnings Rise in Q4

It's earnings season again and oil supermajor Chevron Corporation CVX is getting ready to release its fourth-quarter 2017 results on Friday, Feb 2. While the downstream side of the picture appears rather tepid, sentiment across the upstream division is quite encouraging. Chevron has extensive upstream operations in all major hydrocarbon-producing regions of the world. […]

Stock Analysts

Truckload of Q4 Earnings: FB, MSFT, QCOM & More

Plenty of earnings reports have hit the tape since the market closed a short time ago. Let's get everyone up to speed on the results, and see how the stocks are trading in the after-market: Facebook FB posted a typically strong quarter for its Q4 2017, with $2.21 per share and $12.98 billion in revenues not only beating the respective Zacks consensus estimates of $1.96 per share and $12.58 billion but also posting 50% growth year over year on the top line and even a bigger percentage on the bottom. […]

Stock Analysts

Tech Roundup: INTC, NFLX & LRCX Earnings, FB, TWTR & GOOGL Statements

The top news for last week included earnings reports from Intel INTC , Netflix NFLX and Lam Research LRCX as well as published statements from the senate committee investigation into Facebook FB , Twitter TWTR and Alphabet GOOGL to determine Russian meddling on their platforms. Here are the details- Earnings Intel: Intel reported strong fourth quarter numbers, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates on both the top and bottom lines. The Data Center Group (DCG) was the primary driver, and at nearly a third of the business grew 19.6%. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

QIAGEN Enters into Agreement to Acquire STAT-Dx, Plans to Launch a Next-Generation, Fully Integrated Multiplex Platform for Syndromic Disease Testing

QIAGEN Enters into Agreement to Acquire STAT-Dx, Plans to Launch a Next-Generation, Fully Integrated Multiplex Platform for Syndromic Disease Testing New system launch planned for second half of 2018 with two CE-IVD molecular diagnostics, U.S. launch planned for 2019 and broad pipeline in development PR Newswire GERMANTOWN, Maryland and HILDEN, Germany, January 31, 2018 GERMANTOWN, Maryland and HILDEN, Germany , January 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — QIAGEN N.V. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

QIAGEN Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-year 2017, Announces STAT-Dx Acquisition and New $200 Million Share Repurchase

QIAGEN Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-year 2017, Announces STAT-Dx Acquisition and New $200 Million Share Repurchase PR Newswire VENLO, Netherlands, January 31, 2018 VENLO, Netherlands , January 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Solid Q4 results as QIAGEN achieves full-year 2017 targets : Q4 2017: Net sales $ 396. 9 million (+8% actual, +5 % CER); adjusted net sales rise 6 % CER excluding portfolio change s vs. 5-6 % CER guidance Q4 2017: EPS – $0 . […]

Economic Data

ADP, Q4, SOTU Boost Market

After two days of market sell-off, suddenly everything’s coming up roses again: President Trump’s State of the Union address last night was followed by strong Q4 earnings results before today’s opening bell. We also see better-than-expected results from ADP’s ADP monthly private sector payroll report. In fact, the 234K new jobs created for January was well ahead of the 180K anticipated, and although December’s results were revised downward by 8000 jobs, it still tallied 242K. […]

Economic Data

Markets Rebound Bigly on ADP, Q4, SOTU

After two days of market sell-off, suddenly everything’s coming up roses again: President Trump’s State of the Union address last night was followed by strong Q4 earnings results before today’s opening bell. We also see better-than-expected results from ADP’s ADP monthly private sector payroll report. In fact, the 234K new jobs created for January was well ahead of the 180K anticipated, and although December’s results were revised downward by 8000 jobs, it still tallied 242K […]

Stock Analysts

Hibbett (HIBB) Looks Bullish: Stock to Gain From Strategies

Hibbett Sports Inc . HIBB is putting up a good show driven by its sturdy growth initiatives, improvement in the footwear and apparel businesses, strong ecommerce sales and extensive store expansion. These endeavors have backed the company’s robust surprise trend and an excellent stock momentum in the recent months. […]